Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . ole in the upper end and tak-ing from his pocket a long, slender leather string, inserted itin the hole. Next he tied the ends and the staff was toppedwith a strong leather loop. He had done this idly and was admiring the effect whenMr. Manning observed the work. He took the staff and Tonywas afraid he had done something wrong. But Mr. Manningwas pleased. He saw the value of such a loop on the staffin certain emergencies and told Tony, in the best way he could,that the idea was a good one. He then decided that each scoutshould c
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . ole in the upper end and tak-ing from his pocket a long, slender leather string, inserted itin the hole. Next he tied the ends and the staff was toppedwith a strong leather loop. He had done this idly and was admiring the effect whenMr. Manning observed the work. He took the staff and Tonywas afraid he had done something wrong. But Mr. Manningwas pleased. He saw the value of such a loop on the staffin certain emergencies and told Tony, in the best way he could,that the idea was a good one. He then decided that each scoutshould carry a strong leather thong and be taught to tie it intoa loop on the end of the staff. Such an arrangement wouldenable the scouts to make a chain of their staves, and if theleather was strong and the knot well tied, it would be of greatuse on many occasions. Dick returned at this point and reported that three boyshad built the fire and were burning up the rails from the farm-ers fence. The leader is a big red-headed boy, he said. TONY, THE ITALIAN TRUMPETER 09. REGULATION WRESTLING IN CAMPCatch-as-Catch-Can is a Form of Athletic Exercise That Develops Muscle and Appeals to the Boys Red-head, Red-head, cried Tony in alarm. lie continued to cry out, hut that was all the boys couldunderstand. Mr. Manning explained that the red-headed boyhad hurt Tony and always was teasing and abusing him. Well look into this, said the scoutmaster, glancingaround. How many men shall we take? Take us all, Take me, Take me, the boys shouted,each one eager to get into the adventure if there was to be one. First we must hold a council of war, said Mr. all sit down and consider the matter. So the boysgrouped themselves about the scoutmaster, the clean and well-ordered camp offering plenty of seats for just such a talk. What is the work before us? he asked Dick. First, said the leader of the Eagles, we must stop thatfence-burning. We promised the farmer to look after histhings and we must
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