Tom Slade at Black Lake

Download or read book Tom Slade at Black Lake written by Percy Keese Fitzhugh and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Tom Slade at Black Lake by Percy Keese Fitzhugh, Tom Slade has returned from World War I and is suffering from shell shock. His work at Temple Camp takes an interesting turn as he makes decisions for not only the good of the company but for himself. Excerpt: "Several persons have asked me when Tom Slade was ever going to grow up and cease to be a Scout. The answer is that he is already grown up and that he is never going to cease to be a Scout. Once a Scout, always a Scout. To hear some people talk one would think that scouting is like measles, that you get over it and never have it anymore. Scouting is not a thing to play with, like a tin steam engine, and then throw aside. If you once get caught in the net of scouting, you will never disentangle yourself. A fellow may grow up and put on long trousers and go and call on a girl and all that sort of thing, but if he was a Scout, he will continue to be a Scout, and it will stick out all over him. You'll find him back in the troop as assistant or scoutmaster or something or other."