. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam . try, nothing but sand andbrush and coarse shore grass. They were discussing the odd nature of theirmission on the island, when Merritt suddenly 133 THE BOY SCOUTS FOE UNCLE SAMgrasped his companions arm and pointed sea-ward, toward another of the islands that havebeen mentioned as being scattered pretty closelyin the vicinity. Rob was just in time to catchsight of a motor boat, seemingly a fast one, slip-ping behind the spot of land. At the same instant a figure rose from thegrass almost in front of them. It was Bartonthe machinist. He had apparently been conce
. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam . try, nothing but sand andbrush and coarse shore grass. They were discussing the odd nature of theirmission on the island, when Merritt suddenly 133 THE BOY SCOUTS FOE UNCLE SAMgrasped his companions arm and pointed sea-ward, toward another of the islands that havebeen mentioned as being scattered pretty closelyin the vicinity. Rob was just in time to catchsight of a motor boat, seemingly a fast one, slip-ping behind the spot of land. At the same instant a figure rose from thegrass almost in front of them. It was Bartonthe machinist. He had apparently been concealedin the grass, and had not calculated on the boysdiscovering him. Well, what are you after now? Spying onme again, eh? he snarled angrily. I dont know why you should say we werespying on you, rejoined Rob, unless you areup to something wrong. What do you mean? asked Barton, steppingquickly toward him as if to strike him. The mans hand was upraised, but the deter-mined way in which Rob met his angry glarecaused him to drop WAS JUST IN TIME TO CATCH SIGHT OF A MOTOR BOAT,SLIPPING BEHIND THE SPOT OF LAND. TUB NKW YORKprBllC LiBKAEY THE STKANGE FLAG 133 I want you to quit foUowin me around, thatsall, he said. I guess this islands big enough to hold allof us, snapped Merritt, and as for followingyou around, we have other and better occupa-tions on our hands. The machinist made an angry reply and setoff across the island at a rapid pace. As he didso an odd incident took place on the island be-hind which the motor boat had vanished. On a staff which the boys had not previouslynoticed a red flag began to glide up and it was hoisted quickly and then againslowly. *What in the world are they doing overthere? wondered Merritt. 1 cant make out unless they are a party ofcrazy campers amusing themselves, rejoinedRob; and then he suddenly burst out: By Jove,I have it; they are signalling. *But signalling what or who? 134 THE BOY SCOUTS FOE UNCLE SAM I havent decided yet;
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