Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . d sevens. As preparation had been made, everything went off withprecision. Everyone had his work to do and knew how to do always was plenty of wood for the big fireplace, disheswere washed and scoured in the river promptly, and the sheltersand blankets presented a neat appearance. In the afternoon the entire corps went in bathing. Fewof the boys could swim. In a river there are holes and it is amore dangerous place than are lakes and the sea, with theirsloping beaches. Mr. Manning, however, was not afraid, be- 60 THE BR
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . d sevens. As preparation had been made, everything went off withprecision. Everyone had his work to do and knew how to do always was plenty of wood for the big fireplace, disheswere washed and scoured in the river promptly, and the sheltersand blankets presented a neat appearance. In the afternoon the entire corps went in bathing. Fewof the boys could swim. In a river there are holes and it is amore dangerous place than are lakes and the sea, with theirsloping beaches. Mr. Manning, however, was not afraid, be- 60 THE BRAVEST BOY cause he knew that the boys would obey orders. He learnedwhere the holes were and directed each patrol leader to see thatthe boys took their swimming lessons in the places selected. One of the boys, who had practised the crawl stroke on dryland, found that he could swim the very first time he went intothe water and made considerable headway. In this exercise, asin everything else, the boys found that system and regularmethods brought the best A SCOUT SHELTER TENT Like the Dog Tents of the Army, These Shelters are Enjoyed by All Healthy Boys and are Convenient to Carry It became cooler toward evening and after their swim theboys were ready for supper. It was a chilly night and thecampfire felt good as the boys rested on their blankets beforeturning in for the night. How would you like to hear about a bov who, I believe, THE BRAVEST BOY 61 did as brave an act as was ever done by boy or man? askedMr. Manning. All the boys wanted to hear the story and Mr. Manning-told it. Back in 1899, he said, I was a private in the 171stIndiana Volunteer Infantry. We were ordered to Cuba to oc-cupy the island after Spain and our country had agreed to stopfighting. There were other regiments sent to the island andUnited States soldiers were camped in a number of Cubancities and towns. A few days after we had settled down inone of the seaports, a little negro boy came up to our
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