"And there is no pie here?" Brent said.
"A pie is a government mark," Tom said; "it means the government ownsthe land to that point--where the pie is. See?"
Oh, boy, Harry didn't say a word. None of the rest of us said aword--only Brent.
He said, "Then I have been deceived by a scarecrow! This ends my questof adventure; I am through. I am going home and to the only refuge wherereal adventure can be found--the movies. I am through with the boyscouts. Perhaps with William S. Hart or Douglas Fairbanks I can find thelife I crave. There I can find cliffs to jump off, roofs to leap from,people to kill who are worthy of being killed--not scarecrows----"
"And floods to get caught in!" Pee-wee yelled.
Brent said, "Yes, and jails to escape from----"
"And ships to get wrecked in!" the kid shouted.
"I know all about the movies I'll go with you! I'll go with you----"
Gee whiz, but that kid is a scream.
THE END
This Isn't All!
Would you like to know what became of the good friends you have made in this book?
Would you like to read other stories continuing their adventures and experiences, or other books quite as entertaining by the same author?
On the _reverse side_ of the wrapper which comes with this book, you will find a wonderful list of stones which you can buy at the same store where you got this book.
Don't throw away the Wrapper
Use it as a handy analog of the books you want some day to have. But in case you do mislay it, write to the Publishers for a complete catalog.
THE ROY BLAKELEY BOOKS
By PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH
Author of "Tom Slade," "Pee-wee Harris," "Westy Martin," Etc.
Illustrated. Picture Wrappers in Color.
Every Volume Complete in Itself.
In the character and adventures of Roy Blakeley are typified the veryessence of Boy life. He is a real boy, as real as Huck Finn and TomSawyer. He is the moving spirit of the troop of Scouts of which he is amember, and the average boy has to go only a little way in the firstbook before Roy is the best friend he ever had, and he is willing topart with his best treasure to get the next book in the series.
ROY BLAKELEY ROY BLAKELEY'S ADVENTURES IN CAMP ROY BLAKELEY, PATHFINDER ROY BLAKELEY'S CAMP ON WHEELS ROY BLAKELEY'S SILVER FOX PATROL ROY BLAKELEY'S MOTOR CARAVAN ROY BLAKELEY, LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN ROY BLAKELEY'S BEE-LINE HIKE ROY BLAKELEY AT THE HAUNTED CAMP ROY BLAKELEY'S FUNNY BONE HIKE ROY BLAKELEY'S TANGLED TRAIL ROY BLAKELEY ON THE MOHAWK TRAIL ROY BLAKELEY'S ELASTIC HIKE ROY BLAKELEY'S ROUNDABOUT HIKE
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THE PEE-WEE HARRIS BOOKS
By PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH
Author of "Tom Slade," "Roy Blakeley," "Westy Martin," Etc.
Illustrated. Individual Wrappers in Color.
Every Volume Complete in Itself.
All readers of the Tom Slade and the Roy Blakeley books are acquaintedwith Pee-wee Harris. These stories record the true facts concerning hissize (what there is of it) and his heroism (such as it is), his voice,his clothes, his appetite, his friends, his enemies, his victims.Together with the thrilling narrative of how he foiled, baffled,circumvented and triumphed over everything and everybody (except wherehe failed) and how even when he failed he succeeded. The whole recordedin a series of screams and told with neither muffler nor cut-out.
PEE-WEE HARRIS PEE-WEE HARRIS ON THE TRAIL. PEE-WEE HARRIS IN CAMP PEE-WEE HARRIS IN LUCK PEE-WEE HARRIS ADRIFT PEE-WEE HARRIS F. O. B. BRIDGEBORO PEE-WEE HARRIS FIXER PEE-WEE HARRIS: AS GOOD AS HIS WORD PEE-WEE HARRIS: MAYOR FOR A DAY PEE-WEE HARRIS AND THE SUNKEN TREASURE
GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_, NEW YORK
GARRY GRAYSON FOOTBALL STORIES
By ELMER A. DAWSON
Individual Colored Wrapper and Illustration by
WALTER S. ROGERS
Every Volume Complete in Itself
Football followers all over the country will hail with delight this newand thoroughly up-to-date line of gridiron tales.
Garry Grayson is a football fan, first, last, and all the time. But morethan that, he is a wideawake American boy with a "gang" of chums almostas wideawake as himself.
How Garry organized the first football eleven his grammar school had,how he later played on the High School team, and what he did on the PrepSchool gridiron and elsewhere, is told in a manner to please all readersand especially those interested in watching a rapid forward pass, aplucky tackle, or a hot run for a touchdown.
Good, clean football at its best--and in addition, rattling stories ofmystery and schoolboy rivalries.
GARRY GRAYSON'S HILL STREET ELEVEN; or, The Football Boys of Lenox.
