while, don't worry about him. He's just a big overgrown kid and the
best Scout this side of Mars.

P. K. F.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Tom Looks at the Map 1
II. He Sends a Letter 5
III. The New Struggle 10
IV. "Lucky Luke" 16
V. About Seeing a Thing Through 24
VI. "The Woods Property" 29
VII. Just Nonsense 35
VIII. Five, Six, and Seven 45
IX. Roy's Nature 52
X. Tom Receives a Surprise 55
XI. Tom and Roy 59
XII. The Long Trail 66
XIII. Roy's Trail 73
XIV. The Really Hard Part 76
XV. A Letter From Barnard 80
XVI. The Episode in France 86
XVII. On the Long Trail 94
XVIII. Tom Lets the Cat Out of the Bag 101
XIX. The Spectre of Defeat 106
XX. The Friend in Need 110
XXI. Tom's Guest 117
XXII. An Accident 122
XXIII. Friends 132
XXIV. Tom Goes on an Errand 138
XXV. Two Letters 147
XXVI. Lucky Luke's Friend 152
XXVII. Thornton's Story 158
XXVIII. Red Thornton Learns Something About Scouts 170
XXIX. Tom Starts for Home 176
XXX. The Troop Arrives 182
XXXI. Archer 193
XXXII. Tom Loses 197

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TOM SLADE AT BLACK LAKE

CHAPTER I

TOM LOOKS AT THE MAP

Tom Slade, bending over the office table, scrutinized the big map of
Temple Camp. It was the first time he had really looked at it since his
return from France, and it made him homesick to see, even in it