CHAPTER V 

OFF FOR WOODCRAFT 

Edward Muldoon, otherwise Sparrer, surreptitiously pinched himself to make sure that he was not dreaming. He, newsboy from the lower East Side of New York, who had never been farther from it than Coney Island, riding in a brilliantly lighted Pullman coach on his way into the great woods of which he had dreamed so much since he became a Scout, and of which he had only the vaguest idea! It couldn't be. 

And yet it was. The roar of the wheels told him that it was. The very feel of the luxurious seat in which he was sitting told him that it was. And to clinch the fact and at the same time make it harder to believe there were his three companions, Upton, his patrol leader, Harrison and Pat Malone, whom he had secretly made his hero. Yes, it was all true, and yet he couldn't get rid of the idea that sooner or later he would wake up and find it all a beautiful dream. 

The fact is, this trip was in the nature of a Christmas present. From their first meeting Pat had taken a great fancy to the street gamin. He recognized a kindred spirit. Instinctively he realized that the difference between Sparrer and himself at the same age was mainly one of environment. The youngster's sturdy independence and self-reliance, his quick wit, even his impudence, struck responsive chords in the young woodsman. Sparrer was what he himself would have been had his nursery been a New York East Side tenement instead of the log cabin of a mill settlement in the lumber district of the North Woods. 
Who is Sparrer
What did he do?
Why?
Where did he live?
What part?
What did he do to make money
Who was his secret hero?
Where was he going?
What was this trip?
From who?
Why?
Where was his nursery?
where?
in what district?
where?
What kind of coach were they in?
Who was with them also?
What were their names?
Who was Upton?
What is farthest Sparrer had gone before?
Edward Muldoon
Edward Muldoon, otherwise Sparrer,
pinched himself
Sparrer, surreptitiously pinched himself
to make sure that he was not dreaming
pinched himself to make sure that he was not dreaming
New York
from the lower East Side of New York
the lower East Side
the lower East Side of New York
He was a newsboy
He, newsboy
Pat Malone
Pat Malone, whom he had secretly made his hero.
into the great woods
on his way into the great woods
a Christmas present
this trip was in the nature of a Christmas present
Pat
Christmas present. From their first meeting Pat
Pat had taken a great fancy to him.
Pat had taken a great fancy to the street gamin
a log cabin
 of the log cabin
a mill settlement
the log cabin of a mill settlement
the lumber district
a mill settlement in the lumber district
the North Woods
the lumber district of the North Woods
a Pullman coach
Pullman coach
his three companions
there were his three companions
Upton, Harrison, and Pat
Upton, his patrol leader, Harrison and Pat Malone
his patrol leader
Upton, his patrol leader
Coney Island
never been farther from it than Coney Island