The Boy Scout
Richard Harding Davis
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Description
Richard Harding Davis wrote The Boy Scout, put out in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1914. The tale opens with the scout rule: each day, do some one a good turn. Davis is clear on the spirit of it. The turn is not done since the copy-books say a kind act earns one back. A true scout, till the act is done, has a dark day.
Once the turn is proved, the scout may face the world with a clear mind and untie the knot in his scarf. Jimmie Reeder unties that knot at ten past eight on a hot August morning. His good turn was to give one dime to his sister Sadie. With it she could go to a show, and the plate shows Jimmie, valise dropped, pulling his cramped fingers straight to salute. Small stakes, warmly told, set the tale's tone.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Richard Harding Davis |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |