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                             THE BOY SCOUTS
                         AT THE CANADIAN BORDER


                        By LIEUT. HOWARD PAYSON

                               Author of
  “The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol,” “The Boy Scouts on the Range,”
 “The Boy Scouts’ Mountain Camp,” “The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam,” “The
Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal,” “The Boy Scouts and the Army Airship,”
 “The Boy Scouts with the Allies in France,” “The Boy Scouts on Belgian
 Battlefields,” “The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico,” “The Boy Scouts
    at the Panama-Pacific Exposition,” “The Boy Scouts’ Campaign for
 Preparedness,” “The Boy Scouts Under Sealed Orders,” “The Boy Scouts’
                        Badge of Courage,” etc.

                           A. L. BURT COMPANY
                         Publishers    New York
                          Printed in U. S. A.

                          Copyright, 1918, by
                           Hurst & Co., Inc.

                          Printed in U. S. A.




                                CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                           PAGE
  I. A Glimpse over into Canada                                        5
  II. Rumblings of Coming Trouble                                     19
  III. By Aeroplane Across the Border                                 30
  IV. An Invasion of the Camp                                         42
  V. Comforting Tubby                                                 54
  VI. The Logging Camp                                                66
  VII. An Unwelcome Intruder                                          78
  VIII. Tubby Has an Adventure                                        91
  IX. The Man Outside                                                104
  X. Neatly Done                                                     114
  XI. Zeb Makes Good                                                 129
  XII. A Scout’s First Duty                                          142
  XIII. A Thrilling Discovery                                        154
  XIV. Rob Makes Up His Mind                                         166
  XV. On Duty Bent                                                   178
  XVI. The Stone Cairn on the Border                                 190
  XVII. Lynx Law                                                     202
  XVIII. The Trail to the Trestle                                    214
  XIX. The Hunt for the Wire                                         226
  XX. The Munition Train’s Approach                                  238
  XXI. Cutting the Battery Connections                               250
  XXII. Like Old Times for the Scouts                                260
  XXIII. In Swift Pursuit                                            272
  XXIV. Those Who Sat by the Fire                                    284
  XXV. Bad Luck, and Good                                            296
  XXVI. Everybody Satisfied                                          308




                 The Boy Scouts at the Canadian Border




                               CHAPTER I
                       A GLIMPSE OVER INTO CANADA


“Suppose we hold up here, and rest a bit, fellows!”

“We’ll have to accommodate you, Tubby. It really pains me to hear you
puffing and blowing so hard.”

“Now, that’s just six words for me and half a dozen for yourself, Andy
Bowles. Haven’t I seen you look longingly at every log we passed, as if
you wished Rob would give the order to sit down and recuperate? Honest
to goodness, I do own up that I’m a trifle winded. This pack seems to
keep on getting heavier and heavier.”

“You only imagine it does, Tubby, that’s all. If a fellow is shaped like
a wash-tub, what else could you expect of him when it comes to toting a
load of duffle and grub over a Maine carry?”

“And when another angular chap I know is said to resemble a
broom-handle, so far as symmetry and plumpness goes, you’ve got to
expect that his greatest feats are accomplished when grub is served.
That’s a time, Andy Bowles, bugler of the Hampton Troop of Boy Scouts,
when you make competition throw up its hands in despair and retire from
the field; your capacity in that line is without a peer.”

“That’s right, Tubby, take a swig of water from your battered old
canteen after such a spread-eagle speech. I’m sure your throat must be
parched, and as dry as a bone.”

“Here, fellows, suppose you let up badgering each other; and after we
drop down on this log in the little open glade, what’s to hinder us from
figuring out our next move in the search for Tubby’s Uncle George?”

The energetic speaker was Rob Blake. Those fortunate boys who have read
any or all of the preceding volumes in this Series, do not need to be
introduced to so prominent a character of the stories; but, of course,
there will be many who are making the acquaintance of these wearers of
khaki for the first time, and in justice to them it is only fair that we
offer a few explanations while the trio stretch themselves upon that
friendly pine log.

They all belonged to the famous Eagle Patrol of the Hampton Troop of Boy
Scouts, Hampton being a Long Island town on the south shore. In times
gone by many were the interesting happenings that came the way of some
of the fellows belonging to that patrol. To even enumerate them here
would take too long a time, and hence he who is desirous of knowing more
about Rob Blake and his chums is referred to earlier