GARRY GRAYSON AT LENOX HIGH; or, The Champions of the Football League.
GARRY GRAYSON'S FOOTBALL RIVALS; or, The Secret of the Stolen Signals.
GARRY GRAYSON SHOWING HIS SPEED; or, A Daring Run on the Gridiron.
GARRY GRAYSON AT STANLEY PREP; or, The Football Rivals of Riverview.
GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_, NEW YORK
THE TOM SLADE BOOKS
By PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH
Author of "Roy Blakeley," "Pee-wee Harris," "Westy Martin," Etc.
Illustrated. Individual Picture Wrappers in Color.
Every Volume Complete in Itself.
"Let your boy grow up with Tom Slade," is a suggestion which thousandsof parents have followed during the past, with the result that the TOMSLADE BOOKS are the most popular boys' books published today. They takeTom Slade through a series of typical boy adventures through histenderfoot days as a scout, through his gallant days as an Americandoughboy in France, back to his old patrol and the old camp ground atBlack Lake, and so on.
TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT TOM SLADE AT TEMPLE CAMP TOM SLADE ON THE RIVER TOM SLADE WITH THE COLORS TOM SLADE ON A TRANSPORT TOM SLADE WITH THE BOYS OVER THERE TOM SLADE, MOTORCYCLE DISPATCH BEARER TOM SLADE WITH THE FLYING CORPS TOM SLADE AT BLACK LAKE TOM SLADE ON MYSTERY TRAIL TOM BLADE'S DOUBLE DARE TOM SLADE ON OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN TOM SLADE PICKS A WINNER TOM SLADE AT BEAR MOUNTAIN TOM SLADE: FOREST RANGER TOM SLADE IN THE NORTH WOODS
GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_, NEW YORK
Jerry Todd and Poppy Ott Series
BY LEO EDWARDS
Durably Bound. Illustrated. Individual Colored Wrappers.
Every Volume Complete in Itself.
Hundreds of thousands of boys who laughed until their sides ached overthe weird and wonderful adventures of Jerry Todd and his gang demandedthat Leo Edwards, the author, give them more books like the Jerry Toddstories with their belt-bursting laughs and creepy shivers. So he
tookPoppy Ott, Jerry Todd's bosom chum and created the Poppy Ott Series, andif such a thing could be possible--they arc even more full of fun andexcitement than the Jerry Todds.
THE POPPY OTT SERIES
POPPY OTT AND THE STUTTERING PARROT POPPY OTT AND THE SEVEN LEAGUE STILTS POPPY OTT AND THE GALLOPING SNAIL POPPY OTT'S PEDIGREED PICKLES
THE JERRY TODD BOOKS
JERRY TODD AND THE WHISPERING MUMMY JERRY TODD AND THE ROSE-COLORED CAT JERRY TODD AND THE OAK ISLAND TREASURE JERRY TODD AND THE WALTZING HEN JERRY TODD AND THE TALKING FROG JERRY TODD AND THE PURRING EGG JERRY TODD IN THE WHISPERING CAVE
GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_, NEW YORK
Football and Baseball Stories
Durably Bound. Illustrated. Individual Colored Wrappers.
Every Volume Complete in Itself.
THE RALPH HENRY BARBOUR BOOKS FOR BOYS
In these up-to-the-minute, spirited genuine stories of boy life there issomething which will appeal to every boy with love of manliness,cleanness and sportsmanship in his heart.
LEFT END EDWARDS LEFT TACKER THAYER LEFT GUARD GILBERT CENTER RUSH ROWLAND FULLBACK FOSTER LEFT HALF HARMON RIGHT END EMERSON RIGHT GUARD GRANT QUARTERBACK BATES RIGHT TACKLE TODD RIGHT HALF ROLLINS
THE CHRISTY MATHEWSON BOOKS FOR BOYS
Every boy wants to know how to play ball in the fairest and squarestway. These books about boys and baseball are full of wholesome and manlyinterest and information.
PITCHER POLLOCK CATCHER CRAIG FIRST BASE FAULKNER SECOND BASE SLOAN PITCHING IN A PINCH
THIRD BASE THATCHER, By Everett Scott GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_, NEW YORK
THE FLYAWAYS STORIES
By ALICE DALE HARDY
Author of The Riddle Club Books
Individual Colored Jackets and Colored Illustrations by WALTER S. ROGERS
A splendid new line of interesting tales for the little ones,introducing many of the well known characters of fairyland in a seriesof novel adventures. The Flyaways are a happy family and every littlegirl and boy will want to know all about them.
THE FLYAWAYS AND CINDERELLA
How the Flyaways went to visit Cinderella only to find that Cinderella's Prince had been carried off by the Three Robbers, Rumbo, Hibo and Jobo. "I'll rescue him!" cried Pa Flyaway and then set out for the stronghold of the robbers. A splendid continuation of the original story of Cinderella.
