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Pee-wee Harris on the Trail

CHAPTER XXXII
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I'll show you how you can tell the difference when we get to that island.

I'll show you a lot of things.

Do you know how to pump water with a newspaper--rolled up?
Gee, that's easy, I learned that when I was a tenderfoot." "What are you now, a second hand scout ?" "I'm a first class scout and I'm a first aid scout and--Do you know how to make things out of peanut shells ?" "Will you show us that, too ?" "Sure, but anyway I never use chalk for scout signs; I use charred wood.
Do you know why ?" "Because chalk reminds you of school ?" "Because it's got too much civilization in it." "Do they put that in it ?" "No, but it's there.

Gee whiz, I've got no use for civilization, I don't care what kind it is." "Well, what about that codger ?" asked Scoutmaster Ned.

"He said he read the signal ?" "Sure, and he was the one that stopped us when that fellow ran away.


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