HE 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.

But I know the story of Aaron Harlowe from beginning to end, and the
part that Tom Slade played in it, and all the latter history of Goliath,
as they called him. And I purpose to set all these matters down for your
entertainment, for I think that first and last they make a pretty good
camp-fire yarn.

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For a week