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Title: Tom Slade's Double Dare
Author: Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Illustrator: R. Emmett Owen
Release Date: October 20, 2006 [EBook #19590]
Language: English
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[Illustration: HERVEY FIXED HIS EYES UPON THE ONE REMAINING LIGHT AND RAN
WITH UTTER DESPERATION. Tom Slade's Double Dare. Frontispiece--Page 40]
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TOM SLADE'S DOUBLE DARE
BY PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH
Author of TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT, TOM SLADE AT BLACK LAKE, ROY BLAKELEY,
ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY R. EMMETT OWEN
Published with the approval of THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
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COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP
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The life of a scout is bold,
so bold,
His adventures have never been told,
been told.
His legs they are bare,
And he won't take a dare,
The life of a scout is bold.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
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 T
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