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`` This is Jack Harding , Elsie 's brother , '' she said , `` and , Jack , this is my boy Jim . I hope he can persuade you to stay to lunch with him . '' Then she shut the door and left the two together . When she went back at noon , she found the boys deep in the mysteries of knots . Jim looked up , his homely little face full of pride . `` Jack is learning me to tie all the different knots , '' he cried , `` and he 's going to learn me -LSB- ` teach , ' corrected Jack softly -RSB- -- yes , teach me everything I 'll have to know before I can be a Scout . Jack 's a second class Scout -- see his badge ?