The Boy Scouts in the Homeland and the British Colonies are undertaking all sorts of work which, in the ordinary course of events, would be performed by adults. An English scout was recently despatched from London to endeavour} to find some ladies who were stranded near Vichy and to conduct them back to England. The adventures of the scout, who arrived the day the ladies left Vichy, principally centred in his uniform. While in Paris he was taken for a Russian sailor, a Highlander, a Germaa and an English sailor. His meeting with the Algerian troops is! thus briefly described "We passed lots of troop trains, and one which was full of African men ne of the black men and gave him some food. He seemed quite pleased.
On the return journey to Paris the scout slept in the corridor of the train, but was awakened by peo-
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