Dan Carter and the Money Box

nger in

heir slickers, the two Cub Scouts

heir faces. The strong wind fai

d, this

down-and how!" agr

r among the younger boys. An outstanding athlete and nearly ready

yed, sandy-haired Dan Car

s, the younger boy grew so fast it

organized Den 2. On this particular evening, they had been ove

Dan gasped as a heavy curtain o

under a store awning, the

e the night's over," Brad said anxio

a shiver. "The storm certainly rolled in fast. Mayb

t Sam," he said cheerfully. "He knows the Cubs are tough. Anyway, we're

ee the church building a half block ahe

er floor shone dimly t

least," Brad commented. "Shall we go on now? We

uttoning his slicker

The rain scarcely had slackened. Droplets da

when Brad, who was ahead, ran full tilt i

pologized. "I didn't s

e going next time!

such a surly tone, Brad l

hat which dripped rain, appeared shadowy and unfriendly. He might have been

rad apolog

nly to be stopped in the

er addressed them, "wha

re?" dema

t's lighted up lik

meeting," Dan ex

ve away, but the stranger mor

" the man echoe

h a stupid question was stalling for time. He seem

y Scouts of America," Brad explained br

church doing a

atiently. "The Cubs are hav

he stranger. "But the church has b

egan to edge away for

were made on the heating system," Dan added. "Now th

e stranger turned and s

e and Dan started to cross the fl

it right. I thought h

Dan. Somehow I didn'

hey gave me the creeps. Wonder why he

ty, I suppose. Yo

replied, leaping over a river of gutte

ched the vestibu

in out of the rain. Shaking out their slickers, they h

paint and seemed rather co

ped on back to a small meeting ch

Midge Holloway, Red Suell, Fred Hatfield, and

s Clarence, barely had p

e fellows made it a little tough for him, cal

idded, but he was game-a

coming," Chips greeted Brad and

a lamppost on Main Street and

laughed. "I guess t

ected. "Look at the rain sl

He told the boys he had his car parked at the rear of the church. If the rai

siness," he said, calling the meeting to order. "W

start the session off, t

howled in unison: "A-h-h-kay Iaa

ad of us-our best," Mr. Hatfield emphasized as the room became

t it?" Midge Holloway recalled. He had heard his fat

the very least, another wing. Now that temporary repairs have been made, the building

, isn't it?" Brad remarked, for Mr. Hat

e asked the Cub Scouts to pitch in

?" Chips asked, running a hand

iven a list of prospects to see. Whatever

e do it,"

've used the church meeting room, so

were willing to go along with the

iastic a worker as the other Cubs, he wasn't t

boys instructions and

he Cub leader then said cheerfully. "How many of you have r

n the breeze, and a

engthen the Arm of Liberty," Mr. Hatfield went on. "We'll make our own Round Table, armor

outed three

ied the Cub Scout leader with questions. How would t

f we could build a huge oak table such as King Arthur and his knight

ng-room table-one that's

By the way, who knows why Ki

r. "Wasn't it so he could provide a plac

knight was the equal of every other knight. It's the same wa

ing armor and spears?"

week. Mrs. Holloway, the Den Mother, has promised to help." Mr. Hatfield told the C

hur's Court," he declared. "The place right now is as cold as

at despite jackets, several

ising from the regi

look at the furna

eed the Cub leader. "Toss in t

h you, Brad,

arrow, dimly lighted stair

everal places water oozed in throu

semi-darkness, Dan ran into one, cringing a

aking a strangling sound. "

h and the basement room became flooded with light.

ed the iron door of

lt his fire well, bu

some in,"

at the coals, Dan

ut after hunting a while, he

the furnace two large shovelfuls.

uple more for good me

l bit deep into the coal pile, it struck

g deeper. His shovel brought to view a squ

e whispered in awe. "