E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 23987-h.htm or 23987-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/3/9/8/23987/23987-h/23987-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/3/9/8/23987/23987-h.zip) THE TORCH BEARER * * * * * * BY I. T. THURSTON The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story. Illustrated, 12mo, net $1.00. The author of "The Bishop's Shadow" and "The Scout Master of Troop 5" has scored another conspicuous success in this new story of girl life. She shows conclusively that she knows how to reach the heart of a girl as well as that of a boy. The Scout Master of Troop 5 By author of "The Bishop's Shadow." Illustrated, 12mo, cloth, net $1.00. "The daily life of the city boys from whom the scouts are recruited is related, and the succession of experiences afterward coming delightfully to them--country hikes, camp life, exploring expeditions, and the finding of real hidden treasure. The depiction of boy nature is unusually true to life, and there are many realistic scenes and complications to try out traits of character."--_N. Y. Sun_. The Big Brother of Sabin Street Containing the story of Theodore Bryan (The Bishop's Shadow). Illustrated, 12mo, cloth, net $1.00. "This volume is the sequel to the Story of Theodore Bryan, 'The Bishop's Shadow,' which came into prominence as a classic among boys' books and was written to supply the urgent demand for a story continuing the account of Theodore's work among the boys."--_Western Recorder_. The Bishop's Shadow Illustrated, cloth, net $1.00. "A captivating story of dear Phillips Brooks and a little street gamin of Boston. The book sets forth the almost matchless character of the Christlike bishop in most loving and lovely lines."--_The Interior_. * * * * * * THE TORCH BEARER A Camp Fire Girls' Story by I. T. THURSTON Author of "The Bishop's Shadow," "The Scout Master of Troop 5," Etc., Etc. Illustrated [Illustration: The Torch Bearer] New York--Chicago--Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company London and Edinburgh Copyright, 1913, by Fleming H. Revell Company New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 125 N. Wabash Ave. Toronto: 25 Richmond St., W. London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street To M. N. T. ILLUSTRATIONS The Torch Bearer Frontispiece "At last a tiny puff of smoke arose" 14 "Soon the flames began to blaze and crackle, filling the air with a spicy fragrance" 20 A group of girls busy over beadwork 34 "We pull long, we pull strong" 78 "Wood had been gathered earlier in the day" 90