TOM SLADE
ON MYSTERY TRAIL
BY
PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH
Author Of
TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT, TOM SLADE AT TEMPLE
CAMP, ROY BLAKELEY, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
R. EMMET OWEN
Published with the approval of
THE BOYS 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![192]

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.