Excerpt from The Fire Escape: A Comedy in One Act Comedy drama for boys, in 2 acts; 17 males. Time, hours. Scene: 1 exterior, easy to set. A boy scout troop on its annual camp in the woods find a street gamin who is living in a cave with a hobo. He is rescued from a career Of crime procures a fine position, and in the end becomes a favorite with the boys and qualifies as an Eagle Scout. It is an interesting dramatic story well supplied with ac'tion and comedy; introduces boy scout stunts; true to scout principles and written by a scoutmaster of six years' experience. Synopsis Act I. - Bing tries to make a sale. We don't eat stolen chickens. Dese ain't stole; dey was jest swiped when de farmer wasn't Red Mike in search of Bing. The accu sation and the attack. NO you don't. Scouts overpower Red Mike and bind his hands and feet. Bing starts to leave. Stay here in camp with us. Gimme a chance, fellers, won't ye? Red Mike threatens the boys and is reminded of a safe robbery for which he has been hunted. I don' t wanna talk to no sheriff. Red Mike released. I ain't got nobody now but youse guys an' I'm a-goin' to make good or bust a suspender. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.