amazed Jimmie stood, and in a moment were joined by the

e right arm horizontally, palm out, three fingers vertic

get that?" de

t," was the reply

worn by Boy Scouts who had passed as Fireman, Signaller, Pioneer, Marksman, Horseman, and Musician. T

a few, at that. Well, I'm in favor of the organization myself. It teaches, honor, manhood, self-reliance, and has made a ma

goes-and friends that will stick by him, too. We get into the game ourselves and do thing

ngly at Jimmie, cast his eyes

at patrol do you belong to?

lf Patrol,"

d army? Say, but they'd make a hit

manded the drummer. "Have you been read

nant reply. "When I walk down to Chatham Square

out his arms in a

doing here?" h

nd of a detective c

d the drummer. "Whe

that drum. There'd be something doin'. He came down here to drum for Unc

ty S

dropped down on a convenient rock. The officer in charge of the fil

"What kind of a min

ot sore because I told him I'd enlisted as a drummer and lit out. His fat

I don't know where he is.

rummer. "Are those your tents?" he added,

"Want to sleep? Go to

will," said

e of the tents an

wig-wagging awhil

id," was

we arrived here at the right time. There is an army forming here, no one seems to know what for, and

re calling the men together, I reckon, and there mus

bserve the fellows near the bottom? They seemed t

e signals came, Ned Nestor and Frank Shaw went down there to see who they w

ly at the mention of Nestor's name. The lad noticed, too, as they gathered about him with questioning looks, that they were not

like Greasers

laughed but

with Ned Nest

e I

own the mountain to see who

he said when

say about c

left here with me has been geezled by some one. I left him alone just a minute, and when I ret

taken from the camp

n quest of Fremont. Tempted by the large reward offered for the capture of the

the men who had taken him away. It was rather a hard place to put the loyal little fellow, but he proved equal t

Smith," he re

laughed the officer, who understood from the mann

," was the tr

he officer. "Just now we've got to travel dow

xious about something. Finally, directing two of his men to remain under arms at the tents, he set

want of Ned Ne

think they were Greasers because they wore the ragged clothes over their good ones? Huh! They had to

Jimmie. "What do they

reply. "They are here on a clue provided by Nestor,

hat Ned was in partnership with the Un

e wires to Washington hot ever since he left New York, and these men were sent

Jimmie. "If I had known who they were, I wouldn't h

er. "That is the boy wanted for robbery and attemp

from the officers until the truth is known. Now he

im," suggested the drummer. "If so, he is

ask them to help find him. I recon, now, that the Greasers caught him. I hope so, that is, I would rather they w

service men, who began questioning Jimmie about the boy he had cal

tory. "It strikes me that the Greasers mistook Fremont for Nestor. In t

ore likely to stand him up against a wall and shoot him. When

re Ned Nestor?" demanded Jimmie. "You said

ble for this gathering is interested

ould, the guards explaining that they were "expecting company,"

Fremont might be in deadly peril, and Nestor and Shaw were still unaccountably absent. His idea now was that the secret service m

nnouncement that Nestor was working with the War department, the story that he had been in communication with the government at Washi

the forests and the wild places, the great spaces; he loved the light of the campfire and the rustle

y were speaking of the important part Nestor was playing in the happenings ther

if acting under strong excitement. There was also the r

f the little tent. The guards were crouching low in the shado

f the men whispered. "Better go back to

replied the boy, indignantly. "Are

ne moving about,

suggested Jimmie, hoping with all hi

o took him away doubtless thought they were getting Nestor, and they will be so angry when they discove

immie. "I'm not goin' to lie in any old tent while

Wait until the lieutenant returns, and we'll see what can be d

et away from the guards as soon as possible and do what he could to find Fremont. At the very door of the te