HEADED FOR HOME--CONCLUSION.
"Just hold on there, George; you're under arrest!" Bumpus called out; and
if his voice happened to be a trifle shaky, the fact did not seem to
interfere with the clever way in which he swung that gun up, so as to
cover the tramp.
Smithy awoke, and was stunned at what he saw. He sat there, turning his
head, to stare first at the figure clothed in the blue army coat, and
then at his comrade, seen just topping the bushes, and looking so like he
meant business. Smithy would long remember that fine sight.
The hobo knew he was caught. Guns had a very persuasive way with George,
and he had learned long ago to fight shy of all farmhouses where it was
known the owner possessed firearms.
"Don't shoot, young feller!" he immediately bellowed, with astonishing
energy; "I ain't goin' ter try an' git away. Say, I was jest a-wantin'
ter surrender, so's ter git off'n this island. I ain't never yet starved
ter death, an' I don't wanter try the same. I'm a prisoner o' war, an' ye
wouldn't be so mean's as ter pepper a harmless man, I hopes, Boy?"
Bumpus proceeded to advance, all the while keeping that menacing gun
leveled. He had had a previous experience in capturing a supposed-to-be
desperate rascal, and felt that he must be cautious in how he handled
matters.
"Smithy, is there a piece of that rope handy?" he demanded; and the other
scout after a hasty look around made an affirmative reply.
"There certainly is, Bumpus, and it seems to be a good strong piece,
too," he went on to say. "Please tell me what you want me to do with it.
I know how to tie all sorts of perfectly splendid knots; if only the
wretch won't seize hold of me, and make use of me as a shield. They're
all so very treacherous, you know, Bumpus."
"Sure, I understand that, Smithy," he was told, "but I'm up to a trick or
two on my own hook. Here, you George, just drop down on your marrow
bones--that means get on your knees."
The tramp looked anything but happy, but when he hesitated Bumpus swung
his gun up again, and it could be easily seen that he was ready for
business. So George immediately dropped down on his knees, with his hands
still raised in a really grotesque fashion above his head.
"Now, I don't mean to ask you to say your prayers, because I reckon you
never learned any," Bumpus proceeded briskly; "but continue the forward
movement. In other words, fall flat on your face, and stretch out there,
with your nose rooting in the ground. No back talk now, but do what
you're told!"
George did so. He evidently knew better than to refuse so modest a
request, especially while threatened with a load of shot at close
quarters.
Then Bumpus advanced close up.
"Smithy," he said, with a grand air, as became a conqueror, "use your
rope, and tie his wrists behind his back. If there's enough left, give a
turn around his ankles, will you, please? And whatever you do, let it be
thorough. That's what scouts are taught to always be, you know."
Under the immediate eye of Bumpus the tramp was triced up, after which
the two boys dragged him behind a screen of bushes. Bumpus was in
constant apprehension lest the second hobo appear on the scene, and
managed to keep his eyes turned this way and that as the minutes passed
on.
It seemed as though the morning must be wearing away when finally the
barking of a fox, so excellently done that it would have deceived an old
hunter, announced the near presence of Allan and Thad, and likely the
others besides.
When they entered the camp they seemed to be laboring under some
excitement; but Bumpus had warned Smithy not to give their secret away
immediately.
"Well, what luck did you have, boys?" asked the stout lad, as one and
then another of the six filed past him to the vicinity of the fire.
"We cornered one of the precious pair down at the extreme end of the
island," acknowledged Giraffe; "but George gave us the slip somehow. We
figured he must have hid in a hemlock top, and after we passed come on up
here; and since we ran across his trail not far from camp some of us
began to get cold feet for fear that you two might have been surprised
and taken prisoner. We're all as glad as hops to see that was a false
alarm, Bumpus and Smithy."
"But have you seen anything of George?" asked Thad, who believed there
was something decidedly odd about the way the features of the two guards
were working, as though they might be doing everything in their power to
conceal some secret.
Of course Bumpus had by that time reached the limit of his endurance,
especially since Smithy gave a big yell, unable to hold in any further.
"Go and take a look back of the bushes there; that's the answer, boys!"
Bumpus remarked, trying to look indifferent, though really trembling all
over with the joyful excitement.
There was an immediate rush in the quarter pointed out; and then shouts
that might have easily been heard at the lower end of the island.
"Well, what d'ye think of that, now?" Giraffe was saying, in his usual
boisterous manner; "if they haven't gone and done it, capturing the
long-lost George as nice as you please! Yes, and there's that old
engineer's army coat, too; mebbe the judge won't be glad to get that
keepsake back again!"
Thad was especially well pleased. Of course this was partly on account of
having finally accomplished the task that had been set before him,
because he always felt satisfied when he could look back to duty well
done.
Besides, he fairly gloried in the fact that the two tenderfeet of the
patrol, as they might still be called, had succeeded in covering
themselves with honor in having captured the second desperate rascal.
The first thing Thad did was to stand the tramp up, remove his bonds, and
make him strip off the blue coat that had once kept the judge's son warm
while serving Uncle Sam during our late war with Spain, after which he
saw to it that George had his hands bound again.
