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It's a pity Sybil is so good as never to be in disgrace, for her little delicate fingers are of no use in such a case." Schillie. "Indeed Sybil and Serena are too stupid for anything. They learn all their books, they like all their lessons, they agree to all Madame's crinkums crankums, and they are so horridly good, it quite puts me out." Mother. "Pooh, nonsense.
Ellsworth always told us a tomato can didn't look right in the woods. Well, jiminety, that spark plug sure did look funny lying on that piece of net moss. It floated right near my shoulder and I lifted it off and, oh, crinkums, but it made me 'think of Bridgeboro. It was almost the same as if it was a fellow come to rescue me, as you might say. It was just because it didn't belong there, I guess.
Pee-wee lingered upon the veranda at Temple Court swinging his legs from the rubble-stone coping those same legs that had made the scout pace famous. "Oh, crinkums," he said, "they'll have some time! Cracky, but I'd like to go. You don't believe all this about Roy's making a noble sacrifice, do you?" he added, scornfully. Mary laughed and said she didn't.
"You're the only original Boy Scout; how did you get next to that stunt? What do you think of him, Tom?" "Some wrinkle," said Tom. "Crinkums!" said Pee-wee. "I'm mighty glad I got him. If it hadn't succeeded I'd have felt cheap, sure; but when you're dealing with a girl, you always want to act as if you're sure of yourself. Do you know why?" "Can't imagine," said Roy. "Break it to us gently."
I said to Bert that's what I called him now I said, "If that was true about the money, he wouldn't get the gold cross, would he?" He said, "Nope, I guess not. Bravery doesn't count for much if a fellow is crooked. A highwayman is brave if it comes to that." By that I knew that there's a lot to being a hero besides just being brave. Crinkums, I learned a lot of things from that fellow.
Gee, I don't mind being jollied, but I would like to go. That's one thing you ought to be thankful for you're not small. Of course, maybe girls can't do so many things as boys I mean scouting-like but oh, crinkums," he broke off in an ecstasy of joyous reflection. "Oh, crinkums, that'll be some trip, believe me."
They're made out of ideas, as you might say. You just remember what I tell you and don't be springing this stuff about the emblem of the woods and all that. A belt-axe costs two dollars haven't you got sense enough to know that. And do you know how much it costs to take the scout oath? Not one blooming cent!" Jiminy crinkums, he just listened and didn't say a single word.
The boys had never before canoed to the river's source, though it was one of the things they had always been meaning to do. It was a happy thought of Tom's to make it a part of their journey now and strike into the roads along the Hudson in that way. "Oh, crinkums, I'm crazy to see Jeb Rushmore, aren't you?" said Pee-wee. "I never thought I'd have a chance to go like this, I sure didn't!
Well, we didn't bother our heads any more about the tramp, but I could see that Pee-wee would have been happier if we'd have thought it was the Kaiser or Villa, instead of just a plain ordinary tramp, looking for a place to sleep. But oh, crinkums, you'll be surprised when you hear all about that fellow and who he was and I suppose you'd like me to tell you now, wouldn't you? But I won't.
Crinkums, you ought to have seen Mr. Ellsworth laugh. All the time he knew something was wrong, I guess, but he never bothered with things like that. "Settle your own disputes," that's what he always said. The only fellow that didn't take it as a joke was Connie Bennett and just for that reason you'll have to hear more about it. One thing more happened that day.
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