_BOOKS BY_ =Walter P. Eaton= THE BOY SCOUTS OF BERKSHIRE. A story of how the Chipmunk Patrol was started, what they did and how they did it. BOY SCOUTS IN THE DISMAL SWAMP. A story of Boy Scouting in the Dismal Swamp. BOY SCOUTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. A story of a hike over the Franconia and Presidential Ranges. BOY SCOUTS OF THE WILDCAT PATROL. A story of Boy Scouting. PEANUT--CUB REPORTER. A Boy Scout’s life and adventures on a newspaper. BOY SCOUTS IN GLACIER PARK. The adventures of two young Easterners in the heart of the High Rockies. BOY SCOUTS AT CRATER LAKE. A Story of the High Cascades. BOY SCOUTS ON KATAHDIN. A story of the Maine Woods. HAWKEYE’S ROOMMATE. A story of the very life of a truly American prep school--how the boys studied, played and found lasting friendships and learned the lessons of life. [Illustration] Boy Scouts in the White Mountains _THE STORY OF A LONG HIKE_ By WALTER PRICHARD EATON _ILLUSTRATED BY_ FRANK T. MERRILL [Illustration: Docendo discimus] W. A. WILDE COMPANY BOSTON CHICAGO _Copyrighted, 1914_ By W. A. Wilde Company _All rights reserved_ BOY SCOUTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS NOTE The author and publishers desire to express their appreciation of the courtesy extended by Small Maynard & Co. for the use of the black and white plates used in this volume, which are taken from their “White Mountain Trails” and also to “The Northward-Ho” for the use of the reproduction of the Presidential Range used on the cover. _To Sydney Bruce Snow_ _In memory of a cheerful fire and a doleful broken egg beside the Lakes of the Clouds_ Contents I. PEANUT CALLS TO ARMS 13 II. GETTING READY FOR THE HIKE 23 III. FOURTH OF JULY ON KINSMAN 34 IV. MOOSILAUKE 60 V. LOST RIVER AND THE LADIES 82 VI. A STRANGE ADVENTURE IN THE NIGHT 105 VII. OVER THE LAFAYETTE RIDGE, WITH A DINNER PARTY AT THE END 123 VIII. ON THE FOREHEAD OF THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN 154 IX. THE CRAWFORD NOTCH 163 X. A FIGHT WITH THE STORM ON THE CRAWFORD BRIDLE PATH 177 XI. TO THE SUMMIT, SAFE AT LAST 194 XII. DOWN TUCKERMAN’S RAVINE 223 XIII. UP THE HUNTINGTON HEAD WALL 243 XIV. THE GIANT’S BEDCLOTHES 257 XV. WITH ROB, ART AND PEANUT INTO THE GREAT GULF 266 XVI. FIRST AID IN THE CLOUDS! 272 XVII. PEANUT LEARNS WHERE THE SIX HUSBANDS’ TRAIL GOT ITS NAME 282 XVIII. THROUGH KING’S RAVINE AND HOME AGAIN 290 Boy Scouts in the White Mountains