Josh.

"I want to examine all the boys in the tenderfoot tests," the captain
replied. "The ones who are able to pass, and have earned the money for
their suits will go with me to the city. The rest will have to stay at
home."

The very next day the captain examined each scout separately. Rod was
the only one who was able to pass all the tests, and had earned the
money. The others felt somewhat sore because they could not ask their
parents for the money, and thus go to the city with the captain.
Several, in fact, were quite sulky.

"Yez needn't look like that," the captain told them. "Ye've got only
yerselves to blame that ye're not ready. Ye're like too many people
today who expect to get things without workin' for them. But this
troop is not run on sich lines. Some day ye'll come bang up aginst
another troop, and how'll ye feel if ye git licked. Why, when I asked
some of you boys to tie a clove-hitch ye handed me out a reef-knot,
which is nothin' more than a 'granny' knot, which any one could tie. I
want yez to do more than other people kin, or what's the use of havin'
a troop? So git away home now, fer we'll have no more fun until yez
git through with yer work."

Rod was delighted at the idea of going to the city with the captain.

"I'll look after the boy," the latter told Mr. and Mrs. Royal, "and
I'll see that he gits fair play, too. Ye'll certainly be proud of him
when he comes back wearin' his scout suit."