How about _you_, Joe ?" Joe only smiled, but did not venture a guess.
"I guess an alarm clock and a headlight from an automobile," said Brownie.
"I guess part of a floor lamp--the shade part," said Billy.
"I guess--I guess," said Nuts; "let's see--I guess some chicken wire, part of a typewriter machine and a megaphone." "You're all wrong and I'm right as you usually are," said Townsend; "he will bring back----" "Let's go in swimming," said Brownie.
"Good idea," said Townsend.

"Joe, I'm going to teach you to swim." Now it was right then that Keekie Joe said something which surprised them all.

And it was just that little remark which showed the effects of the week's outing upon his simple mind.

He had certainly not received any particular training or instruction; he had been in some measure a participant but mostly a bashful and amused witness of his companions' adventures and a silent listener to their talk.
He had heard them all speak of their parents and of how this or that plan might be approved or disapproved at home.

He had heard them discuss whether their parents would probably expect them home on Sunday night or early Monday morning.