Produced by Roger Frank and Sue Clark TOM SLADE ON OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: Tom stood up occasionally and chatted with the other two.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOM SLADE ON OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN BY PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH Author of THE TOM SLADE BOOKS THE ROY BLAKELEY BOOKS THE PEE-WEE HARRIS 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, 1923, by GROSSET & DUNLAP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO MY MOTHER THIS STORY IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF THE AFTERNOON SPENT ON THE SUMMIT OF OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS I TOM II HERVEY WANDERS INTO THE STORY AND OUT AGAIN III THE BOAT IV THE STRANGER V THE CUP OF SORROW VI THE UNKNOWN FRIEND VII IN THE WOODS VIII THE DERELICT FINDS A PORT IX AT CAMP X ON THE TRAIL XI OUT OF THE PAST XII ANOTHER GLIMPSE OF THE GOODFELLOW XIII TOM GETS HIS WISH XIV THE JOB ON THE MOUNTAIN XV ON THE WAY XVI NEW FRIENDS XVII VOICES XVIII ON THE JOB XIX TOM AND NED XX AN ACCIDENT XXI THE FACE IN THE STORM XXII THE OBSCURE TRAIL XXIII TOM AND AUDRY XXIV GHOSTS OF YESTERDAY XXV AT TWILIGHT XXVI TOM IS TROUBLED XXVII THE CRIMINAL XXVIII IN CONFIDENCE XXIX THE ONLY WAY XXX THE DEPARTURE XXXI TIME XXXII ALONE XXXIII GOODFELLOW XXXIV THE BOAT ROCKS XXXV LAST WORDS XXXVI HOMEWARD BOUND XXXVII THE BRIGHT MORN XXXVIII T. S.—A. F. XXXIX “HERE’S LUCK” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOM SLADE ON OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN CHAPTER I TOM