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Tom Slade on Mystery Trail By: Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876-1950) |
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ON MYSTERY TRAIL BY PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH Author of TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT, TOM SLADE AT TEMPLE CAMP, ROY BLAKELEY, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY R. EMMETT OWEN Published with the approval of THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK Made in the United States of America COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE THREE SCOUTS 1 II ANOTHER SCOUT 4 III THE "ALL BUT" SCOUT 10 IV HERVEY LEARNS SOMETHING 15 V WHAT'S IN A NAME? 26 VI THE EAGLE AND THE SCOUT 31 VII THE STREAK OF RED 35 VIII EAGLE AND SCOUT 38 IX TO INTRODUCE ORESTES 44 X OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, ON WITH THE NEW 48 XI OFF ON A NEW TACK 57 XII AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT 62 XIII THE STRANGE TRACKS 67 XIV HERVEY'S TRIUMPH 72 XV SKINNY'S TRIUMPH 77 XVI IN DUTCH 83 XVII HERVEY GOES HIS WAY 91 XVIII THE DAY BEFORE 96 XIX THE GALA DAY 102 XX UNCLE JEB 109 XXI THE FULL SALUTE 113 XXII TOM RUNS THE SHOW 119 XXIII PEE WEE SETTLES IT 123 XXIV THE RED STREAK 132 XXV THE PATH OF GLORY 141 XXVI MYSTERIOUS MARKS 147 XXVII THE GREATER MYSTERY 152 XXVIII WATCHFUL WAITING 156 XXIX THE WANDERING MINSTREL 161 XXX HERVEY MAKES A PROMISE 169 XXXI SHERLOCK NOBODY HOLMES 175 XXXII THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY 179 XXXIII THE CLIMB 185 XXXIV THE RESCUE 188 CHAPTER THE LAST. Y EXTRA! Y EXTRA! Y EXTRA! 194 TOM SLADE ON MYSTERY TRAIL CHAPTER I THE THREE SCOUTS At Temple Camp you may hear the story told of how Llewellyn, scout of the first class, and Orestes, winner of the merit badges for architecture and for music, were by their scouting skill and lore instrumental in solving a mystery and performing a great good turn. You may hear how these deft and cunning masters of the wood and the water circumvented the well laid plans of evil men and coƶperated with their brother scouts in a good scout stunt, which brought fame to the quiet camp community in its secluded hills. For one, as you shall see, is the bulliest tracker that ever picked his way down out of a tangled wilderness and through field and over hill straight to his goal. And the other is a famous gatherer of clews, losing sight of no significant trifle, as the scout saying is, and a star scout into the bargain, if we are to believe Pee wee Harris. I am not so sure that the ten merit badges of bugling, craftsmanship, architecture, aviation, carpentry, camping, forestry, music, pioneering and signaling should be awarded this sprightly scout (for Pee wee is as liberal with awards as he is with gum drops). But there can be no question as to the propriety of the music and architecture awards, and I think that the aviation award would be quite appropriate also... Continue reading book >>
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