[Illustration: THE MOTOR CARAVAN ON THE WAY.] ROY BLAKELEY’S MOTOR CARAVAN BY PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH Author of TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT, TOM SLADE AT BLACK LAKE, ROY BLAKELEY, ETC. ILLUSTRATED PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS—NEW YORK Made in the United States of America COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP Table of Contents I—Some Expedition! II—Who We All Are III—Who Is Pee-Wee Harris, and If So, Why? IV—Pee-Wee’s Watch V—The Caravan VI—Stranded VII—A Good Turn VIII—Grumpy IX—Military Plans X—The Signal Corps at Work XI—A Mysterious Footprint XII—A Discovery XIII—Tom Slade, Scout XIV—Pee-Wee’s Goat XV—The Message XVI—Brent’s Ambition XVII—A Side Show XVIII—A Shower Bath XIX—Brent Gets His Wish XX—We Consider Our Predicament XXI—Getting Started XXII—Silence! XXIII—Fixing It XXIV—Snoozer Settles It XXV—Big Excitement at Barrow’s Homestead XXVI—To the Rescue XXVII—Another Discovery XXVIII—A Mysterious Paper XXIX—The Mystery Deepens XXX—We Make a Promise XXXI—We Reach Our Destination XXXII—Surrender and Indemnity XXXIII—Mobilizing XXXIV—Tr-r-aitors! XXXV—Peace With Indemnity XXXVI—Scouts on the Job XXXVII—That Mysterious Paper Again XXXVIII—The Only Way ROY BLAKELEY’S MOTOR CARAVAN CHAPTER I—SOME EXPEDITION! Gee whiz, whenever I see that fellow Harry Domicile, I know there’s going to be a lot of fun. Just the same as I can always tell if we’re going to have mince turnovers for dessert. That’s one thing I’m crazy about—mince turnovers. I can tell when I go through the kitchen if we’re going to have them, because our cook has a kind of a look on her face. I can eat five of those things at a sitting, but that isn’t saying how many I can eat standing up. Pee-wee Harris can eat seven, even while he’s talking at the same time. Anyway, that hasn’t got anything to do with Harry Donnelle.