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"The man is a born leader and a born teacher," said Lieutenant Denmead, commenting on Mr Thayer one day "We shall hear from him yet." All too soon the two weeks of study were over and the squad competitions were on. Then they, too, were completed and notice of the results was eagerly awaited by the four patrols. At length the evening came when the announcements were to be made public. Mr.
All these experiences developed a strong, healthy, happy crowd of boys, each one self-reliant and resourceful; and before the end of the summer, Lieutenant Denmead and his assistant felt that they had every reason to be proud of the scouts of Pioneer Camp.
On one of the fine courts back of the big summer hotel at Oakvale an exciting game of tennis was drawing to a close. The players were two patrol leaders of a troop of Boy Scouts who were awaiting the arrival of "Chief" Denmead, their Scout Master, before going over to Pioneer Lake for the opening of camp.
All this he would execute with as much neatness and accuracy as if it had been left with him to decide thereby some gravely disputed land claim." Lieutenant Denmead paused and glanced at the group of faces steadily turned toward him.
Sometimes he had been deputized to act in place of the regular scout master of the troop, when Lieutenant Denmead and Assistant Rawson chanced to be called away and could not serve.
He had already seen the bulletin and made some inquiries of Lieutenant Denmead, in order to coach his patrol more intelligently. "Are there any 'points' for knowledge of trees and plants?" asked Shorty McNeil. "I didn't read everything carefully, Shorty," replied Don, "but I do remember the word 'vegetation. Maybe that will cover your specialty." "I hope so," was the earnest rejoinder.
Their questions showed that they were anxious to understand how to make the most of the promised course, and that they realized it was bound to prove intensely interesting. "Some of the boys asked me to remind you of the book you had last night," said Don Miller, coming up to Lieutenant Denmead as the latter had a moment's freedom. "Surely!
"But the Chinaman, though a hardened smoker, had badly miscalculated matters, for when Quong Lee came in at daybreak to awaken him the 'Beautiful One' had been dead many hours!" "Now, Mr. Denmead," said Colonel Manysnifters, turning to another representative of the press, "it's your turn. Let us have it good and strong. I have read your East Side Sketches, and like 'em immensely.
"I wonder if you can be the same Lieutenant Fosdick I've heard so much about from our Scout Master, a retired army officer named Lieutenant Denmead?" Hugh ventured to say eagerly. "Well, this is a pleasure to be sure!" remarked the other smilingly. "To be sure I know Denmead. I saw a great deal of him several years ago.
Herbert gave me the information with manifest pleasure painted on his face and I felt sure her coming pleased him; for my own part, I cannot say that I was especially delighted, for I was afraid her presence would interfere with our enjoyments. On the appointed day, a carriage drove up to the entrance and Amy Denmead, Mrs. Clarence's sister, alighted.
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