Brent said, “Honest, fellows, I think we ought to ’phone to camp.”
“Duty is duty,” Hervey said, awful funny; “keep to the left;
“When you go on a hike just you mind what I say,
The right way to go is the opposite way.
Don’t bother with drug stores but follow this song,
If you turn to the right, then you’re sure to go wrong.”
Brent just kind of laughed and followed along after Hervey. I had to laugh, too, to hear him shouting about duty. I guess we all knew that we ought to ’phone to camp. And I guess we all knew Hervey didn’t want us to ’phone to camp. I guess he thought they’d only tell us to come home if we ’phoned. He wasn’t hunting for trouble, that fellow.
But anyway it was so funny to see Pee-wee following along after us with a terrible scowl on his face, and looking over at the drug store, that we just couldn’t help hiking right along.
“A scout’s honor,” Hervey said.
Gee whiz, I had to laugh at him.