HEZ SON THE BOY SCOUTS boy scouts dont wait to do a good turn do you by jeremiah stokes say men did you ever stand lookin at a corn patch ready to spring i into nto makin but just curled up and croopin dro fur a little water I 1 aeve and I 1 aeve used the hoe an turned the water on an seen the leaves peart right up an I 1 aeve watched it grow by hlein an caterin wa terin it until I 1 hed bed tle the big plump yella ears ready fur an when I 1 carted it inta my barn I 1 auz dern glad I 1 got the water on in time yu know men our scout boys is jest like a big young corn patch sp from the atlantic to the pacific an planted in straight rows too there they stand in every city jest askin to do their good turn to 6 somebody each day an le arnin ta love their home their church and their god blesse flag but say they need water in financial katerin wa terin an the little patch right here thet yu an me is lookin lookia after needs sum right now now listen these aint bill jones boys or sam smiths or wida han s sn dpn n men yurn an mine they belong to you and they ta mt these are our merchants our banat ban kei our lawmakers our school teachers uv borrow ir orrow but this aint all a dern sight closer to us than thet fur they are the husbands of our girls an the fathers of our grandchildren close eh when yu pin the thing right down I 1 sed yur sons an mine well aint they if yu dont aeve daughters yuva got a town awve got a state and auve got a flag yur livin here and enjoying en cn joyin its protection anyway an if you aint got the manhood to help keep our citizenship up ta high standards of patriotism an usefulness auve got no right here and yu ought ta be in russia or sum place else besides here an if I 1 hed my say so go too but maybe thet aint the right spirit Con considering Consi denn what I 1 jest sed kin we fathers another an other citizens hear the call uv our boys fur financial help an let r em call in vain were a nice set by jimminez jim miney if we do taets jest the same as by an neglect in the corn crop taets callin fur water although this same crop means our support and life weve got a crop of as fine chaps right here at home as ever wore sole leather an id bank on lem em any day any place why jest the other day two uv em pushed and tugged fur half an hour ta git me out uv a ditch an when I 1 offered em pay they jest smiled an tipped their hats an sed politely no mister were scouts another time a likely lookin lad come to me an sed 1 I want sum advice im a scout an I 1 wrote a letter tellin what I 1 thought of my boss who was a grouch an hed abused me I 1 sed sum hard things I 1 know an done it but I 1 give him the ille letter he found it mong my desk papers he complained ta the uvene juvenile 1 courts an im due there at 10 this m mornin triin I 1 want ta resign as a scout before fore I 1 go our record for bein in in court here is clean an I 1 wont break it when I 1 git in court ill not be a scout god coi bless you boy I 1 sed well he go ta court an he re resign either cither another led lad I 1 know asked his mother fur ten cents to make up a show ticket 4 how mush did yu ask her fur ted sed his pal ten cents ive got a quarter why yu tell her yu t aeve any an and get thirty five cents his pal ask asked ed the inc lads chest swelled up and his shoulders squared proud as a peacock as he 0 s sed ed ima im a scout an a scout dont I 1 lie i taets why taets the kind of fellers they all are arc an are we men gain go in to let this spirit wither up fur lack of our support no theres too many uv us thet wants thet kind uv a boy theres theres too many uv us thet have got too much manhood not ta do fur these boys all thet do fur us theres too many uy us thet theis s got et our hearts in in the future uv these finer fine chaps xe fe love em cm an were going ta stand by lem em until the day comes when age turns the tables an they stand by us now men dont wait to be called on fur help to raise this scout fund I 1 its not a donation its an investment i in the future manhood and citizenship i uv our boys dig down now right now an send it in write yur check this minute an mall mail it do yur good turn this instant scouts dont wait they act right off be a scout to the boys that are every day bein scouts to you how much As much as yu can but g git it it lo io em ein now help aade tho be best corn crop they was ever planted our boys boyi god bless em cm