t was his? As soon as he told me, I marked off my claim the same as any scout would. Maybe I ought to have rememb

foot. That's one thing I wouldn't do. I wouldn't even have bothered to tell you ab

It must have been cut out of a piece of wood from a grocery box, because I noticed on the other side of it, it said "Ho

here's my chance to do a good turn and I have to thank the honorable Elk Patrol for giving me the chance." Then I turned the big wooden medal over so the other side

e never bothered with things like that. "Settle your own disputes," that's what he always said. The only fello

ng here." I went over to the rail where all of the fellows were watching and there was a rowboat with two men in it, headed straight for us. Pretty soon they came along

fter Lieutenant Donnelle. They're going to search the ho

them said, "We just want to

me any questions if I wasn't there. And I was on the side of Lieutenant Donnelle, I didn't care what. So I went into the

gone?" I

," he

, "What did

ors," he said; "and they wan

if a boat has a fixed engine, it has to have a license and

, "if we had one it prob

nary engine," he sai

?" I asked, because I w

a life preserver for everyb

ved. "Isn't Pee-wee fo

dn't have one and have the number on his boat, like everybody has to. Anyway, it was lucky for him that he didn't have any number on, because now they'd have a hard job finding him, especially because I knew he didn't give his right name. And then I began wondering about the adventure that Jake and Lieutenant Don

chairs. Oh, it was fine. It was all pitch dark and all you could see were the lights on the boats. All of a sudde

y. He said, "Can I sit

because I keep thinking and I want to stay right near you. I ain't m

s hand and his hand was hot-even through my khaki shirt I could

nking about a fellow that's a hero. He's a

t's what he said. Tha

s going to have more to do with Lieutenant Donnelle than I was. P