Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover] A BOY SCOUT’S COURAGE _By_ EDWARD GRIGGS THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO. AKRON, OHIO –––– NEW YORK Copyright, 1921 By The Saalfield Publishing Co. MADE IN THE U.S.A. TWELVE VOLUMES 1 A BOY SCOUT’S ADVENTURE 2 A BOY SCOUT’S DESTINY 3 A BOY SCOUT’S HOLIDAY 4 A BOY SCOUT’S CHANCE 5 A BOY SCOUT ON THE TRAIL 6 A BOY SCOUT MYSTERY 7 A BOY SCOUT PATRIOT 8 A BOY SCOUT HERO 9 A BOY SCOUT’S DARING 10 A BOY SCOUT’S COURAGE 11 A BOY SCOUT’S STRUGGLE 12 A BOY SCOUT’S SUCCESS ―――― CONTENTS CHAPTER I–A FRIEND IN NEED CHAPTER II–AN UNEXPECTED BLOW CHAPTER III–A GOOD WITNESS CHAPTER IV–THE FIRST BLOW CHAPTER V–THE SILENT WIRE CHAPTER VI–A TREACHEROUS DEED CHAPTER VII–THE TRAP CHAPTER VIII–A DARING RUSE CHAPTER IX–THE CIPHER CHAPTER X–A CAPTURE FROM THE SKIES CHAPTER XI–VINDICATION ―――― A BOY SCOUT’S COURAGE CHAPTER I–A FRIEND IN NEED "As long as I can’t be at home, I’d rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of!" Was it little more than a week, thought Harry Fleming, American Boy Scout living in London, since he had uttered those words so lightly? Was it just a week since Grenfel, his English scoutmaster, had bidden the boys good-bye? Was it just two days since father and mother had been so suddenly recalled to the States? Was it just that very morning that he and his good chum Dick Mercer had been detailed on this mission which had led to the discovery of the secret heliographs so busily sending messages to the enemy across the North Sea? Was it just a few hours since the two Scouts, hot on the trail, had cached papers and motorcycles and started the closer exploration of that mysterious estate outside the sleepy English village, leased, so the village gossip had it, by a rich American who eccentrically denied himself to all comers and zealously guarded the privacy of his grounds?