[Tom Slade on Mystery Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh]@TWC D-Link bookTom Slade on Mystery Trail CHAPTER XI 4/7
No, sir, you can't get above that--no, _siree_....
Do you mean to tell me that there's anything higher in scouting than the Eagle award ?" he asked defiantly, after a pause. "Yop, there is," said Tom, unmoved. Hervey paused in consternation.
"Well, I'm for the Eagle award, anyway," he finally said.
"That's good enough for _me_.
And I'm going to get it, too; right away, quick." "You'll get it," Tom said. "Think I will ?" "I don't think, I know." "You mean you're _sure_ I will ?" "That's what I said." "_Positive ?_" "That's what I said." "Well, then I'd better get busy hunting for some tracks, hadn't I? I've got to make good to _you_ as well as to my troop, haven't I ?" "You ask a lot of questions," said Tom in his funny, sober way.
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