Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . very pleasantand roomy cottage on a picturesque point jutting into thelake, and it had been arranged that the meriy party of boysand girls should make this summer home of Grace Haskinstheir headquarters for the day. This was a very nice andsuitable arrangement, for while Grace was a popular memberof the Girls Club, her young brother Harry had recentlyjoined the Eagle Patrol and gave every promise of becominga first-class scout. Besides this, the Haskins cottage was a well-equippedsummer home. Swings and hammocks were hung inviti
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . very pleasantand roomy cottage on a picturesque point jutting into thelake, and it had been arranged that the meriy party of boysand girls should make this summer home of Grace Haskinstheir headquarters for the day. This was a very nice andsuitable arrangement, for while Grace was a popular memberof the Girls Club, her young brother Harry had recentlyjoined the Eagle Patrol and gave every promise of becominga first-class scout. Besides this, the Haskins cottage was a well-equippedsummer home. Swings and hammocks were hung invitinglyin the front yard. A long, narrow pier extended into the lakein front of the cottage and when the boys and girls arrived 210 A JOINT HIKE they were delighted to find several sailboats and a good biglaunch moored to the pier, and awaiting their coming. Oh, this is great! said Dave Crockett when he saw thewater craft. Last year we had only our old raft, the Tender-foot, that was wrecked, but now it begins to look as if wecould go sailing in shipshape NO ROOM FOR ALL The Captain Is Embarrassed When All the Party Desire to CrowdAboard His Craft It was a little after 9 oclock when the party arrived atthe lake and were cordially welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Has-kins and their friends Grace and Harry. The walk fromtown, aided by the music of the buglers, had been rapidlyaccomplished, and while a few of the smaller girls had beengiven occasional lifts in the surrey, most had enjoyed thewalk. The Scouts of course thought nothing of the distance,and, like the little gentlemen they had been trained to be, A JOINT HIKE 211 they had helped the girls over all the rough and tiresome places in the road. When Mr. Man-ning, Mrs. Spencer,and the other adultsof the party hadgreeted their host andhostess, and milk anddoughnuts had beenfreely passed, thescoutmaster assembledthe entire party in thefront yard and warnedthem all to be verycareful in the use ofthe boats that hadbeen provided b
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