. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the moving pictures . alf-pleading question, had gone the way ofmost rubber balls, and the memory of the episodewould have gone the way of all such memories inthe hoodlum mind, except that something hadhappened to Tom Slade since then. He was fa-miliar now with Paragraph I, Scout Law, andwas presently to show that he had pondered onother paragraphs of that law as well. Outside the pantry window was a nail keg andon this Tom sat down. It was in a jog formedby an angle in the back of the house, and therewas not much danger of being seen from any ofthe rear ground floor
. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the moving pictures . alf-pleading question, had gone the way ofmost rubber balls, and the memory of the episodewould have gone the way of all such memories inthe hoodlum mind, except that something hadhappened to Tom Slade since then. He was fa-miliar now with Paragraph I, Scout Law, andwas presently to show that he had pondered onother paragraphs of that law as well. Outside the pantry window was a nail keg andon this Tom sat down. It was in a jog formedby an angle in the back of the house, and therewas not much danger of being seen from any ofthe rear ground floor windows, for these were allof heavy cathedral glass. The ground beneaththem was littered with nails and shavings; a scrapor two of colored glass and some little bars oflead lay strewn about where the men had beenworking. Presently he heard voices and guessed that hiscompanions were leaving. Then he heard thehonk of an auto horn and caught a fleetingglimpse of a gray car rolling up the private waytoward the porte-cochere. He heard other voices,. THE NET? ASTOIi, LENCX ANDTILDfiN FOUNDATIONS BURGLARS 99 the excited greetings of Mrs. Temple and Mary,and the sonorous and authoritative tones of JohnTemple. For a moment he forgot what he had come outhere for, as he realized that it would be difficultto leave without being seen. His hatred of JohnTemple had modified somewhat since he had be-come a scout, and had now given place to a feel-ing of awe for the man who could own a placeof such magnificence as Five Oaks. Never beforehad Tom been in such a house. He had sup-posed that Roys beautiful home was about themost luxurious abode imaginable. He realizednow that he was stranded in this despotic kingdomwith No Trespassing signs all about glaring athim like sentinels. Tom had acquired many of the scout virtuesand his progress in the arts (save in one or twowhich he could not master) had been he had still to acquire that self-confidence andself-possession whi
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