I picks up mah lunch box de ole lady packed fo' me, an' scoots off toward de bus stop to get de 11:45. But I nevah get dar.
"Ghost Beyond the Gate"
Mildred A. Wirt
Tom Slade on the River A carrier pigeon falls into the camp of the Bridgeboro Troop of Boy scoots.
"Tom Slade at Black Lake"
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Then I lights out quicker 'n lightnin' and scoots!
"Openings in the Old Trail"
Bret Harte