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HIS ADVENTURES
HERVEY, TREMBLING IN EVERY NERVE, FACED THE APPROACHING TRAIN.
HERVEY WILLETTS
BY
PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH
Author of
THE TOM SLADE BOOKS
THE ROY BLAKELEY BOOKS
THE PEE-WEE HARRIS BOOKS
THE WESTY MARTIN BOOKS
ILLUSTRATED BY
HOWARD L. HASTINGS
Published with the approval of
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Here he is with his hat and his ruffled up hair. Reckless, happy-go-lucky and new; And because he is crazy and won’t take a dare. They liked him—and I like him too. He’s wild and all that and as blind as a bat, And he drives them distracted it’s true; But one look at that hat and I say for all that, I like him, that’s all, I just do. He’s never at rest and he may be a pest, And the gods cannot say what he’ll do; He can’t take a test, yet above all the rest, I like him—and you’ll like him too.
CONTENTS
IHappy-Go-Lucky
IIThe Sentence
IIIThe Last Stunt
IVThe Perfect Gentleman
VChance Acquaintance
VIThe Inspired Dare
VIIGone
VIIISafety in Silence
IXStranded
XTrapped
XIThe Jaws of Death
XIIHeld
XIIIA Noise Like a Scout
XIVAt the Bar
XVChesty, Ambassador
XVITo Pastures New
XVIIOver the Top
XVIIIGuilty
XIXThe Comeback
XXOminous
XXIDistant Rumblings
XXIIWords and Actions
XXIIIDiplomacy
XXIVIn the Silent Night
XXVLife, Liberty——
XXVIOut of the Frying Pan
XXVIIAt Last
XXVIIIThe Law Again
XXIXThe White Light
XXXStunt or Service
XXXIHopeless
XXXIIUps and Downs
XXXIIIStorm and Calm
XXXIVSummer Plans
XXXVHervey’s Luck
XXXVIReached?
HERVEY WILLETTS