THE FLYAWAYS AND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
On their way to visit Lillte Red Riding Hood the Flyaways fell in with Tommy Tucker and The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe. They told Tommy about the Magic Button on Red Riding Hood's cloak. How the wicked Wolf stole the Magic Button and how the wolves plotted to eat up Little Red Riding Hood and all her family, and how the Flyaways and King Cole lent the wolves flying, makes a story no children will want to miss.
THE FLYAWAYS AND GOLDILOCKS
The Flyaways wanted to see not only Goldilocks but also the Three Bears and then took a remarkable journey through the air to do so. Tommy even rode on a Rocket and met the monstrous Blue Frog. When they arrived at Goldilock's house they found that the Three Bears had been there before them and mussed everything up, mich to Goldilock's despair. "We must drive those bears out of the country!" said Pa Flyaway. Then they journeyed underground to the Yellow Palace, and oh! so many things happened after that!
GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_, NEW YORK
THE TOM SWIFT SERIES
By VICTOR APPLETON
Uniform Style of Binding. Individual Colored Wrappers.
Every Volume Complete in Itself
Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is abright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the mostinteresting kind of reading.
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR CYCLE TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR BOAT TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRSHIP TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE TOM SWIFT AMONG THE DIAMOND MAKERS TOM SWIFT IN THE CAVES OF ICE TOM SWIFT AND HIS SKY RACER TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE TOM SWIFT IN THE CITY OF GOLD TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR GLIDER TOM SWIFT IN CAPTIVITY TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIZARD CAMERA TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT SEARCHLIGHT TOM SWIFT AND HIS GIANT CANNON TOM SWIFT AND HIS PHOTO TELEPHONE TOM SWIFT AND HIS AERIAL WARSHIP TOM SWIFT AND HIS BIG TUNNEL TOM SWIFT IN THE LAND OF WONDERS TOM SWIFT AND HIS WAR TANK TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR SCOUT TOM SWIFT AND HIS UNDERSEA SEARCH TOM SWIFT AMONG THE FIRE FIGHTERS TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE TOM SWIFT AND HIS FLYING BOAT TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT OIL GUSHER TOM SWIFT AND HIS CHEST OF SECRETS TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRLINE EXPRESS
GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_, NEW YORK
THE DON STURDY SERIES
By VICTOR APPLETON
Individual Colored Wrappers and Text Illustrations by
WALTER S. ROGERS
Every Volume Complete in Itself
In company with his uncles, one a mighty hunter and the other a notedscientist, Don Sturdy travels far and wide, gaining much usefulknowledge and meeting many thrilling adventures.
DON STURDY ON THE DESERT OF MYSTERY
An engrossing tale of the Sahara Desert, of encounters with wild animals and crafty Arabs.
DON STURDY WITH THE BIG SNAKE HUNTERS
Don's uncle, the hunter, took an order for some of the biggest snakes to be found in South America--to be delivered alive!
DON STURDY IN THE TOMBS OF GOLD
A fascinating tale of exploration and adventure in the Valley of Kings in Egypt.
DON STURDY ACROSS THE NORTH POLE
A great polar blizzard nearly wrecks the airship of the explorers.
DON STURDY IN THE LAND OF VOLCANOES
An absorbing tale of adventures among the volcanoes of Alaska.
DON STURDY IN THE PORT OF LOST SHIPS
This story is just full of exciting and fearful experiences on the sea.
DON STURDY AMONG THE GORILLAS
A thrilling story of adventure in darkest Africa. Don is carried over a mighty waterfall into the heart of gorilla land.
GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_, NEW YORK
THE RADIO BOYS SERIES
By ALLEN CHAPMAN
Author of the "Railroad Series," Etc.
Individual Colored Wrappers. Illustrated.
Every Volume Complete in Itself
A new series for boys giving full details of radio work, both in sendingand receiving--telling how small and large amateur sets can be made andoperated, and how
some boys got a lot of fun and adventure out of whatthey did. Each volume from first to last is so thoroughly fascinating,so strictly up-to-date and accurate, we feel sure all lads will perusethem with great delight.
Each volume has a Foreword by Jack Binns, the well-known radio expert.
THE RADIO BOYS' FIRST WIRELESS THE RADIO BOYS AT OCEAN POINT THE RADIO BOYS AT THE SENDING STATION THE RADIO BOYS AT MOUNTAIN PASS THE RADIO BOYS TRAILING A VOICE THE RADIO BOYS WITH THE FOREST RANGERS THE RADIO BOYS WITH THE ICEBERG PATROL THE RADIO BOYS WITH THE FLOOD FIGHTERS THE RADIO BOYS ON SIGNAL ISLAND THE RADIO BOYS IN GOLD VALLEY
GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_, NEW YORK
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