"But we get them in ways that are just as good.
They taste just as good as if they were swiped, honest they do," he hastened to add.

"So will you come down by the river with me?
That old railroad car down there is our meeting place and it's got a stove in it and everything and there won't be any one there to-day except just you and me and we'll have an election and I'll vote for you and you can vote for yourself and so you'll be sure to be elected patrol leader.

And after that I'll show you what you have to do and most of it is eating and things like that.

So will you say yes ?" Keekie Joe was not to be lured by promises of "eats," though he was curious about the old railroad car.

His answer to Pee-wee was characteristic of him.