Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike

were all ea

You're a little brick to try to find

even trip,"

old him, "and let

t is like. Because I thought maybe that would kind of lure him. I thought if he sa

say?" Westy w

I told him there are different kinds of kind acts," the kid said. "I told him you don't have to be so awful kind. I told him it might be a kind act to break a

all that?" Dorry asked him. I was

one on me," Ra

think you're so smart. I know lots of good turns that are fun. Suppose I tr

candy from h

a good turn," t

pping people up, he would never make much of a scout. I wouldn't want a fellow like that in my patrol. Forget it. W

hey don't do anything but good turns. I wish I could get him for you, I know that, because you

If he wants to camp out on his wild and woolly front porch, we should bother our young lives about him. Let him lurk in hi

nging seat beside me squi

d. Do you see that tree away, way over on the r

said; "correct the firs

plar tree,

, it's a large, popula

, you fellows. I'm trying to get a bee-lin

tt's for ice crea

d!" Pee-we

went on Main Street look

t at that tree," Westy said. "G

" I said, "

bee-line with that

"buildings and things-an

n College right in ha

t would be better," I said. "The High School just escape

over an imaginary line

ng enough imagination. Oh, look whe

id shouted. "S

right-straight-wait a minute-it goes right

tired!" Pee

tree. A bee-line hike, that's what I'd call it. Let's see your compass, Kid. That tree is-just-wait a

ngs?" Hunt Manner

er them. Or else we'd have to move them out of the way. We'd make a solemn vow that we wouldn't turn t

eard those fellows shout.

animously in favor of a bee-line hike, eat another peanut.

s we'll go right strai

e," Hunt Man

to go a little--"

id. "We go straight t

way we'll use resour

ridgeboro, New Jersey, Troop B. S. A., all gather around your patrol leader and each give

ing a patrol lea

u think I don't know how to count? Now all raise your hands an

will plant our patrol emblem under the branches of yonder popular tree, having taken a course due west from this sw

through the mathemati

s with ten more peanuts each t

said; "what is this?

for the Boy Scouts of America! Give me another peanut, somebody. Food will w

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