Boy Scouts in the White Mountains
CHAPTER I
Peanut Calls to Arms
Nobody who had seen Art Bruce in a scout suit
would ever have recognized him in his present
costume. He had on black silk knee-breeches. On
his low shoes were sewed two enormous buckles, cut
out of pasteboard, with tinfoil from a paper of sweet
chocolate pasted over them to make them look like
silver. Instead of a shirt, he wore a woman's white
waist, with a lot of lace in front, which stood out,
stiff with starch. His jacket was of black velvet.
Instead of a collar, he wore a black handkerchief
wrapped around like an old-fashioned neck-cloth,
the kind you see in pictures of George Washington's
time. On his head was a wig, powered white, with
a queue hanging down behind. As he came out of
the boys' dressing room into the school auditorium
Peanut Morrison emitted a wild whoop.
"Gee, look at Art!" he cried. "He thinks he's
