(Great applause.) He was then and there an Eagle Scout and he did not know it.

(Deafening cheers.) But Tom Slade knew it and said nothing----" "Thomas the Silent," some irreverent voice called.
"So you see, my friends, it really made no difference whether our young hero tracked an animal or not.

He was an Eagle Scout.

He could go no higher.

He had reached the pinnacle--no, not quite that.