The Boy Scouts on Swift River

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xviii Plympton's Story By means of the rope which Woodhull's foresight had provided Louis was at once lowered into the pit. He quickly looped the rope under the arms of the unconscious boy and lifting him up gave the word to pull. As it came to the surface eager hands reached to tenderly lift the limp body and lay it on the coats which Hal had spread on a smooth place. While the guide and Hal once more lowered the rope for Woodhull and pulled him out of the hole Walter bent over the senseless form of his comrade. " Thank heaven it's only a faint! " he exclaimed as he felt the weak but rapid pulse and noted the colorless face. He at once slipped a big stone under the feet so as to elevate them higher than the head that the blood might run toward the brain. Opening the boy's coat and shirt he sprinkled chest and face with water from his canteen and then as Louis appeared called for spirits of ammonia from the first aid kit in Woodhull's knapsack. Meanwhile he briskly rubbed Plympton's limbs toward the body. With the application of the ammonia to his nose Plympton's eyelids fluttered, then slowly opened and a wan smile parted the colorless lips. It was plain that the boy was suffering from shock and exhaustion as well as from the faint, and Woodhull quickly prepared a hypodermic injection by dissolving a one fortieth grain tablet of strychnia in ten drops of water. This he injected into the outside of one arm between the elbow and the shoulder. The patient showed a marked effect almost immediately. The action of the heart became stronger and a little color began to creep into his face. Meanwhile Walter and Hal kept up a brisk rubbing of the limbs to restore circulation. By Woodhull's orders the guide had built a brisk little fire of...