All the others likewise voted for Dan.
“I’ll gather together the stuff we need,” he promised. “When it comes to making the painting, though, I’ll need plenty of help.”
With Dan in charge, the other Cubs were confident that all details of the project would be carried through with speed and efficiency.
By far Dan was the most popular Cub in Den 2. Not only was he even-tempered, modest and an excellent student and athlete, but he had a way of “making things go.” The boys never had forgotten how he had saved the Den’s honor when a Webster City pheasant raiser wrongfully had accused them of stealing his valuable birds.
The story of the Cubs’ encounter with the foreman of the farm and their part in saving his prize pheasants during a disastrous flood, has been told in the first volume of this series: “Dan Carter, Cub Scout.”
By placing Dan in charge of the sand painting project, the boys felt that the job already was half done.
Mr. Hatfield now came up to inquire if the Cubs were ready to leave.
“It looks like rain tonight,” he remarked, surveying the darkening sky. “So don’t leave anything lying around.”
“Where’s that paddle you painted this afternoon?” Brad asked Red. He had noticed that the boy did not have it with him.
“Didn’t you pick it up?”