going to get
it now if for nothing more than to see that shine in his eyes again. My,
but it's a tough old grind! Wonder how it would seem to go to a prep
school like Hal Harrison and not have to think about money and where it
is going to come from. I guess scholarships don't bother Hal any. Wonder
if he is coming home for the Christmas winter vacation."

Idly Walter allowed his eyes to wander over the walls of his den. It was
a snug little room, simply furnished with a spring cot, which was a bed
by night and a couch by day, a desk, a deep-cushioned Morris chair, a
revolving desk chair, a foot-rest and two well filled bookcases. The
walls were covered with photographs. Nearly all of them were of outdoor
scenes, most of them of his own taking, for he was an expert with the
camera. A number were enlargements neatly framed. Among these was the
famous flashlight made during his first summer at Woodcraft Camp which
had furnished the evidence to put Red Pete, the outlaw and poacher,
behind the bars. There, too, were the splendid portraits (they were
nothing less) of the bull moose of Swift River, a lasting tribute to the
nerve of Plympton, the tenderfoot comrade of that memorable cruise.

There were studies of deer and other wild animals, views of Woodcraft
Camp, of scenes along Swift River, and of the various camps and points
of interest on Lost Trail, the relocating of which by Walter and his
four fellow Scouts of the Lone Wolf Patrol had won for them the
distinction of a special letter of commendation from national
headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America.

Above the door hung a hard-used set of boxing gloves. Crossed above one
window were a pair of snow-shoes, while above the other window were a
pair of fencing foils. In one corner, each in its case, were two
fishing-rods, a rifle and a tennis racquet. In the opposite corner
leaned a Scout staff and a couple of canoe paddles. A great horned owl
stared unblinkingly down from the top of one of the plain oak bookcases.
On the wall just back and above it was fastened a small banner having
the head of a wolf worked in black against a white background, and
bearing the one word "Persistence." It was the Lone Wolf banner which
had been carried on that never-to-be-forgotten search for Lost Trail. By
unanimous vote of the patrol, it had been presented to Upton at the
conclusion of the trip in recognition of successful leadership.

Several small silver cups on the bookcases and