Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . ay their pistols and were more reasonable. Bob told about the wireless message and the shipwreck, andthe two men laughed long and loud. Shipwreck! cried theman who had grabbed the signal scout. Thats a pretty it to the judge tomorrow. Im going to put you kidswhere you wont break into any more railroad stations. SCOUTS SAVE A SHIP 113 With this he made the hoys line up and marched themto an old toolhouse nearby, and locked them up in the darkgreasy place. Dick and Dug hadbetter luck. In thetown they awakenedDicks father
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . ay their pistols and were more reasonable. Bob told about the wireless message and the shipwreck, andthe two men laughed long and loud. Shipwreck! cried theman who had grabbed the signal scout. Thats a pretty it to the judge tomorrow. Im going to put you kidswhere you wont break into any more railroad stations. SCOUTS SAVE A SHIP 113 With this he made the hoys line up and marched themto an old toolhouse nearby, and locked them up in the darkgreasy place. Dick and Dug hadbetter luck. In thetown they awakenedDicks father, on theroad to the telegraphoffice, and he went withthem to send the mes-sage. It was received,and an answer sentback to Dick. Theboys spent the re-mainder of the night atDicks home, his moth-er giving them some-thing to eat, as theywere hungry after theirlong march. While Dick and hissquad of scouts slepthappily, poor Bob andMac and their com-rades were prisoners ina miserable dungeon,hot and tired, and suf-fering for lack of lightand good wholesomefresh THE CAMP FUEL SUPPLYBig Mac of the Boy Scouts Showing His Skillwith the Ax When morning came, the scouts at the camp speculatedabout their missing comrades. Dick, they knew, was amongfriends if he reached the town, and the message indicated thathe had been at the telegraph office. Nothing was heard of Boband Macs squad, however. 114 SCOUTS SAVE A SHIP Dick and his friends slept late and had a good breakfast athis home, the folks being glad to have him home again. Theycould hardly believe the wireless story, however. It was almostnoon when the scouts left the house and went down toward therailroad station to buy some supplies for the camp. At the station they saw a crowd. The sheriff was in some young burglars, he said. Caught themlast night at the cut-out station. Regular young ruffians, Ihear. Glad theyre prisoners. The boys waited for the train, curious like the other peoplestanding about. When the trai
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