"Begin at the beginning," that's what Mr.Ellsworth always said, and he says it's more important to know the scout oath and follow it, than it is to get the eagle, award.

Connie's a good patrol leader all right; gee, nobody can say he isn't, but he's crazy about stunts and merit badges.

He always seemed to think that that was all there was to scouting.

But believe me, there's many a girl wears a sailor hat who screams when she gets in a boat.

Anyway, I'm not going to be knocking anybody.
Well, the next day in the middle of the night--I mean the next night early in the morning--I mean when it was just getting light, after the night after the next day--we got to Catskill Landing, and oh, boy! wasn't I glad! We tied the houseboat to an old pier maybe a couple of hundred yards above the regular landing, and had a good swim and then breakfast before we started up to camp.