TOM HOBBLED ALONG, HOLDING THE RAIL.

Frontispiece—(Page 131)


TOM SLADE ON A TRANSPORT BY PERCY K. FITZHUGH Author of TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT, TOM SLADE AT TEMPLE CAMP, TOM SLADE ON THE RIVER, TOM SLADE WITH THE COLORS ILLUSTRATED BY THOMAS CLARITY PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America


Copyright, 1918, by GROSSET & DUNLAP


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
ITom Meets One Friend and is Reminded of Another[1]
IIHe Does a Good Turn and Makes a Discovery[9]
IIIHe Scents Danger and Receives a Letter[19]
IVHe Gets a Job and Meets “Frenchy”[29]
VHe Makes a Discovery and Receives a Shock[39]
VIHe Hears About Alsace and Receives a Present[46]
VIIHe Becomes Very Proud, and Also Very Much Frightened[55]
VIIIHe Hears Some News and is Confidential with Frenchy[61]
IXHe Sees a Strange Light and Goes on Tiptoe[68]
XHe Goes Below and Gropes in the Dark[77]
XIHe Makes a Discovery and is Greatly Agitated[83]
XIIHe is Frightened and Very Thoughtful[86]
XIIIHe Ponders and Decides Between Two Near Relations[92]
XIVHe is Arrested and Put in the Guardhouse[97]
XVHe Does Most of the Talking and Takes All the Blame[103]
XVIHe Sees a Little and Hears Much[107]
XVIIHe Awaits the Worst and Receives a Surprise[115]
XVIIIHe Talks with Mr. Conne and Sees the Boys Start For the Front[121]
XIXHe is Cast Away and is in Great Peril[129]
XXHe is Taken Aboard the “Tin Fish” and Questioned[135]
XXIHe is Made a Prisoner and Makes a New Friend[144]
XXIIHe Learns Where He is Going and Finds a Ray of Hope[151]
XXIIIHe Makes a High Resolve and Loses a Favorite Word[154]
XXIVHe Goes to the Civilian Camp and Doesn’t Like it[161]
XXVHe Visits the Old Pump and Receives a Shock[169]
XXVIHe has an Idea Which Suggests Another[176]
XXVIIHe Plans a Desperate Game and Does a Good Job[185]
XXVIIIHe Disappears—For the Time Being[192]

TOM SLADE
ON A TRANSPORT