Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp
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Chapter 9 TELLS ABOUT SKINNY'S SWIMMING LESSON
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Released on: 01/12/2017
out calling, hey? Anyway, I should worry. Maybe I'll think of a
about our cruise down again. Don't be in a hurry-just you wait. More haste, less speed. But take it from me, you don'
d a little steam yacht and would tow us as far as Catskill Landing. He said it wouldn't cost anything, because anyway he was going up through Lake Champlain and Lake George and he was strong for the Boy Scouts. You hear lots of men say that. Bu
ent in teaching Skinny to swim. Of course, that was up to the Elks and you can bet I didn't inter
THE TIME WAS SPENT IN T
lf fish," Doc C
ost all his life has be
be a cracker-j
at badge when he once ge
t," I said; "gee-williger, look
a dandy place for l
, cheering just so's the kid would be encouraged. He looked awfully thin and little in his bathing suit and whenever he climbed up to the deck of the house-boat the wet cloth stuck tight
t. As soon as he got the hang of it and could manage a few strokes, good night, he wanted to swim across the river. He started right off before the
nd went kerflop into the water, and he had us all laughing. As soon as he found out how much fun it was, he kept climbing up and splashing into the wate
all of a sudden, before any of us knew it, he was over at the edge and dived off before Mr. Ellsworth had a chance to call to him. That was sure too much of a dive for a beginner, for if he hit the water
t until he was told to, but I guess Skinny didn't understand. When I saw Mr, Ellsworth sitting
's going to get the swi
s would only teach him a little scouting, I'd be better pleased. He wants to be a swimmer n
s didn't like it. I tried to tell him some things about scouting and all I g
nking a minute. Then he said, "I'm afraid Skinny is going to b
calls that
he principal thing is to make him a go
about, are the good turns he made
ut swimming long enough to eat
he same Sk
Chapter End
1 Chapter 1 TELLS YOU HOW WE GOT STARTED2 Chapter 2 TELLS YOU HOW I HAD A VISITOR3 Chapter 3 TELLS HOW I MADE A PROMISE4 Chapter 4 TELLS ABOUT THE PAPER I FOUND5 Chapter 5 TELLS ABOUT SKINNY'S MERIT BADGE6 Chapter 6 TELLS HOW SKINNY AND I GOT TOGETHER7 Chapter 7 TELLS ABOUT MY MERIT BADGE8 Chapter 8 TELLS ABOUT OUR TRIP UP THE HUDSON9 Chapter 9 TELLS ABOUT SKINNY'S SWIMMING LESSON10 Chapter 10 TELLS ABOUT SKINNY AND THE ELKS11 Chapter 11 TELLS YOU HOW TO GET TO TEMPLE CAMP12 Chapter 12 TELLS ALL ABOUT OUR ROW ON BLACK LAKE13 Chapter 13 TELLS ABOUT THE STRANGE CAMPERS14 Chapter 14 TELLS ABOUT THE STORM ON BLACK LAKE15 Chapter 15 TELLS ABOUT AN ACCIDENT16 Chapter 16 TELLS ABOUT SKINNY'S ABSENCE17 Chapter 17 TELLS ABOUT CAMP-FIRE AND SKINNY18 Chapter 18 TELLS ABOUT MY TALK WITH BERT WINTON19 Chapter 19 TELLS ABOUT A VISIT FROM ACROSS THE LAKE20 Chapter 20 TELLS ABOUT THE LOSS OF SOME MONEY21 Chapter 21 TELLS ABOUT MY TALK WITH MR. ELLSWORTH22 Chapter 22 TELLS ABOUT HOW I VISITED THE OHIO TROOP'S CABIN23 Chapter 23 TELLS ABOUT HOW I DID A GOOD TURN24 Chapter 24 TELLS ABOUT HOW I TOLD A SECRET25 Chapter 25 TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE26 Chapter 26 TELLS ABOUT GEOGRAPHY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF27 Chapter 27 TELLS ABOUT HOW WE TRIED TO STOP IT RAINING28 Chapter 28 TELLS ABOUT HOW DAME NATURE CHANGED HER MIND29 Chapter 29 TELLS ABOUT HOW WE LOOKED INTO THE PIT30 Chapter 30 TELLS ABOUT HOW TIGERS LEAP31 Chapter 31 TELLS ABOUT THE OLD PASSAGEWAY32 Chapter 32 TELLS ABOUT WHAT I DISCOVERED IN REBELS' CAVE33 Chapter 33 TELLS ABOUT HOW WESTY AND I WAITED34 Chapter 34 TELLS ABOUT THE STRANGE FIGURE35 Chapter 35 TELLS ABOUT A NEW CAMP36 Chapter 36 TELLS ABOUT WHAT BERT TOLD ME37 Chapter 37 TELLS ABOUT HOW I VISITED CAMP MC CORD38 Chapter 38 TELLS ABOUT THE SCOUT PACE39 Chapter 39 TELLS ABOUT HOW CAMP MC CORD DIDN'T STRIKE ITS COLORS