When those trustees and scoutmasters once get busy with the handbook, _good night_, it reminds you of boyhood's happy school days." "It's all on page thirty," Skinny said; "and I've done all of those ten things, because the tracking made ten, and Mr.Elting said as long as you said you saw me do it, it's all right, because he knows you tell the truth." "Well, that's one good thing about me," Hervey laughed.
"And he said you came near winning the Eagle award, too.

He said you only just missed it.

I bet you're a hero, ain't you ?" "Some hero." "A boy said you gave the eagle a good run for it, even if you didn't get it.

He said you came near it." Hervey just sat on the rail swinging his legs.

"I came pretty near the eagle, that's right," he said; "and if I'd got a little nearer I'd have choked his life out.