“Why is a boy scout?” he persisted.
“What’s the answer?”
“There isn’t any. Here’s another. What’s the aim of a scout?”
“Well?”
“A correct aim. Did you hear about the scout that went camping without any duffel bag or baggage, yet he carried fifteen good-sized articles in his back pocket?”
“He couldn’t! How could he?”
“He had a copy of Boys’ Life with fifteen articles in it. Which has the most stories, Boy’s Life or the Mutual Life? Here’s another. If Every Boys’ Library caught fire, how would the smoke come out?”
“Silly!”
“In volumes, of course. Say, if it’s cowardly to strike a person who is on the ground, is it all right to hit the trail? Here’s another——”
“You seem to know so much about them,” Ruth interrupted. “Tell me what an Honor Scout is?”