, and was later caught in Michigan, I think.

So there sat Pee-wee glaring down upon Peter, still frightened at
himself for the stir that he had made in the great world.

"You foiled him," said Pee-wee. "Do you know what? He was a thief; he
was stealing this auto."

"Yes, and you're a thief too," said Peter, removing the lantern from the
rope and holding it up toward the auto. He was quite brave and
collected now. "And if you want to run you'd better do it before
anybody comes, that's what I'll tell you. You're--you're dressed up just
like a thief; I can tell. Anyway, you can't take the auto."

"Do you call me a thief?" shouted Pee-wee. "That shows how much you
know; I'm a boy scout. Do you think scouts steal things? That shows how
much you know about logic."

"You're a thief, you can't fool me," Peter retorted courageously. "Look
at the way you look. I'm not scared of you, either--or him either."

"How can I look at the way I look?" Pee-wee fairly screamed at him.
"You're crazy! I told him where it was and I told him--"

"That shows you're just as bad as he is," Peter insisted. "Are you going
to stay here till Ham Sanders comes and be arrested? Anyhow, you're
arrested now," he ventured, "and you have to wait."

"You tell me I'm arrested?" Pee-wee yelled. "When I'm taking this car
back to its owner? Do you know what a boy scout is?"

"I know what they look like, they're all dressed up in uniforms," poor
Peter said, "but you can be one without that."

"Now you see, you said so yourself," Pee-wee began.

"But they don't get dressed like thieves," Peter retorted.

"I'm on your side because you stopped him," shouted Scout Harris.

"I don't want you on my side," said Peter. "I'm a scout and I don't want
any--any--robbers on my side."

"You?" said Pee-wee.

"Yes, me."

"I bet you don't even know--I bet you don't even know--how many--how
many--"

"That shows you don't know anything about scouts at all," said Peter.
"I've got a book that tells all about it and when a man comes you're
going to get arrested."

"_Me arrested_?"

"Yes you--you helped him to steal it and I don't believe anything you
say and you needn't think you can fool me. If you were a scout you
wouldn't be scared to run away in the woods now."

"I've been--I've been--I--you're crazy," shouted Pee-wee, fairly
bursting with indignation. "I--I've been lost in the woods more times
than you have."

"Scouts don't get lost," said Peter.

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