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Title: The Boy Scouts with the Motion Picture Players

Author: Robert Shaler

Release Date: July 19, 2004 [EBook #12948]

Language: English

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THE BOY SCOUTS WITH THE MOTION PICTURE PLAYERS
By
Robert Shaler

CONTENTS

CHAPTERS
I. The Haunted Make-Believe "Castle"
II. Creating a Panic
III. Taking Possession
IV. Scouting at Midnight
V. A Startling Surprise
VI. Guests at the Camp Fire
VII. Faced by a Mystery
VIII. As in the Days of Chivalry
IX. With the Motion-Picture People
X. The Assault on the "Castle"
XI. Imitation and Reality
XII. When Swords Clashed
XIII. Well Done, Scouts!
XIV. Oakvale Gets a Thrill

CHAPTER I

THE HAUNTED MAKE-BELIEVE "CASTLE."

It was about the middle of a fall afternoon, and Friday at that, when
five well-grown lads, clad in faded khaki suits that proclaimed them
to be Boy Scouts, dropped down upon a moss covered log near a cold
spring at which they had just quenched their thirst.

The one who acted as leader, and to whom the others often deferred,
answered to the name of Hugh. He was, indeed, Hugh Hardin, assistant
scout master; and the others were also full-fledged members of the
Oakvale Boy Scout Troop of which so much has been written and told.

Those fortunate readers who are familiar with previous volumes in
this series need no introduction to these lively lads.

For the benefit of others who have not up to this time made their
acquaintance, it may be said that the boy next to Hugh was Alec Sands;
the stout, rosy-cheeked fellow with the beaming face, Billy Worth;
the slender one, Arthur Cameron; and the uneasy chap "Monkey" Stallings,
so nicknamed on account of his pet hobby for hanging by his toes from
the cross-pieces of telegraph poles, or the lofty limbs of forest trees.

It might also be noted further that Hugh was known as a fine all-round
scout; Arthur's leading specialty lay in the line of amateur surgery,
at which he was