Roy Blakeley's Roundabout Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Now pretty soon it's going to start. The next morning we went in front of Administration Shack and everybody was there laughing at us. I made a kind of a speech. I said, "We, the big four, I mean the big three and a half, on account of Pee-wee, do solemnly pledge our words that we will go the way the wind blows till five o'clock to-night, because then we'll have to come home on account of supper. The solemn pledge only lasts till five o'clock."

One Scout said, "Why don't you make it last for the rest of the season? If you got back by Labor Day that would be all right. What's your hurry?"