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So that's the way he did, we all hiked down to Catskill to see Dub off. The Scouts that went were the Big Four and Will Dawson. All my patrol wanted to go but I wouldn't let them because I was going to do just the way Dub wanted. I told Pee-wee we were all going to be good and crazy, so as to make Dub feel good. The kid said, "I knew it before you told me."
I told him, "If you want to stay behind the pleasure is ours. We'll be able to have fifty-two more ice cream cones each."