Rod was finally rescued by Anna Royanna, who placed her arm
about his shoulder and led him away. This loving act, and the look of
pride in her eyes, spoke louder than many words. That she was pleased
was to him a greater reward than all the wild cheering of the scouts.
CHAPTER XXX
THE NIGHT RUN
It took the Hillcrest troop a long time to get settled down after the
excitement of the Review. Whenever they met at Headquarters they could
do nothing but discuss everything that had taken place. For awhile
they were greatly puzzled as to how the Lieutenant-Governor had learned
so much about them. At last it leaked out that Anna Royanna had
supplied the information.
"I hope you do not mind," she said to the captain, when he asked her
point blank if the rumour was true.
"No, not at all," was the reply. "But I wish to goodness ye'd given us
a little warnin'. It was as great a surprise as when that bear charged
me up the brook. I wasn't expectin' it."
"Oh, I hope it was not as bad as that," was the laughing response, for
the singer had heard all about the adventure with the bear.
"Not hardly as bad, Miss. But the scouts are all upset. When not
playin' baseball, they are talkin' about what happened at the Review,
till I'm almost discouraged.
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