\Ve boomed it," came the laughing reply,
as Jack at a Pinch, second fiddle now,
inarched off with his companions.

"Who--is he?" Pemrose caught wildly
at the arm of Stud, who was wishing that
he and not those patronizing big boys
had caught the Scoutmaster's cue and
created airdrawn aeroplanes by the corps.
"Do you--do you know who he is;
that biggest--that gaudiest--one among
them?"

"Yes! No-o! I do--an' I don't!"
stammered the boyish Henkyl Hunter. "I
-we--' indicating his scout brothers--
"have met him a couple of times in the
woods; I guess his father an' he have a
camp on the opposite side of the lake from
ours. We've talked with him--tried to
be friendly. And he--he 's always jolly,
you know--like now! But--but when
it comes to finding out anything about
either of them, gee, you might as well
whistle jigs to a milestone--so-o you
might!"

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