Front matter
Reading edition
A DARK FIGURE GLIDED SILENTLY FROM BEHIND A TREE.
TOM SLADE
PICKS A WINNER
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, 1924, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP
CONTENTS
ISuspense
IIA Visitor
IIIThe Doctor’s Orders
IVThe Unseen Triumph
VA Promise
VIThe Lone Figure
VIIAn Odd Number
VIIIThe Light Under the Bushel
IXThe Emblem of the Single Eye
XBefore Camp-fire
XIFriendly Enemies
XIIArchie Dennison
XIIIGray Wolf
XIVUnder a Cloud
XVTom’s Advice
XVIOld Acquaintance
XVIITom Acts
XVIIIPastures New
XIXAdvance
XXAnother Promise
XXIA Bargain
XXIIShattered Dreams
XXIIIThe Lowest Ebb
XXIVStrike Two
XXVNew Quarters
XXVIJuly Twenty-fifth
XXVIIStrike Three
XXVIIIVoices
XXIXWhen It Turns Red
XXXJaws Unseen
XXXIThe Home Run
XXXIITom’s Big Day
XXXIIIIt Runs in the Family
TOM SLADE PICKS A WINNER