THE BOY SCOUTS
FOR
HOME PROTECTION
BY
SCOUT MASTER ROBERT SHALER
AUTHOR OF “BOY SCOUTS OF THE SIGNAL CORPS,” “BOY SCOUTS OFPIONEER CAMP,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,” “BOYSCOUTS OF THE LIFE SAVING CREW,” “BOY SCOUTS ON PICKETDUTY,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE FLYING SQUADRON,” “BOYSCOUTS AND THE PRIZE PENNANT,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THENAVAL RESERVE,” “BOY SCOUTS IN THE SADDLE,” “BOYSCOUTS FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT,” “BOY SCOUTS INTHE GREAT FLOOD,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE FIELDHOSPITAL,” “BOY SCOUTS WITH THE REDCROSS,” “BOY SCOUTS AS COUNTY FAIRGUIDES,” “BOY SCOUTS AS FOREST FIREFIGHTERS,” “BOY SCOUTS WITH THEMOTION PICTURE PLAYERS,” “BOYSCOUTS ON THE ROLL OF HONOR,”ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Sterling Boy Scout Books
Bound in cloth Fifteen titles
- 1 Boy Scouts of the Signal Corps.
- 2 Boy Scouts of Pioneer Camp.
- 3 Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey.
- 4 Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew.
- 5 Boy Scouts on Picket Duty.
- 6 Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron.
- 7 Boy Scouts and the Prize Pennant.
- 8 Boy Scouts of the Naval Reserve.
- 9 Boy Scouts in the Saddle.
- 10 Boy Scouts for City Improvement.
- 11 Boy Scouts in the Great Flood.
- 12 Boy Scouts of the Field Hospital.
- 13 Boy Scouts with the Red Cross.
- 14 Boy Scouts as County Fair Guides.
- 15 Boy Scouts as Forest Fire Fighters.
You can purchase any of the above books atthe price you paid for this one, or the publisherswill send any book, postpaid, upon receipt of 25c.
HURST & CO., Publishers
432 Fourth Avenue, New York
Copyright, 1915, by Hurst & Company
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I. Time Things Began to Mend 5
- II. Help Wanted 15
- III. “Strike While the Iron Is Hot!” 29
- IV. Waiting for the Good News 39
- V. Oakvale’s Great Clean-up Day 49
- VI. The Promise of a Scout 58
- VII. How the “Uplift” Worked 69
- VIII. One Use for Woodcraft Knowledge 80
- IX. The Goal in Sight 92
- X. Benjy’s Suspicious Actions 106
- XI. The Revelation 115
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