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Show SCOUT PREPAREDNESS. It certainly pays to be prepared. A scout nuiy w;prlc his fltik'er.s nearly oiT on first nld practice and never have n chance to put IiIh skill to real, stire-enmiRli stire-enmiRli rescue work, hut then iikhIh when he least expects It the opportunity oppor-tunity mny bo his to do n real Job of life savliiK- Here Is n case In point A hoy and Ids little sister were alone In a house. The little Klrl, rumiliiK across the room, slipped mid I'iiIIImk for u mil ran her ami through the win i!ov pane, severing an artery. What would the nveniRP boj do? Itun for help? Telepliono for the doctor? Well ami Kood. lint, In the meantime, a severed artery means terrlllc loss of blond, nnd oven death unless It Is checked Instantly. There Isn't time for ordinary precautions. It Is a case of instant action. Luckily In Urn ln-htuuee ln-htuuee here cited, the boy was n lw I plus, that Is, n boy scout and he l. I charge of the situation himself, un I provided n tourniquet to stop the How I of blood and then sent for the doctor. When the latter arrived he declared tlmt the hoy's prompt action undoubl-enilly undoubl-enilly snved the child's life. |