Chapter I: Front Matter

HERVEY WILLETTS

HIS ADVENTURES

HERVEY WILLETTS
BY
PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH

Author of

THE TOM SLADE BOOKS
THE ROY BLAKELEY BOOKS
THE PEE-WEE HARRIS BOOKS
THE WESTY MARTIN BOOKS

ILLUSTRATED BY
HOWARD L. HASTINGS

Published with the approval of
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP

Here he is with his hat and his ruffled up hair.
Reckless, happy-go-lucky and new;
And because he is crazy and won’t take a dare.
They liked him—and I like him too.

He’s wild and all that and as blind as a bat,
And he drives them distracted it’s true;
But one look at that hat and I say for all that,
I like him, that’s all, I just do.

He’s never at rest and he may be a pest,
And the gods cannot say what he’ll do;
He can’t take a test, yet above all the rest,
I like him—and you’ll like him too.

CONTENTS

I Happy-Go-Lucky
II The Sentence
III The Last Stunt
IV The Perfect Gentleman
V Chance Acquaintance
VI The Inspired Dare
VII Gone
VIII Safety in Silence
IX Stranded
X Trapped
XI The Jaws of Death
XII Held
XIII A Noise Like a Scout
XIV At the Bar
XV Chesty, Ambassador
XVI To Pastures New
XVII Over the Top
XVIII Guilty
XIX The Comeback
XX Ominous
XXI Distant Rumblings
XXII Words and Actions
XXIII Diplomacy
XXIV In the Silent Night
XXV Life, Liberty——
XXVI Out of the Frying Pan
XXVII At Last
XXVIII The Law Again
XXIX The White Light
XXX Stunt or Service
XXXI Hopeless
XXXII Ups and Downs
XXXIII Storm and Calm
XXXIV Summer Plans
XXXV Hervey’s Luck
XXXVI Reached?

HERVEY WILLETTS