he Way 91
XIV. The Ring of Steel Runners 98
XV. Tolly Tip and the Forest Cabin 105
XVI. The First Night Out 112
XVII. "Tip-Ups" for Pickerel 119
XVIII. The Helping Hand of a Scout 126
XIX. News of Big Game 134
XX. At the Beaver Pond 141
XXI. Setting the Flashlight Trap 149
XXII. Waylaid in the Timber 157
XXIII. The Blizzard 165
XXIV. The Duty of the Scout 172
XXV. Among the Snowdrifts 180
XXVI. Dug Out 187
XXVII. "First Aid" 194
XXVIII. More Startling News 202
XXIX. The Wild Dog Pack 211
XXX. A Change of Plans 219
XXXI. Good-Bye to Deer Head Lodge 227
XXXII. The Capture of the Hobo Yeggmen 235
XXXIII. Conclusion 243

PREFACE

DEAR BOYS:--

Once more it is my privilege to offer you a new volume wherein I have
endeavored to relate further interesting adventures in which the
members of Stanhope Troop of Boy Scouts take part. Most of my readers,
I feel sure, remember Paul, Jud, Bobolink, Jack and many of the other
characters, and will gladly greet them as old friends.

To such of you who may be making the acquaintance of these manly young
chaps for the first time I can only say this. I trust your interest in
their various doings along the line of scoutcraft will be strong
enough to induce you to secure the previous volumes in this series in
order to learn at first hand of the numerous achievements they have
placed to their credit.

The boys comprising the original Red Fox Patrol won the beautiful
banner they own in open competition with other rival organizations.
From that day, now far in the past, Stanhope Troop has been known as
the Banner Boy Scouts. Its possession has a