Tom Slade on a Transport
TOM HOBBLED ALONG, HOLDING THE RAIL.
Frontispiece—(Page 131)
Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1918, by GROSSET & DUNLAP
TOM SLADE ON A TRANSPORT
As Tom Slade went through Terrace Avenue on his way to the Temple Camp office, where he was employed, he paused beside a truck backed up against the curb in front of a certain vacant store. Upon it was a big table and wrestling with the table was Pete Connigan, the truckman—the very same Pete Connigan at whom Tom used to throw rocks and whom he had called a “mick.” It reminded him of old times to see Pete.
The vacant store, too, aroused dubious memories, for there he had stolen many an apple in the days when Adolf Schmitt had his “cash grocery” on the premises, and used to stand in the doorway with his white apron on, shaking his fist as Tom scurried down the street and calling, “I’ll strafe you, you young loafer!”
Tom had wondered what strafing was, until long afterward he heard that poor Belgium was being strafed ; and then he knew.
“Wal, ef ’tain’t Tommy Slade!” said Pete, with a cordial grin of surprise. “I ain’t seen ye in two year! Ye’ve growed ter be a big, strappin’ lad, ain’t ye?”
“Hello, Pete,” said Tom, shaking the Irishman’s brawny hand. “Glad to see you. I’ve been away working on a ship for quite a while. That’s one reason you haven’t seen me.”
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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CHAPTER I
TOM MEETS ONE FRIEND AND IS REMINDED OF ANOTHER
CHAPTER II
HE DOES A GOOD TURN AND MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER III
HE SCENTS DANGER AND RECEIVES A LETTER
CHAPTER IV
HE GETS A JOB AND MEETS “FRENCHY”
CHAPTER V
HE MAKES A DISCOVERY AND RECEIVES A SHOCK
CHAPTER VI
HE HEARS ABOUT ALSACE AND RECEIVES A PRESENT
CHAPTER VII
HE BECOMES VERY PROUD, AND ALSO VERY MUCH FRIGHTENED
CHAPTER VIII
HE HEARS SOME NEWS AND IS CONFIDENTIAL WITH FRENCHY
CHAPTER IX
HE SEES A STRANGE LIGHT AND GOES ON TIPTOE
CHAPTER X
HE GOES BELOW AND GROPES IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XI
HE MAKES A DISCOVERY AND IS GREATLY AGITATED
CHAPTER XII
HE IS FRIGHTENED AND VERY THOUGHTFUL
CHAPTER XIII
HE PONDERS AND DECIDES BETWEEN TWO NEAR RELATIONS
CHAPTER XIV
HE IS ARRESTED AND PUT IN THE GUARDHOUSE
CHAPTER XV
HE DOES MOST OF THE TALKING AND TAKES ALL THE BLAME
CHAPTER XVI
HE SEES A LITTLE AND HEARS MUCH
CHAPTER XVII
HE AWAITS THE WORST AND RECEIVES A SURPRISE
CHAPTER XVIII
HE TALKS WITH MR. CONNE AND SEES THE BOYS START FOR THE FRONT
CHAPTER XIX
HE IS CAST AWAY AND IS IN GREAT PERIL
CHAPTER XX
HE IS TAKEN ABOARD THE “TIN FISH” AND QUESTIONED
CHAPTER XXI
HE IS MADE A PRISONER AND MAKES A NEW FRIEND
CHAPTER XXII
HE LEARNS WHERE HE IS GOING AND FINDS A RAY OF HOPE
CHAPTER XXIII
HE MAKES A HIGH RESOLVE AND LOSES A FAVORITE WORD
CHAPTER XXIV
HE GOES TO THE CIVILIAN CAMP AND DOESN’T LIKE IT
CHAPTER XXV
HE VISITS THE OLD PUMP AND RECEIVES A SHOCK
CHAPTER XXVI
HE HAS AN IDEA WHICH SUGGESTS ANOTHER
CHAPTER XXVII
HE PLANS A DESPERATE GAME AND DOES A GOOD JOB
CHAPTER XXVIII
HE DISAPPEARS—FOR THE TIME BEING