That would be where dad lost out....
If Tom Slade knew some secret about a higher award, that meant more stunts, Hervey would do those stunts, too; the more the merrier.

He should worry....
Yes, he was on the trail at last, and at the end of that trail was the stalking badge--and the Eagle award.

_Hervey Willetts, Eagle Scout._ It sounded pretty good....
He realized now that this discovery of his was just a streak of luck, that the chances would have been altogether against his finding real tracks in these two remaining days.

"I'm lucky," he said.

Which must have been true, else he would have lost his life long ere that....
Darkness was now coming on apace, and it must be long past supper-time.
But this was no time to be thinking of eating.