[Tom Slade on Mystery Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh]@TWC D-Link bookTom Slade on Mystery Trail CHAPTER V 5/5
You say that when you get your mind set on a thing, nothing can stop you.
That the idea ?" "That's it," Hervey answered. "You wouldn't drop a trail after you once picked it up, would you? Some animals take you pretty far." "You bet nothing would stop _me_ if I once got the tracks," Hervey said. "I wouldn't care if they took me across the Desert of Sahara or over the Rocky Mountains." "Hang on like a bulldog, hey ?" Tom said. "That's me," said Hervey. "All right, it's a go," Tom concluded.
"I'll see if I can give you a pointer or two down near camp in the morning.
Ever follow a woodchuck--or a coon? Only I don't want any badge-getter falling down on a trail, if I'm mixed up with it.
That's one thing I can't stand--a quitter." "I wouldn't anyway," Hervey said with great fervor; "but as long as I've got you and what you said to think about, you can bet your sweet life that not even a--a--a jungle would stop me--it wouldn't." "That's the kind of a fellow they want for an Eagle Scout," Tom said; "do or die." "That's me," said Hervey Willetts..
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