I'll show you
how you can tell the difference when we get to that island. I'll show
you a lot of things. Do you know how to pump water with a
newspaper--rolled up? Gee, that's easy, I learned that when I was a
tenderfoot."
"What are you now, a second hand scout?"
"I'm a first class scout and I'm a first aid scout and--Do you know how
to make things out of peanut shells?"
"Will you show us that, too?"
"Sure, but anyway I never use chalk for scout signs; I use charred wood.
Do you know why?"
"Because chalk reminds you of school?"
"Because it's got too much civilization in it."
"Do they put that in it?"
"No, but it's there. Gee whiz, I've got no use for civilization, I don't
care what kind it is."
"Well, what about that codger?" asked Scoutmaster Ned. "He said he read
the signal?"
"Sure, and he was the one that stopped us when that fellow ran away. Gee
whiz, I didn't see any signal but I didn't look behind. Maybe he's just
disguised as a rube, hey? Anyway, he stopped us, that's one sure thing,
because we stopped and that proves it, doesn't it?"
"There's nothing the matter with the road," Safety First repeated.
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