Chapter 40

MMM--MM-M-M!

This is the last chapter and it's very short. Maybe you'll say that's one good thing. But it's a good one just the same. It's a peach--I mean a pineapple. It's the best chapter I ever wrote. It goes from the top of the glass to the bottom of the glass. And that's the end of the story. So even if the story's no good, it has a good ending. It had a good beginning, too. Harry Donnelle said there should be a special chapter about that soda.

Of course, there were seven other sodas, too. I don't mean that I drank seven more. But mine is the best one to end with, because I always go right down to the bottom of the glass. The bottom is the only thing that stops me.

So that's the way it is with this story. It has a happy ending. It bunks right into the bottom of the glass. The plot is all cleared up. So is the glass. There's nothing left to tell--or to drink.

Harry Donnelle said if I didn't look out I'd scrape the polish off the glass with my spoon. I should worry, a scout is thorough. So long.

END

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PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH

Percy Keese Fitzhugh (7 Sep 1876 - 5 Jul 1950) was the author of nearly 100 books for children and adolescents. From 1917 to 1935 he was one of the most popular childrens authors in the United States.

He was born in Brooklyn, NY on September 7, 1876. He attended Part Institute, Brooklyn, and eventually moved to Hackensack, NJ. He married Harriet Lloyd LePorte on July 13, 1900.

His first published work, The Golden Rod Story-Book was released in 1906. It was in Hackensack that his writing career began to take off.

In 1914, after the release of a silent picture "The Adventures of a Boy Scout", he was commissioned by the Boy Scouts of America to write a book based on the film. That book was "Tom Slade Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures" (Gutenberg #6655), the book that really launched his career. The book became an instant success and was followed by several, equally successful novels. The Tom Slade series gave birth to several other series based on the characters from Troop 1, Bridgeboro, NJ. The other series included Pee Wee Harris, Westy Martin, Roy Blakeley, Mark Gilmore, and some of The Buddy Books for boys. In all, millions of his Scouting books were published. In 1931, he began writing the Hal Keene Mystery series (10 titles) under the pseudonym Hugh Lloyd. The Hal Keene books were followed by the Skippy Dare series (3 titles) in 1934.

On July 5th, 1950, Percy Keese succumbed to a long illness and passed away. He was 73.

What Mr. Fitzhugh did to promote the Boy Scouting movement can never be measured, but it is safe to say that thousands of boys joined the Scouts because of his writings. Today his books are sought after by collectors all over the world.

Note that characters from each series crossover to or are mentioned in the others. These are the books about various members of Troop 1, Bridgeboro, NJ.

More can be found about Percy Keese Fitzhugh at the website at: www.bridgeboro.com

Copy Stat Guten

1 - Pee-Wee Harris - 1922 P #9833 2 - Pee-Wee Harris On The Trail - 1922 P #15750 3 - Pee-Wee Harris In Camp - 1922 P 4 - Pee-Wee Harris In Luck - 1922 P 5 - Pee-Wee Harris Adrift - 1922 P #17767 6 - Pee-Wee Harris F.O.B. Bridgeboro - 1923 R 7 - Pee-Wee Harris: Fixer - 1924 R 8 - Pee-Wee Harris As Good As His Word - 1925 R 9 - Pee-Wee Harris: Mayor for a Day - 1926 R 10 - Pee-Wee Harris and The Sunken Treasure - 1927 R 11 - Pee-Wee Harris On The Briny Deep - 1928 U 12 - Pee-Wee Harris In Darkest Africa - 1929 R 13 - Pee-Wee Harris Turns Detective - 1930 R 14 - Pee-Wee Harris Warrior Bold - 1930 U 15 - Pee-Wee Harris Goldbrick -- an unpublished manuscript!

1 - Roy Blakeley - 1920 P #10552 2 - Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp - 1920 P #10316 3 - Roy Blakeley Pathfinder - 1920 P #19815 4 - Roy Blakeley's Camp On Wheels - 1920 P 5 - Roy Blakeley's Silver Fox Patrol - 1920 P 6 - Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan - 1921 P 7 - Roy Blakeley Lost Strayed or Stolen - 1921 P 8 - Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike - 1922 P 9 - Roy Blakeley at The Haunted Camp - 1922 P 10 - Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike - 1923 R 11 - Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail - 1924 R 12 - Roy Blakeley on the Mohawk Trail - 1925 R 13 - Roy Blakeley's Elastic Hike - 1926 R 14 - Roy Blakeley's Roundabout Hike - 1927 R 15 - Roy Blakeley's Happy-Go-Lucky Hike - 1928 R 16 - Roy Blakeley's Go-As-You Please Hike - 1929 U 17 - Roy Blakeley Wild Goose Chase - 1930 R 18 - Roy Blakeley Up In The Air - 1931 U

1 - Tom Slade - Boy Scout - 1915 P #6655 2 - Tom Slade At Temple Camp - 1917 P 3 - Tom Slade On The River - 1917 P 4 - Tom Slade With The Colors - 1918 P 5 - Tom Slade On A Transport - 1918 P 6 - Tom Slade With The Boys Over There - 1918 P #18954 7 - Tom Slade' Motor-cycle Dispatch Bearer - 1918 P 8 - Tom Slade With The Flying Corps - 1919 P 9 - Tom Slade at Black Lake - 1920 P #18943 10 - Tom Slade On Mystery Trail - 1921 P #18180 11 - Tom Slade's Double Dare - 1922 P 12 - Tom Slade On Overlook Mountain - 1923 R 13 - Tom Slade Picks a Winner - 1924 R 14 - Tom Slade At Bear Mountain - 1925 R 15 - Tom Slade: Forest Ranger - 1926 R 16 - Tom Slade At Shadow Isle - 1928 R 17 - Tom Slade In The North Woods - 1927 R 18 - Tom Slade in the Haunted Cavern - 1929 R 19 - Tom Slade Parachute Jumper - 1930 R

1 - Westy Martin - 1924 R 2 - Westy Martin In The Yellowstone - 1924 R 3 - Westy Martin In The Rockies - 1925 R 4 - Westy Martin On The Santa Fe Trail - 1926 R 5 - Westy Martin On The Old Indian Trail - 1928 R 6 - Westy Martin In The Land Of The Purple Sage - 1929 R 7 - Westy Martin On The Mississippi - 1930 R 8 - Westy Martin In The Sierras - 1931 U

1 - Lefty Leighton - 1930 R 2 - Spiffy Hewnshaw - 1929 R 3 - Wigwag Weigand - 1929 R 4 - Hervey Willets - 1927 R 5 - Skinny McCord - 1928 R 7 - The Story of Terrible Terry - 1930 R

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