Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . or camp. 94 THE RIVER BATTLESHIP Experiments made later showed how the leather thongconld be used to make a chain of scout staves, by hitching theloop of one about the end of the other. Mr. Manning had been thinking of the leather thong andmade arrangements when he was in town to get one for eachscout, and many handy uses were found for the piece of leather,which was strong enough to hold up three scouts. Red Joe asked frequently about the wireless outfit and allhands were thrown into excitement and joy when a letter wasreceived


Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . or camp. 94 THE RIVER BATTLESHIP Experiments made later showed how the leather thongconld be used to make a chain of scout staves, by hitching theloop of one about the end of the other. Mr. Manning had been thinking of the leather thong andmade arrangements when he was in town to get one for eachscout, and many handy uses were found for the piece of leather,which was strong enough to hold up three scouts. Red Joe asked frequently about the wireless outfit and allhands were thrown into excitement and joy when a letter wasreceived saying that the wireless instruments had been Joe, Bob, Dug, and Mr. Manning had been reading andstudying wireless books and they had the theory pretty wellmastered. Joe was a marvel at electricity and simply soakedup information along that line. He confidently expected toset up a wireless station in the woods, which would be in com-munication with government stations along the distant coast,with ships on the seas, and perhaps with foreign lands. *.


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