Two of the boys were dispatched along the shore, where the walking was
better, to bring back the other prisoner. To another pair was given the
task of setting up a pole on an elevated part of the island, bearing a
white flag, which, if seen by anyone on the distant shore, might be the
means of bringing a boat to the rescue of the marooned ones.
Meanwhile Thad investigated, and found that apparently George had had no
suspicion that there was anything sewed inside the red lining of the army
coat given to him by Mrs. Whittaker. Feeling carefully along the sides,
Thad discovered that at a certain place there seemed to be something
nestled; and when he held the garment close to his ear he was able to
catch a slight rustling sound when he bent it back and forth; so he
concluded the paper must be safe.
There was enough of the bacon and other things left, it happened, to give
them a scanty feed at noon; and they had high hopes that before another
night came the conditions would be vastly improved.
This confidence proved well founded, for along about three o'clock
Giraffe, who had set himself to be the lookout, came running into camp
with the cheering news that two boats were coming from the shore, and
that the period of their captivity on the island had reached its end.
It turned out that those rowing the boats were men who had been sent out
by the authorities to look for any families in distress because of the
flood in the Susquehanna region. There was ample room aboard for the
eight scouts, as well as their two prisoners; and in due time they landed
on the bank, overjoyed to know that not only were they free once more,
but that their principal object in making this long hike had been
handsomely accomplished.
Giraffe and Bumpus shook hands solemnly when the fact was mentioned that
they had been invited to stay over at a neighboring farmhouse, where they
could obtain a bountiful supper and sleep in the barn. That meant supreme
happiness to the lengthy and the stout members of the patrol, the "fat
and the lean of it," as Giraffe himself would say.
Thad was careful to see that the two tramps were handed over to the
authorities. All the evidence needed to convict them of the robbery of
the Bailey home was discovered on their persons, for they had been
tempted to take several little valuable bits of jewelry that fastened the
crime on them when found in their pockets.
He felt that they were well rid of the rascals when the two men were led
away; nor did any of the scouts ever set eyes on Wandering George or his
companion again.
Since all of the patrol were exceedingly tired, it can safely be assumed
that they slept soundly on that night. The hay was sweet; they had been
given a bountiful supper, such as only farmers' wives know how to spread
before guests; and Bumpus had done himself proud when called upon to
entertain their host's family with a number of favorite songs, as well as
by the dexterous use of his bugle, upon which he dearly loved to play,
and with considerable effect.
When another day dawned the boys were given a breakfast they would not
soon forget, nor would the kind lady accept a single cent in payment for
the same, declaring that she and her family had enjoyed having the scouts
remain a night with them, and that they had learned a thousand things
about their work such as they had long been wishing to know.
The homeward march was begun; and as time was passing rapidly now, Thad
thought it only right they should take advantage of the fact that a
trolley covered a considerable number of miles between Cranford and the
point they were at. None of them objected to this means of lightening
their labors, for several among the scouts had complained that their feet
were beginning to swell and pain them.
By clever work they managed to arrive home that same evening, pleased
with their last adventure. Its successful termination would long be a
source of gratification to those who had participated in the chase after
Wandering George and the blue army overcoat that the judge wanted to keep
"in memory of his son."
Thad could not wait for morning to come, but immediately after supper he
took the coat, once more brushed clean, over his arm, and set out for the
home of old Judge Whittaker. When he was ushered into the library, and
the eminent jurist saw what he was carrying, he expressed himself pleased
in no uncertain tones.
As the good lady of the house happened to be out at a neighbor's just
then, the judge did not hesitate to rip open the lining of the coat, and
then triumphantly extract a thin paper, which he seemed to prize
exceedingly.
He declared that he was under great obligations to the scouts, and
expressed an earnest desire to do something grand for the troop; but of
course Thad was compelled to decline, assuring him they had enjoyed the
little adventure greatly, and that at any rate the rules of their
organization would prevent them from accepting any pay for such a
service.
Thad and his friends were looking forward to another outing in the woods
during the coming summer, and expected to have a delightful time. None of
them, however, so much as suspected what a strange turn of fortune would
alter their plans, and allow some of the scouts to visit foreign lands
while the greatest war in the history of the whole world was breaking
out. What wonderful things happened to them abroad will be found recorded
in the next volume of this series, published under the title of "The Boy
Scouts on the Rhine; or Under Fire with the Allies."
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In this series we follow the fortunes of two American lads unable to
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THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE BLUE RIDGE; or, Marooned Among the Moonshiners.
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THE BOY SCOUTS THROUGH THE BIG TIMBER; or, The Search for the Lost
Tenderfoot. A serious calamity threatens the Silver Fox Patrol.
How apparent disaster is bravely met and overcome by Thad and his
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THE BOY SCOUTS ON STURGEON ISLAND; or, Marooned Among the Game Fish
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A story of the burning of the British schooner Gaspee in 1772.
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Obvious typographical errors were corrected without note.
Non-standard spellings and dialect were left unchanged.
A Table of Contents was added for the convenience of the reader.