ed. I've got eleven left."

"I bet they were just cooked," Dorry said.

I said, "Well, here goes another."

Will Dawson said, "That's one thing I like about the Raven Patrol; they
have such good manners."

Pee-wee said, "Do you mean to tell me a bee-line can't have a--a--kind
of a side track to it? Especially when we're sitting still?"

"Oh, positively not," I said. "A bee-line hasn't even got any waves or
wrinkles in it. It's just as straight as a line drawn right through the
middle of this cookie."

"Or this one," Westy said.

I said, "Yes, but this one is bigger. Do you see this cookie, Kid? Do
you see that nut sticking up out of the end of it? Now suppose I draw a
straight line----"

"You make me tired!" the kid yelled, and he started to get up.

"My official staff will be seated," I said.

"You call this a kind of an army, don't you?" the kid shouted. "Do you
mean to tell me that we can't make a flank movement?"

"Couldn't be did," I said; "remember your solemn pledge. Your duty is to
stay as near to your beloved leader as you can. You just notice how
these fellows obey me; _now watch_. Every scout will take a cookie in
his right hand. When I say three they will start to eat. One, two,
three. A scout is obedient----"

"You mean a scout is resourceful," the kid shouted, jumping to his
feet. All of a sudden he grabbed the coil of rope we had and, _good
night_, if he didn't lasso the table and drag it over to him!

Just as he pulled the table within reach and was starting to fill his
pockets with cookies, we heard some one call.

"_Still! Just a minute! Don't move!_"

CHAPTER VIII

REEL ADVENTURE

"All right. Good." I heard the voice say.

We all looked around and standing there on the lawn was Mr. Copley
smiling and right beside him a fellow about twenty-five years old, I
guess. He had an awful nice smile, with a regular good-natured, open
face. Right beside him was a camera, and down on the ground was a big
kind of a leather box with a handle to it. On that box was printed:

COPLEY FILM CORPORATION
THE WEEKLY ANIMATED NEWS
ALL THE WORLD IN PICTURES.

"G-o-o-d night!" I said. "We're pinched. We're in the movies!"

Mr. Copley said, "Boys, this is Mr. Tom Gilligan, of the Animated News.
Our young friend of the megaphone is now famous. He will appear on the
same film with President Harding leaving the White House in an