Part 13 (2/2)
”So? I thought maybe he was a battleshi+p from his name And what does Dan do to pass the ti now,” said Connover, ”is the _Eureka Patrol in the Fiji Islands; Dan stabs two natives_”
”Get out! Does he really?”
”And the captain of the squad--”
”What squad?”
”Of Boy Scouts-the captain is taken prisoner by the cannibals--”
”You don't say! How many of these books are there, Connie?”
”Twenty-seven--all one series”
”Well, Dan's some boy, isn't he? Hoould you like to be a scout, Connie?”
”My mother wouldn't let me have a musket”
”They all have muskets, do they?”
At this point Mrs Bennett appeared and greeted the scoutmaster cordially She could never find it in her heart to dislike Mr
Ellsworth
”How'd do, Mrs Bennett”
”Good ly, ”I hope you are not trying to contaain”
”Me? Oh, dear, no! A felloho can witness the er from me!”
But Mrs Bennett failed to see the point
”I tell Connover,” said Mrs Bennett, ”that if it must be'scouts' and 'est' it is better in the books than in real life”
”Well, that's a matter of taste, Mrs Bennett You can have Dan What's-his-name up here, if you want to, but I wouldn't allow him near my camp No siree!”
”Yet he's a scout boy,” said Mrs Bennett triuuard Why, Mrs Bennett,” added the scout trail--”
”I've what?”
”Hit the wrong trail We don't have 'Eureka' Patrols or captains or lieutenants or squads orthan it has with a Sunday School picnic I tell you what, Mrs Bennett, I just caood trees should be cut down to get wood-pulp to make paper on which to print such stuff as this! It's a waste of good trees!”
”I have always done everything for Connover--” began Mrs Bennett