The Silver Fox Patrol is hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, at the invitation of Bob White. They are enjoying their outing in a real wilderness, but trouble comes along from a local Moonshiner.
Herbert Carter is one of many pseudonyms used by St George Rathborne. (Ann Boulais)
Chapters
1 The Hike Through the Smoky Range 10 min 2 Seeing Giraffe Through 10 min 3 In the Deserted Log Cabin 11 min 4 After the Storm 12 min 5 The Jones Boy Comes to Grief at Last 11 min 6 More Signs of Trouble Ahead 12 min 7 The Message of the Split Stick 11 min 8 Bob Confides in the Patrol Leader 18 min 9 Opening Communications 12 min 10 The Voice of the Silver Fox Patrol 11 min 11 What was Under the Hat 12 min 12 An Honored Guest 12 min 13 Baiting Old Phin, the Moonshiner 11 min 14 The Return of the Eighth Scout 11 min 15 The Flickering Torch Talk 11 min 16 Climbing the Mountain 12 min 17 In Luck Again 12 min 18 Polly Gives her Promise 12 min 19 The Silent Vidette 12 min 20 The Awakening of Step-hen 17 min 21 'Be Prepared!' 12 min 22 When Bob Came Back 13 min 23 A Climb in the Dark 14 min 24 The Clock in the Sky 14 min 25 Bob Gets his Reward 12 min 26 The 'Still' in the Mountain Cave 12 min 27 Bumpus Calls for Three Cheers 14 min 28 Home Again--Conclusion 15 min