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SCOTT BURTON, FORESTER
“Good shot, old man,” he cried to Morgan.
SCOTT BURTON
FORESTER
BY
EDWARD G. CHEYNEY
ILLUSTRATED BY
NORMAN ROCKWELL
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1917
Copyright, 1917, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
TO
MY BROTHER
Whose broad-minded views
Have had an ever-present influence on my life
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
ILLUSTRATIONS
SCOTT BURTON, FORESTER
CHAPTER I
“Hello, Scotty, have you decided yetwhich one it will be?” Dick Bradshawcalled, eagerly, as he ran up thewalk to the old Burton home. He had been awayfor two weeks, and when he left, the selection of aforest school for Scott had been the all absorbingquestion.
“Yes,” Scott answered, “it was decided a weekago. You know there never has been any doubtin my mind. I picked out the Western college inthe first place, but father and mother did not wantme to go so far away from home. I persuadedthem last week that it was the best thing to do
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