The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat (PDF, MOBI, EPUB, FB2, TEXT)

odge behind that pile of lumber!" "Whew!" ejaculated Bobolink, showing the utmost interest, for excitement appealed to him. "Say, perhaps Hans has arrived ahead of the half hour," suggested Tom Betts. "No, it wasn't Hans, because I know him well, and he's a little runt of a Dutchman, but a fighter from the word go; and my father knows nobody's going to get away with those boxes of the professor while Hans and his musket, that was used in the Civil War, are on guard. That was a tall man, and he ran like he'd just heard us coming, and wanted to hide. I guess somebody else is curious about those boxes, besides Bobolink." CHAPTER II GLORIOUS NEWS "Look! there he goes scooting away over past that other pile of lumber!" said Tom Betts, pointing as he spoke; and both the others caught a glimpse of a dim figure that was bending over while hurrying away, as if anxious not to be seen. "Well, what d'ye think of