Chapter I: Front Matter

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BANNER BOY SCOUTS
MYSTERY

THE BANNER
BOY SCOUTS
MYSTERY

_By_

GEORGE A. WARREN

THE WORLD SYNDICATE
PUBLISHING COMPANY
CLEVELAND NEW YORK

_Published 1937 by
The World Syndicate Publishing Co._

_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I LOST 9

II FIRE! 23

III PAUL LOOKS INTO THE MATTER 28

IV DETECTIVES 36

V A SUSPICIOUS INDIVIDUAL 44

VI THE SPY 53

VII THE ROBBERY 66

VIII ENCOUNTER 73

IX WHO IS MR. GREY? 81

X STUMPED! 90

XI A HUNCH 97

XII A BUMP ON THE HEAD 105

XIII DISCOVERY 113

XIV A NEW TURN OF EVENTS 122

XV FOLLOWING UP THEIR CLUES 131

XVI PAUL GETS INTO TROUBLE 138

XVII PARENTAL ADMONITIONS 149

XVIII FALSE ALARM! 156

XIX CAPTURED! 163

XX ESCAPE! 172

XXI CONVINCING THE POLICE 178

XXII MR. GREY 191

XXIII PAUL HELPS OUT 197

XXIV BATTLE 204

XXV INTO THE LAKE 210

XXVI TROUBLE AT HOME 218

XXVII MYSTERY OF THE WHITE CARD 229

XXVIII AGAIN THE WHITE CARD 237

XXIX MYSTERY SOLVED 243

BANNER BOY SCOUTS MYSTERY