We found them, too, marks of a long narrow
shoe, that told us the man could never be a hobo but must be a
gentleman. After they had rummaged through our cabin while we were
away, we found the same marks before the door, and indenting tracks
of our own, so that proved just when the fellows must have been around."
The army officer nodded his head and laughed softly.
"I understand what you mean, son," he remarked, "and it quite tickles
me to know how clever our boys are getting under the influence of
this new scout movement. It is bound to wake up most lads and set
them to thinking for themselves, years before they would have been
aroused under the old way. And I must say I'm heartily in sympathy
with the work of the association. It's the finest thing that ever
happened for the boys of America. If I had sons, they should everyone
of them join one of your troops as soon as they were old enough."
"We forgot to tell you, sir, about hearing those two men rushing
through the dense woods and thickets just after the explosion last
night. They seemed to act as if more or less frightened; and I
guessed that they may have had a narrow escape from being struck by
your bomb."
At that, the other burst into a laugh.
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