Sea Scouts All: How the "Olivette" was won

"I wonder what Mr. Murgatroyd intends doing with the _Olivette_ when he gets her to Teddington," remarked Roche next morning, while the crew were awaiting the arrival of the own...

There was no sleep for either of the two Scoutmasters for the rest of that night. The still drowsy lads had to be attended to. Stratton, in particular, was in a bad way, while R...

Punctual to a minute, the "liberty men" reassembled on the tumble-down wharf at Keyhaven on the following morning, to embark upon the last stage of their voyage. They felt like...

The Milford Sea Scouts had a most pleasant afternoon's ramble round Oxford, with Mr. Jackson's scouts. They saw as much as anyone could possibly expect to see and appreciate in...

Sunday dawned fair and bright, with a steady off-shore wind. Three days remained before the time stipulated for the handing over of the _Rosalie_ at Poole expired, and, given re...

"Hardly enough to buy a boat in these days of dear wages and materials," commented the Scoutmaster. "I'm very much afraid that our plans for acquiring a little cruiser will have...

"There are worse things than being weather-bound with a crew of Sea Scouts," observed Mr. Jackson that same evening. "You've a lively lot of lads, Armitage, and they keep you am...

"I didn't mean anything disrespectful," explained the Sea Scout. "I thought it was jolly decent of him to give us that hamper of provisions. What with those we bought we'll feed...

"A fluke--an absolute fluke," confided the Scoutmaster. "I didn't realize what I'd undertaken. We might have piled ourselves on out there. From a human point of view it was a sl...

For some moments Mr. Armitage hardly knew what to say. When his first feelings of astonishment subsided, he felt inclined to reprimand Woodleigh for disobeying orders. Had the l...

"Looks something like a river, sir," remarked Hepburn, as the unlovely waterside buildings at Reading were left astern, and the _Olivette_ gained the broad reach where the Kenne...

The Scoutmaster's prognostics of a fine day were justified. Up at dawn, the crew of the _Rosalie_ found the sky was cloudless; not a ripple disturbed the harbour, while the smok...

"We know where we are now, at any rate," commented Mr. Armitage. "True we are on the wrong side of the Gunfleet, but the lighthouse enables us to fix our position."

He dreamt that he was lying on a slippery shelving rock, with his feet dangling in the water. There was a lobster tugging at his toes--a big fellow, tugging and biting hard. He...

It was with a certain amount of difficulty that the Scoutmaster made the "watch below" turn in. The lads were reluctant to leave the deck. It was a calm, peaceful evening, despi...

With the backing of the wind the _Olivette_ now found herself in comparatively calm water. No longer did she ship solid seas over her bows. Spray, caught from the short, steep c...

It was not until seven in the evening that the _Rosalie_ rounded the North Foreland. The wind had dropped until it was a flat calm, the tide was foul, and, consequently, progres...

"Palaver!" exclaimed Mr. Armitage. "We'll adjourn to the boat-house and go into the matter. Now, then. The first offer is by telegram. Here it is: 'Can you undertake navigation...

For thirty-five minutes they had tussled with the refractory motor, and had not yet succeeded in getting a solitary "kick" out of it. They had cleaned the plugs, "doped" the cyl...

It was quite a jolly journey, frequent stoppages at stations and changes notwithstanding. Few of the boys had been off the main London line before, and the run between Basingsto...

"We're replenishing a depleted grub locker," observed Mr. Armitage, "so we won't stop. We'll call for you on the way back if you'll care to have lunch on the _Rosalie_. You'll f...