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Title: Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone
The Plot Against Uncle Sam

Author: G. Harvey Ralphson

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Language: English

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Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone

Or
The Plot Against Uncle Sam

By
Scout Master, G. Harvey Ralphson

Author of
"Boy Scouts in Mexico; or On Guard with Uncle Sam."
"Boy Scouts in the Philippines; or The Key to the Treaty Box."
"Boy Scouts in the Northwest; or Fighting Forest Fires."

Embellished with full page and other illustrations.

M. A. Donohue & Company, Chicago

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COPYRIGHT 1911.
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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Plot Against the Gatun Dam. 7
II. Theft of the Emerald Necklace. 19
III. How the Trick was Turned. 31
IV. The Man in the Closet. 43
V. At the Great Gatun Dam. 55
VI. A Bomb and a Ruined Temple. 67
VII. Working on Ned's Theory. 79
VIII. Explosives for the Gatun Dam. 93
IX. A Fasting Stunt is Suggested. 105
X. A Delegation of Boy Scouts. 116
XI. Jack and His Friend Gastong. 127
XII. Lost in the Jungle at Night. 139
XIII. Boy Scouts to the Rescue. 150
XIV. The Kill in the Jungle. 161
XV. Signal Fires in the Jungle. 172
XVI. A Mighty Jar in the Jungle. 183
XVII. The Watcher in the Thicket. 194
XVIII. Jimmie Releases a Prisoner.