The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound / A Tour on Skates and Iceboats
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ts, some of whom realized that they had been taking matters too much in their own hands.
nviction with it, "let's go back to the meeting-room, and take Jud along. I
l measures as ducking the spy who had fallen into their hands. They were by this time fully accustom
m, though for 47 that matter it would have availed him nothing to have struggl
out had been careful enough to close the door after making his hu
he broken window, through which a draught was blowing. They hoped Paul wou
t the frowning scouts, "I want to remark that it needn't bother us very much even if Jud tells all he may have heard us sayin
st times without number, for a fac
ill make them turn over 48 a new leaf. The forest is plenty big enough for all who want to breathe the fresh air and have a good time. But there's another thing I had in min
y several of the
ipping from his finger
rm pretty bad when he f
the broken glass cut his coat sleeve-just as
coat, Jud, plea
fiant Jud might have flatly declined to oblige him. As it was he looked keenly at Paul, then gri
r scouts uttered low exclamations of concern, not being accustomed to such si
ut, and still bled quite freely. No wonder Jud had run in such an unwonted fashion. No person wounded as badly as that
t an expression of pride. When he saw some of th
h warm water back in the other r
r he could not bring himself to believe that any one who was his e
eign matter that might poison you if left there, and then bind
ot take exception to Paul's action. Every one of them knew deep down in his inmost heart that scout law 50 always insisted
a strange thing according to his ideas. He could not quite bring himself to believe that there was not some cruel hoax hidden in this act of ap
le zinc box containing some soothing and healing salve, which he
njured arm of Jud Mabley. Jack amused himself by watching the play of emotions upon the hard face of Jud. Evidently,
ith a small safety pin, Paul drew down the shirt sleev
en you take a notion, J
duckin' after all?" remarked the other, w
rted one scout, warmly. "Had it been left to the r
will give him a lot of trouble before it fully heals. I hope every time it pains him he'll remember that scouts as
forgetting somethin
might be very well to forgive Jud his spying tricks some one would have to pay for a new pane of glass in the basem
p his mind on the spot 52 to decline absolutely to pay a cent for what
rder Mr. Nickerson to attend to it myself. And I shall also insist on paying the bill out of my own pocket, unless Jud here thinks it right and square to send me the money so
gh his brain, but just then Bobolink chanced to sneer. The sound acted on Jud like magic, for he drew himself up, turned to look boldly into the face of each
e scouts shoo
ing pearls before swine. Jud has a hide 53 as thick as a rhinoceros and nothing can pierce it. Kind words
think you're only afraid. I'm half sorry now you didn't let us car
with such a wound freshly made," remarked Jack. "Wa
Tom Betts, "we'll have lo
the game, you know. There's Paul getting ready to