# The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys

Author: Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30953

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Boy+Scout+and+Other+Stories+for+Boys+Davis&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

But even when the Master's legs bend and twist a bit, you mustn't think he can't reach you. Indeed, that is the time he kicks most frequent. So I kept behind him in the shadow, or ran in the middle of the street. He stopped at many public houses with swinging doors, those doors that are cut so high from the sidewalk that you can look in under them, and see if the Master is inside. At night, when I peep beneath them, the man at the counter will see me first and say, "Here's the Kid, Jerry, come to take you home. Get a move on you"; and the Master will stumble out and follow me. It's lucky for us I'm so white, for, no matter how dark the night, he can always see me ahead, just out of reach...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boy-scout-and-other-stories-for-boys-30953/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boy-scout-and-other-stories-for-boys-30953/chapters/1/index.md)