. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the moving pictures . in the Troop Book. At camp a Red Cross flag had been raisedabove Mr. Ellsworths own tent and except forthe quiet comings and going of the scoutmasterhimself and Doc Carson, all was quiet here. had expected to find the camp a scene ofcommotion. Good evening, Mrs. Bennett, said the scout-master, in a tone of pleasant surprise. The spiderwas in his web at last, but he concealed his feel-ing of elation. You are just in time to grace thefestive board. Were going to have corn wiggles;did you ever eat a corn wiggle, Mrs. Bennett? Where is m
. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the moving pictures . in the Troop Book. At camp a Red Cross flag had been raisedabove Mr. Ellsworths own tent and except forthe quiet comings and going of the scoutmasterhimself and Doc Carson, all was quiet here. had expected to find the camp a scene ofcommotion. Good evening, Mrs. Bennett, said the scout-master, in a tone of pleasant surprise. The spiderwas in his web at last, but he concealed his feel-ing of elation. You are just in time to grace thefestive board. Were going to have corn wiggles;did you ever eat a corn wiggle, Mrs. Bennett? Where is my boy? she demanded. uSit down, wont you? Hes over there learn-ing how to tell a mushroom from a toadstool—>something every boy ought to know. And this other boy? she added, glancing in-side the tent. Fine—doing fine. One of our boys hiked itto town for a doctor, and I thought you were hewhen the sentinel told me someone was coming. You saw me coming? No, we heard you long before we saw wish now that Connovers sense of hearing were. MRS. BENNETT COMES ACROSS 179 a little more acute. Then hed have been able todistinguish the locality of a human voice. Buttheres no use crying over spilled milk. Mrs. Bennett listened breathlessly while he re-peated the story of the afternoons he was talking a scout approached, removed his hat, saluted Mr. Ellsworth, and handed hima paper. It was a memorandum of the tempera-ture of the river wrater, an amateur forecast ofthe weather for the next day, and a stunt propo-sition for O. K. The scoutmaster asked one ortwo questions and dismissed the messenger. was a little surprised to notice that thequestions seemed to bear with practical sense andforesight upon the physical welfare of the boys. Do you give your approval to everything?she asked. No—not always, he laughed. And what then? You cant watch them all. Oh, dear, no; I just give my veto and forgetit. You take the temperature of the river? Yes, and tes
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