Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-17 | Page 4 | Just Folks

Just Folks By EDGAR A. A GUEST THE BOY SCOUTS GIVEN A APIN APIN ATIN PIN TIN Some day among my trinkets you will find findA A metal pin no larger than a a dime r No doubt you'll gaze at it with ith puzzled mind And wonder why Ive I've kept it all the time You wont won't remember how it came cameto cameto cameto to tome me And s 's so today I write its story down That you may know how such a athing thing could be Cherished above bright 7 of renown S. S i J i twenty t lads w sv p made ade a B Boy BoyScout y I Scout troop Paid me a visit isit on a summers summer s da day n i Upon the lawn we made mad a m merry rry group group And as ns at last they turned d to togo togo togo go away A eyed bright-eyed youngster hastened back to me Eager and smiling and with manly air Said Sir the boys have voted you to be beThe The best of campers camers 1 Heres Here's th the ti-ic s spin pin to wear The best of ot campers I repeat the tho phrase Because all da day it rang within my ears cars To me it seems the ultimate of ot praise Which any man can gather through the years I wondered if it those boys could understand Just what those words the best of campers mean And took the tiny token from his hand Prouder Im I'm sure than I had ever been Some day when you shall shaU find this trinket small Among my few possessions as you ou will You'll think me queer to value it at atall all aU And yet et it brought to me my greatest thrill And since this world is but a field whereon We meet and camp for long or little stay Remember as s this badge you look upon A troop of ot b boys ys believed in me meone meone meone one day Copyright 1935 Edgar f A. A Guest