“Sere what?” asked Westy.
“Oh you know what I mean,” said Pee-wee.
“Is it a new kind of drink?” asked Warde.
By this time we had almost reached the campus of the “Good Turn.”
I said, “Hello, there, everybody happy?”
“I’ll say so,” said a chorus of voices.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” said I, “we’re here——”
“Because we’re here,” finished the Columbus scouts.
“Right,” said I. “We’re here because we’re here, but that’s not all. Pee-wee wants to give you some serenade, or something like that.”
“What kind of ade?” asked one of the boys. “If it’s something like lemonade, you’re welcome.”