Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . to run all the time, but Dick remembered that inan emergency scouts are of little account if they are exhaustedand out of breath from running. So under his orders the troopran and walked by turns, making rapid progress. From the crest of the hill the boys saw a group of menstanding around a mowing-machine in a field a short distanceaway. Evidently some one was in trouble, as one of the menwas holding his hands to his head and shaking with could be seen running. On the road beyond Dick sawJim Hawkins and a detail
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . to run all the time, but Dick remembered that inan emergency scouts are of little account if they are exhaustedand out of breath from running. So under his orders the troopran and walked by turns, making rapid progress. From the crest of the hill the boys saw a group of menstanding around a mowing-machine in a field a short distanceaway. Evidently some one was in trouble, as one of the menwas holding his hands to his head and shaking with could be seen running. On the road beyond Dick sawJim Hawkins and a detail of the horse patrol. Jim was ridingDuke. He saw the man hail the horseman, speak a few words,and Jim leaned over Dukes head and then sped away like arifle bullet. Dick and his men kept on their course toward the groupof workmen in the field. When they reached the scene theyfound a young man of about thirty years of age stretched up-on the ground. Blood gushed from a wound iii the upperpart of his right leg. None of the men knew what to do. 78 THE SCOUTS BUAVEin. FIRST AID BANPAOUS A V>ox Scout Who lias Boon Used as n Subject by 11 is Comrades. Nolo the Sling for a Broken Arm or Wrisl Dick had paid par-ticular attention to thefirst-aid instruction giv-en by the scoutmaster,as he had determined tobe a doctor when he be-came a man. lie knewat (Mice that an arteryhad been cut, if notsevered. But he dis-liked to take the initia-1 ive and the sight of theblood and the manssuffering almost madehim sick. Some of the scoutsturned away. Dickknew, however, thatlong before a doctorcould arrive the manwould bleed to death. At the thought of ? taking hold of the man lie felt his head swim and a weakness almost overcome him. Fine scout you are, he thought and by main force of hiswill he made himself a machine ready for its work. Stepping up to the distracted men, he said, I know what todo for him. Oh, do something! Oh, do something! Save him! I dontknow what to do, was the answer of the al
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