Tom Slade's Double Dare

by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

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Contents

I	THE LIGHT GOES OUT	[1]
II	THE BRIDGE	[10]
III	AN IMPORTANT MISSION	[14]
IV	THE TREE	[21]
V	WIN OR LOSE	[26]
VI	SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT	[33]
VII	THE LIGHT THAT FAILED	[37]
VIII	ALMOST	[44]
IX	THE HERO	[51]
X	PROVEN A SCOUT	[57]
XI	THE NEW SCOUT	[63]
XII	THE GRAY ROADSTER	[68]
XIII	THE UNKNOWN TRAIL	[74]
XIV	ON THE SUMMIT	[80]
XV	A SCOUT IS THOROUGH	[85]
XVI	THE WANDERING MINSTREL	[90]
XVII	TOM'S INTEREST AROUSED	[97]
XVIII	TRIUMPH AND——	[101]
XIX	HERVEY SHOWS HIS COLORS	[104]
XX	TOM ADVISES GOLIATH	[116]
XXI	WORDS	[123]
XXII	ACTION	[130]
XXIII	THE MONSTER	[133]
XXIV	GILBERT'S DISCOVERY	[140]
XXV	A VOICE IN THE DARK	[145]
XXVI	LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG	[151]
XXVII	TOM LEARNS SOMETHING	[157]
XXVIII	THE BLACK SHEEP	[164]
XXIX	STUNTS AND STUNTS	[169]
XXX	THE DOUBLE DARE	[173]
XXXI	THE COURT IN SESSION	[181]
XXXII	OVER THE TOP	[187]
XXXIII	QUESTIONS	[198]
XXXIV	THE MESSAGE	[205]
XXXV	THE HERO	[209]
XXXVI	Harlowe's Story	[213]

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TOM SLADE'S DOUBLE DARE

CHAPTER I

THE LIGHT GOES OUT

If it were not for the very remarkable part played by the scouts in this strange business, perhaps it would have been just as well if the whole matter had been allowed to die when the newspaper excitement subsided. Singularly enough, that part of the curious drama which unfolded itself at Temple Camp is the very part which was never material for glaring headlines.

The main occurrence is familiar enough to the inhabitants of the neighborhood about the scout camp, but the sequel has never been told, for scouts do not seek notoriety, and the quiet woodland community in its sequestered hills is as remote from the turmoil and gossip of the world as if it were located at the North Pole.