Boy scouts have often succeeded in discovering missing
persons. Their large organization, covering as it does,
the entire country and their predilection for long tramps
and journeys afford them some of the best facilities for
such quests.
Mr. Wade has offered his reward after the futile efforts
of the police in many large cities to locate the returned
soldier.
"And here's his picture to go by." Gaylong said; "good looking chap, huh?
Here's what it says underneath it, _'Private Horace E. Chandler from a
photo taken the week before he sailed for France.'_"
Nobody said anything for a minute and Dorry, who was nearest to Brent
Gaylong, leaned over and looked at the picture. "I'd like to read it over
in a better light," he said.
Brent said, "Take it; it's no use to us. It gave us a good hike, that's
all. We thought we might come back with the hundred. We had scout uniforms
and everything all bought-in our minds. We had a sumptuous gold headed cane
for Mr. Jennis. We had a meeting shack all furnished up. Oh, we were
regular prosperous scouts for a couple of days--in our imaginations.
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