Part 2 (2/2)
”N--no”
”Anybody else working up there?”
”Not now”
”I suppose these youngsters could get a cos themselves if they wanted to?” Mr Bennett inquired ”Cut out thefellow seemed a trifle worried ”I--I didn't think of that,”
he said; ”I guess they could But I don't want much out of it myself,”
he added, in a voice that had al in it; ”and I picked out the easiest shacks They'd--I'd be willing--they'd get ars can't be choosers I'sters to have a boss, eh?” Mr Bennett added, genially ”Well, I guess you're right Somebody to keep them out of mischief”
The scouts and their new friend strolled out onto Main Street and, pausing there in a little group, continued talking
”If you think we're the kind to get an idea froo and use it and leave you out, you're mistaken,” said Connie Bennett
”The caly
”No, but that particular job is yours,” Westy Martin insisted, ”and we're on that job, if we go there at all”
”That's a good argu up there?” Connie asked
The stranger seemed pleased, even relieved That uncertain, diffident sht, that's sure,” he said ”It's pretty hard for a fellow to get work I just sort of stulad you stumbled into us, too,” said Roy, a note of sy ”We'll have to speak to our mothers and fathers, but don't you worry, we have the, too We'll take a hike up there to-ee whiz, that isn't the only thing we care about Ca and all that--that's e like Don't we, Westy?”
”Where can we find you up there?” Westy asked
”You go up the Knickerbocker Road and right in through the old entrance,” Blythe said ”The second shack you co You'll see ?” Artie Van Arlen asked him
”Yes, but I'et anything till the work's finished--”
”You should worry about that,” Roy said
”I guess I can eat ,” Blythe
”Can you eat as hed
”Can you eat as many as eleven?” Pee-wee demanded
That saered on the stranger's lips again as he said, ”--I guess--not--”
”Then I can beat you,” Pee-wee announced conclusively