Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: HERVEY FIXED HIS EYES UPON THE ONE REMAINING LIGHT AND RAN WITH UTTER DESPERATION. Tom Slade's Double Dare. Frontispiece--Page 40] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TOM SLADE'S DOUBLE DARE BY PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH Author of TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT, TOM SLADE AT BLACK LAKE, ROY BLAKELEY, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY R. EMMETT OWEN Published with the approval of THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK Made in the United States of America ----------------------------------------------------------------------- COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The life of a scout is bold, so bold, His adventures have never been told, been told. His legs they are bare, And he won't take a dare, The life of a scout is bold. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE LIGHT GOES OUT 1 II THE BRIDGE 10 III AN IMPORTANT MISSION 14 IV THE TREE 21 V WIN OR LOSE 26 VI SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT 33 VII THE LIGHT THAT FAILED 37 VIII ALMOST 44 IX THE HERO 51 X PROVEN A SCOUT 57 XI THE NEW SCOUT 63 XII THE GRAY ROADSTER 68 XIII THE 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