Part 11 (1/2)
”Don't you pay any attention to him,” said Miss Bates
”I never do,” said Pee-wee; ”he's crazy, he belongs to a crazy patrol
If I can get an envelope big enough I'll write everything on it that will help the post office people, and ive you the envelope irl enthusiastically
”Did you study rhetoric?” Pee-wee demanded
”Yes, and I just _hate_ it,” she said ”Just you wait ainto the house She presently reappeared with an envelope large enough to contain a brief history of the world on its outside, and together she and Pee-wee , was destined to astonish Postmaster Hiram Hicks, of Hicksville, North Carolina
CHAPTER XV
WITHIN REACH
”Maybe she'll get it, you can't tell,” Pee-wee said as they took their way back to ca envelope stuck under his belt, like a death warrant carried by solad we came because it willfor the scouts and the troop even though he looked with a kind of lofty scorn on the Silver Foxes That Warde should become a first class scout was a matter of honest joy to hiht,” said Roy, referring to the distance ood as in the first class I'ood measure”
”I bet you're proud,” said Pee-wee
”I bet I am,” Warde answered ”I feel like a real scout now A fellow isn't a real scout till he gets into the first class”
”Sprouts and scouts,” said Roy
”When you write up your account don't forget to put down about irl,” said Pee-wee
”Oh I'll put everything down, don't you worry,” said Warde, clearly elated at the thought that the coveted badge was as good as won ”Do you think I' anything over on lad,” said Roy
”Oh boy! Won't he!” vociferated Pee-wee ”I can just see hi when I tell hi since he met me,” Pee-wee informed them
”Anyway, maybe we killed two birds with one stone, hey? Maybe that fellow's et the letter and we know Warde is a first class scout”
”That shohat kind of a scout you are,” said Roy; ”throwing stones at birds”
”You're crazy,” Pee-wee said, ”that's an adverb”
”You rammar; you don't know the difference between a proposition and an injunction He thinks Boys' Life is a an You're lucky not to be wished onto the Ravens,” he said to Warde
”I'hed