and we fastened that just underneath the other sign on our martial standard. Pee-wee kind of balked at that.
But he didn’t balk at eating pie. They had dandy pie in that house. We all sat around the dining room eating refreshments and we had a good time. Pee-wee showed them that a scout could eat, anyway. Even still, every time there was a noise he gave a start. Safety first.
Dora Dane Daring said she liked Bridgeboro.
Pee-wee said, “Were you ever in Bennett’s there?”
She said no, but she knew some girls there.
I said, “Do you know Minerva Skybrow? We named a kind of mushroom after her.”
She said, “The idea!”
I said, “It’s a good idea; she showed us all about how to grow mushrooms. She can play tennis in four languages, that girl can. There are a lot of smart people in Bridgeboro. We’ve got three patrols in our troop but, thank goodness, there’s only one of them here. That’s enough, hey?”
Westy said, “If you ever come on a hike to Bridgeboro——”