TELLS ABOUT OUR TRIP UP THE HUDSON He said, "If they get mad when I talk to you, I'll talk to you on the sly.

It's all right to like a fellow that isn't in your patrol, isn't it ?" "Sure it is," I told him, "you have to like everybody.

But you do what they tell you and then nobody'll get mad." He said, "The swimming badge is a good one, isn't it ?" "It's a dandy one," I said.

Then he told me that was the one they wanted him to try for.

He said, "Can I try for it now ?" I thought I'd better watch my step--safety first, hey?
So I said, "You ask Connie.