MISS ELLISON GREETED TOM WITH A MYSTERIOUS SMILE.
Frontispiece—Page 27


TOM SLADE
WITH THE COLORS BY
PERCY K. FITZHUGH Author of
TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT
TOM SLADE AT TEMPLE CAMP
TOM SLADE ON THE RIVER Illustrated by
THOMAS CLARITY Published With the Approval of
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK

Copyright, 1918, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP


Contents

ITom Makes a Promise[1]
II"Bull Head" And "Butter Fingers"[13]
IIIRoscoe Bent[21]
IVThe Cup of Joy[27]
VThe Main Trail[40]
VITom And the Gold Cross[49]
VIIThe Trail Runs Through a Pestilent Place[56]
VIIIAn Accident[60]
IXRoscoe Joins the Colors[66]
XTom And Roscoe Come to Know Each Other[70]
XITom Meets a Stranger[79]
XIITom Hears of the Blond Beast[85]
XIIIAs Others Saw Him[93]
XIVTom Gets a Job[101]
XVThe Excited Passenger[109]
XVITom Makes a Discovery[116]
XVIIOne of the Blond Beast's Weapons[124]
XVIIISherlock Nobody Holmes[129]
XIXThe Time of Day[137]
XXA New Job[145]
XXIInto the Danger Zone[152]
XXIIS O S[160]
XXIIIRoy Blakeley Keeps Still—For a Wonder[172]
XXIVA Soldier's Honor[181]
XXVThe Face[190]
XXVIRoscoe Bent Breaks His Promise[199]
XXVIIThe End of the Trail[215]

TOM SLADE WITH THE COLORS