Chapter I: Front Matter

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TOM SLADE ON A TRANSPORT

By Percy K. Fitzhugh

Author of TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT, TOM SLADE AT TEMPLE CAMP, TOM SLADE ON THE RIVER, TOM SLADE WITH THE COLORS

Illustrated by Thomas Clarity

Published With the Approval of the Boy Scouts of America

GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK Made in the United States of America

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Copyright, 1918, by GROSSET & DUNLAP

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CONTENTS

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I. Tom Meets One Friend and Is Reminded of Another 1
II. He Does a Good Turn and Makes a Discovery 9
III. He Scents Danger and Receives a Letter 19
IV. He Gets a Job and Meets "Frenchy" 29
V. He Makes a Discovery and Receives a Shock 39
VI. He Hears About Alsace and Receives a Present 46
VII. He Becomes Very Proud, and Also Very Much Frightened 55
VIII. He Hears Some News and Is Confidential with Frenchy 61
IX. He Sees a Strange Light and Goes on Tiptoe 68
X. He Goes Below and Gropes in the Dark 77
XI. He Makes a Discovery and Is Greatly Agitated 83
XII. He Is Frightened and Very Thoughtful 86
XIII. He Ponders and Decides Between Two Near Relations 92
XIV. He is Arrested and Put in the Guardhouse 97
XV. He Does Most of the Talking and Takes All the Blame 103
XVI. He Sees a Little and Hears Much 107
XVII. He Awaits the Worst and Receives a Surprise 115
XVIII. He Talks With Mr. Conne and Sees the Boys
Start for the Front 121
XIX. He Is Cast Away and Is in Great Peril 129
XX. He Is Taken Aboard the "Tin Fish" and Questioned 135
XXI. He Is Made a Prisoner and Makes a New Friend 144
XXII. He Learns Where He Is Going and Finds a Ray of Hope 151
XXIII. He Makes a High Resolve and Loses a Favorite Word 154
XXIV. He Goes to the Civilian Camp and Doesn't Like It 161
XXV. He Visits the Old Pump and Receives a Shock 169
XXVI. He Has an Idea Which Suggests Another 176
XXVII. He Plans a Desperate Game and Does a Good Job 185
XXVIII. He Disappears--for the Time Being 192

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TOM SLADE ON A TRANSPORT