"
Dorry didn't say anything, only just stood there.
"What do you say?" I asked him.
He didn't answer me.
"What do you say--Dorry?" I asked him.
"How does a cricket make that sound, anyway?" he asked.
"I should worry about how he makes it," I told him.
He just said, "Funny, isn't it?"
CHAPTER XXVII
WE TAKE HARRY INTO OUR CONFIDENCE
One thing, I wouldn't let anybody talk against Dorry Benton. Even I
wouldn't have told you about that, only he said it was all right. I knew
all the time that he would never cheat those fellows out of their reward.
He didn't say anything more that night, but in the morning he came after me
when I went to get sticks for the fire, and then I knew everything was all
right.
He said, "You and I are the only ones that know who Jib Jab is. What are
we going to do about it? And another thing, would it be all right for
scouts to take a reward like that? Something for a service?"
"Sure it would be all right," I told him; "something for a service means
tips and things like that. Scouts can take presents and win rewards, I
hope. Didn't Pee-wee win an extra helping of pie up at camp for keeping
still all through dinner? Mr.
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