Lucky, the Boy Scout

by ELMER SHERWOOD
Illustrated by Alice Carsey
Whitman Publishing Co. RACINE, WISCONSIN
COPYRIGHT, 1916 By WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY Printed in U. S. A.
To the Boy Scout Who Strives to Live Up to His Pledge
Lucky, the Boy Scout
“WATCH my papers, will you please, Mister?” Scarcely waiting for a reply, the bright eyed little newsboy left his stand and darted across the street, where he confronted a ragamuffin, nearly a head taller than himself.
“You have to play fair,” he began hotly, “or you can’t sell papers in this block.” Then calling to a youngster who looked little more than a baby, and who was standing several yards away where the bigger boy had chased him, he said:
“Come back here, Billy! You have as much right to this corner as Spot. And don’t you forget that, you Spot,” he flung back over his shoulder as he recrossed the street.
The big stranger who had been left in charge of the papers, watched the proceedings with considerable amusement.
“What’s the trouble, sonny?” he asked, and beneath the stern lines of his face lurked a smile that invited confidence.
The boy recognized him as a rancher, for many of his type came to this great packing center, bringing their herds from the big ranches of the West. You could easily tell them by their breezy manners and friendly ways.