Roy Blakeley

Pee-wee Harris. He's about as easy to keep down as a balloon full of gas. We call him the young dirigible bec

e meeting I'm going to tell you about wasn't much like a peace conference. I told him I'd use my own heading and his too, just to keep him qui

He's Doctor Harris's son and he's a member of the Raven Patrol. He's a member in good standing, only he do

, I know that. He always wears his belt-axe to troop meetings, in case the Germans should invade Bridgeboro, I suppose. He'

eeting to decide about two things, and believe me, those two thin

books for soldiers, and another thing, we wanted to decide how we

hing-the bow is too near the stern. If we were sardines instead of boy scouts, it would be all right,

g to crowd twenty-four growing boys an

d. "Then some of us will have to hik

arge or something or other and

orse-power engine?" s

ones to hike it," Pee-wee yelled; "

ieve me

p and said there was plenty of time for that as long as we were not going to camp for a couple of weeks an

was kind of trembling, as you might say, "for I thought maybe

ld War'," I said, "told me it would be a good idea for one to write

e-wee Harris like

"don't you know you have to have a command

command the Silver Fox Patrol ought to be able to command a few languages and things. I could command a whole regiment even

tin said, in that sober way of his, "you oug

winking at Westy, "I can command a long division or a short div

alking about?"

re cr

ng except Pee-wee Har

seen Pee-wee. Even Mr.

e fairly screamed. "You have to have sunse

ht. There's going to be plenty of action in these books. And Pee-wee Harris i

girls-gold haired girls-

-wee shouted, "I

they ought to be called the Raving Patrol, believe me. Then Mr. Ellsworth held up his hand in that quiet way he has. "This sounds like the Western Front or a

n't want any of my books

ould put in fancy touches for me, because he lives in our town and he's a whole lot interested in our troop. He said that breezes and distant views and twilights

said; "I know all about girls. And I'll he

aid, "I think Pee-wee will p

-wee said, kin

id it was getting late and we'd better sett

uldn't decide how we'd all go in our boat, and that was the thing that troubled us a lot, becau

lows in camp, and how the mystery about the boat was solved. Those are Pee-wee's words about the mystery of the boat. I can't see that there was any mystery ab

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