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Tom Slade on Mystery Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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"Any kind," Roy said; "take your pick."

"You're crazy," Pee-wee retorted.

Their idle banter was interrupted by Westy Martin of Roy's and Pee-wee's
troop who paused at the tree as they returned from the village. Westy
was waving a newspaper triumphantly.

"What do you know about this?" he said, opening the paper so that the
scouts could see a certain heading.

"Oh, me, oh, my!" Roy said. "Isn't Temple Camp getting famous? Talk
about _red!_ Oh, boy, watch Hervey's beautiful complexion when he hears
this. He'll have cinnamon taffy beat a mile."

Willy-nilly, Roy snatched the news sheet from Westy and read:

TEMPLE CAMP HAS NEW HERO

Yesterday was a gala day up at the scout camp. More than five
hundred people from hereabouts, as well as the whole population of
the famous scout community, cheered themselves hoarse when Mr. John
Temple, founder of the big camp, distributed the awards for the
season.

For the first time in four years Temple Camp produced an Eagle Scout
in Hervey Willetts of a Massachusetts troop who won the award under
circumstances reflecting unusual credit on himself and bringing
honor to his troop comrades. Mr. Temple's remarks to this young hero
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