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Identifier: ourlittlemenwome00russ (find matches)
Title: Our little men and women; modern methods of character building;
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947 Everett, Marshall, 1863-1939
Subjects: Boy scouts. (from old catalog)
Publisher: (Chicago, Printed by Homewood press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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to CrowdAboard His Craft It was a little after 9 oclock when the party arrived atthe lake and were cordially welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Has-kins and their friends Grace and Harry. The walk fromtown, aided by the music of the buglers, had been rapidlyaccomplished, and while a few of the smaller girls had beengiven occasional lifts in the surrey, most had enjoyed thewalk. The Scouts of course thought nothing of the distance,and, like the little gentlemen they had been trained to be, A JOINT HIKE 211 they had helped the girls over all the rough and tiresome places in the road. When Mr. Man-ning, Mrs. Spencer,and the other adultsof the party hadgreeted their host andhostess, and milk anddoughnuts had beenfreely passed, thescoutmaster assembledthe entire party in thefront yard and warnedthem all to be verycareful in the use ofthe boats that hadbeen provided by Mr.Haskins and his sum-mer neighbors fortheir benefit. Thelarger boys, who hadlearned to swim andhad had some expe-rience in handling
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OUT FOE A SAIL The Young Skipper Knows No Greater Pleasure Than Taking His Friends Along boats, were placed incharge of the fleet.Then for severalhours the boys and girls from town gave themselves over tothe special delights of the lake. There were several rowboatsas well as the little sailing craft, and many adventurous voy-ages of several hundred yards were undertaken by youngstersto whom it was an entirely new experience. The launch, with its marvelous little engine, delightedeverybody. Harry Haskins, as engineer, was in his element, 212 A JOINT HIKE and took a special pride in explaining the engine to his fellowscouts, while the girls admired the neat and trim appearanceof the boat. This is a steel boat, said Harry, as he turned over theflywheel and started the engine with his first load. And itwont sink even if it filled with water, because it has airtightcompartments under the decks at the bow and stern that willkeep it afloat. The engine is nearly six horse power, and Ihave bee

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