we collected books for soldiers and

h said they were mostly light literature, but if he had only had to carry fifty of them o

(Raven) said he guessed it was because the wheels were tired-that's a joke. They held up all the houses in Little Valley. That's about sumpty-seven miles or so from Bridgeb

er) and some horse-I wish you could see him. The Elks were a pretty lively bunch, I'll say that, and they cleaned out all the

eader of the Silver Foxes. The Ravens call us the Silver-plated Foxes, but that's because we ca

ex car or a Simplex, or whatever you call it-I should worry. I mean his father has it. He's got a dandy father; he g

hings that happened that day, because we did a lot of good turns, and one bad turn, when we grazed a telegraph po

e, but get to be a patrol leader, and you'll have troubles of your own. Then you can pick out the on

. I'm patrol leader and I've got eleven merit badges. I've

with a yellow neck. He's got one merit badge-for music. Good night! Then comes Westy Martin, and Dorry Benton and Huntley M

hat day, because I wasn't there. Doc Carson said they had trouble with the motor and Pee-wee. He said that

Special. We call it the Woolworth Special because it gets to Bridgeboro at five ten. Along about six o'clock he showed up, and we began sorting out the books. The biggest pile was brought in by the

d Elmer Sawyer

wee's got the flo

's got the walls and the ceiling a

ittle attention?"

little as possi

pile of books, the ones with the brown cord, w

" Doc Car

d gentleman when you see on

one," Art

th came to Pee-wee's rescue like he always doe

of chairs for h

, if he wants it," I said;

o be quiet," Pe

. It seemed that was one of the houses that Pee-wee called at alone and the kindly old gentleman fell for him like grown up people mostly do. I don't know what it is b

to hear about

him; "begin at the beginning, go on

o stop," W

aid that the old gentleman didn't talk very good English and he thought maybe he was a German or French or something or other. He guessed maybe he was a professor or something like that. Anyway, he

erman history, princes and all that stuff, and I guess it wouldn't interest soldiers much. Just as I was running through it, I happened to notice a piece of paper between the

o Hindenburg, and about how a certain German

en said, "Boys, this looks like a very serious matter. Y

me he always

-wee's kindly old gent

he's only flying the American flag f

son, in that sober way of his; "because we

along, when I noticed that Mr. Ellsworth was ve

how maybe in collecting books we had caught a spy in our net. He said that he was going to ta

we'll swat him a

worth said, and I could see by the l