With a stiffening of his shoulders, he lifted his head, as if to stare all Lakeville in the face.
"I'm going to keep on," he said, "whether anybody knows what I am doing or not. I may not be a Scout, but I'm as loyal as any one of them. I am loyal to the school, and to the team, and to everybody who has a claim on me. Yes, and I am going to keep on being loyal."
They were giving three cheers for Buck now, with Specs, clad in his street clothes, leading them all. Before he knew it, Rodman was adding his voice to the praise.
"And I wouldn't be anything else," he said suddenly. "I wouldn't be anything else."
CHAPTER VIII
THE PEACE PICNIC
This is the story of Molly Sefton's great peace picnic, which was held on the following Saturday afternoon. It didn't seem funny at the time; in fact, nobody could have been more serious or in earnest than Molly when she planned the picnic. But afterward—!
At any rate, here is what happened: