Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 61114-h.htm or 61114-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/61114/61114-h/61114-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/61114/61114-h.zip) WESTY MARTIN IN THE YELLOWSTONE [Illustration: HOW CHEERING IT WAS—LIKE A FRIEND FROM HOME.] WESTY MARTIN IN THE YELLOWSTONE by PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Illustrated Published with the approval of The Boy Scouts Of America Grosset & Dunlap Publishers :: New York Made in the United States of America Copyright, 1924, by Grosset & Dunlap THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF AMERICA WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE SHOWN THEIR VITAL INTEREST IN THE FUTURE CITIZENSHIP OF OUR COUNTRY BY THEIR SPLENDID WORK AMONG THE BOYS OF AMERICA CONTENTS I Mr. Wilde and the Three Scouts II Mr. Wilde Holds Forth III The Knockout Blow IV The Chance Comes V The Shadow of Mr. Wilde VI Stranded VII Hopes and Plans VIII On the Way IX The Rocky Hill X The Camping Site XI Alone XII In the Twilight XIII Warde and Ed XIV The Master XV The Haunting Spirit of Shining Sun XVI A Desperate Predicament XVII Sounds! XVIII Westy’s Job XIX The Way of the Scout XX A Fatal Move XXI In the Darkness XXII The Friendly Brook XXIII The Cut Trail XXIV Downstream XXV Little Dabs of Gray XXVI Movie Stuff XXVII The Advance Guard XXVIII The Garb of the Scout XXIX The Polish of Shining Sun XXX Visitors XXXI No Escape XXXII Off to Pelican Cone XXXIII Hermitage Rest XXXIV Vulture Cliff XXXV Disappointment XXXVI Off the Cliff XXXVII Ed Carlyle, Scout XXXVIII The Wounded Stranger XXXIX Westy’s Descent XL Warde Meets a Grizzly XLI A Scout Mascot WESTY MARTIN IN THE YELLOWSTONE CHAPTER I MR. WILDE AND THE THREE SCOUTS