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XVIIs and two Chapter XVIIIs; I chose not to renumber the chapters. A
table of contents has been added for the reader’s convenience.




[Illustration: Lieutenant Decker smilingly extended his hand to his
astonished friend.

“You did not expect either of us, but we are here all the same.”—Page
184.

—_The Young Scout._]




                           THE YOUNG SCOUT.

                 The Story of a West Point Lieutenant.

                          By EDWARD S. ELLIS,

       _Author of “Adrift in the Wilds,” “A Jaunt Through Java,”
                      “A Young Hero,” etc., etc._

                            [Illustration]

                               NEW YORK:
                        A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER.

                    Copyright 1895, by A. L. BURT.




THE YOUNG SCOUT.




CONTENTS.


        I. THE YOUNG CHAMPION.                 1
       II. A WELL EARNED REWARD.              10
      III. DANGER IN THE AIR.                 20
       IV. GERONIMO.                          32
        V. COMPLIMENTS AT LONG RANGE.         40
       VI. APACHE CUNNING.                    48
      VII. A SIGNAL.                          56
     VIII. MAROZ AND CEBALLOS.                64
       IX. MENDEZ, THE SCOUT.                 71
        X. THE EAVESDROPPER.                  78
       XI. CAVARHO AND MENDEZ.                85
      XII. A CALL AND A REPLY.               