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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
1. Square or Reef Knot 
at Niagara. In it were three people — a father, mother 
and their son. A group of men and women standing on 
the bridge saw the accident; one of them ran for a rope 
and threw the end over the side of the bridge calling 
to those in the water to catch it. One succeeded, but 
the rope slipped through his hands almost immediately 
because there was neither a loop nor a knot to hold on to. 
These stories, which are true, make us realize the 
