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STORIES OF ADVENTURE IN THE
YOUNG UNITED STATES
_By ALFRED BISHOP MASON_
TOM STRONG, WASHINGTON'S SCOUT
_Illustrated, $1.30 net_
TOM STRONG, BOY-CAPTAIN
_Illustrated, $1.30 net_
TOM STRONG, JUNIOR
_Illustrated, $1.30 net_
TOM STRONG, THIRD
_Illustrated, $1.30 net_
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Publishers New York
ST. GAUDENS' STATUE OF LINCOLN]
TOM STRONG, LINCOLN'S SCOUT
_A STORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE TIMES THAT TRIED MEN'S SOULS_
By
ALFRED BISHOP MASON
Author of "Tom Strong, Washington's Scout," "Tom Strong, Boy-Captain," Tom Strong, Junior," and "Tom Strong, Third"
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1919
COPYRIGHT, 1919 BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
The Quinn & Boden Company BOOK MANUFACTURERS RAHWAY NEW JERSEY
DEDICATED BY PERMISSION
TO
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
INSPIRER OF PATRIOTISM, A GREAT AMERICAN
OYSTER BAY LONG ISLAND, N.Y.
August 31st, 1917.
Dear Mr. Mason:
All right, I shall break my rule and have you dedicate that book to me. Thank you!
Faithfully yours,
Theodore Roosevelt signature]
Mr. Alfred B. Mason, University Club, New York City.
FOREWORD
Many of the persons and personages who appearupon the pages of this book have alreadylived, some in history and some in the pages of"Tom Strong, Washington's Scout," "TomStrong, Boy-Captain," "Tom Strong, Junior,"or "Tom Strong, Third." Those who wish toknow the full story of the four Tom Strongs,great-grandfather, grandfather, father and son,should read those books, too.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I PAGE
TOM RIDES IN WESTERN MARYLAND--HALTED BY ARMED MEN--JOHN BROWN--THE ATTACK UPON HARPER'S FERRY--THE FIGHT--JOHN BROWN'S SOUL GOES MARCHING ON 3
CHAPTER II
OUR WAR WITH MEXICO--KIT CARSON AND HIS LAWYER, ABE LINCOLN--TOM GOES TO LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION--S. F. B. MORSE, INVENTOR OF THE TELEGRAPH--TOM BACK IN WASHINGTON 22
CHAPTER III
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS--MR. STRONG GOES TO RUSSIA--TOM GOES TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE--BULL RUN--"STONEWALL" JACKSON--GEO. B. MCCLELLAN--TOM STRONG, SECOND-LIEUTENANT, U. S. A.--THE BATTLE OF THE "MERRIMAC" AND THE "MONITOR" 40
CHAPTER IV
TOM GOES WEST--WILKES BOOTH HUNTS HIM--DR. HANS ROLF SAVES HIM--HE DELIVERS DESPATCHES TO GENERAL GRANT 71
CHAPTER V
INSIDE THE CONFEDERATE LINES--"SAIREY" WARNS TOM--OLD MAN TOMBLIN'S "SETTLEMINT"--STEALING A LOCOMOTIVE--WILKES BOOTH GIVES THE ALARM--A WILD DASH FOR THE UNION LINES 90
CHAPTER VI
TOM UP A TREE--DID THE CONFEDERATE OFFICER SEE HIM?--THE FUGITIVE SLAVE GUIDES HIM--BUYING A BOAT IN THE DARK--ADRIFT IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY 117
CHAPTER VII
TOWSER FINDS THE FUGITIVES--TOWSER BRINGS UNCLE MOSES--MR. IZZARD AND HIS YANKEE OVERSEER, JAKE JOHNSON--TOM IS PULLED DOWN THE CHIMNEY--HOW UNCLE MOSES CHOKED THE OVERSEER--THE FLIGHT OF THE FOUR 129
CHAPTER VIII
LINCOLN SAVES JIM JENKINS'S LIFE--NEWSPAPER ABUSE OF LINCOLN--THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION--LINCOLN IN HIS NIGHT-SHIRT--JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL--"BARBARA FRIETCHIE"--MR. STRONG COMES HOME--THE RUSSIAN FLEET COMES TO NEW YORK--A BACKWOODS JUPITER 160
CHAPTER IX
TOM GOES TO VICKSBURG--MORGAN'S RAID--GEN. BASIL W. DUKE CAPTURES TOM--GETTYSBURG--GEN. ROBERT E. LEE GIVES TOM HIS BREAKFAST--IN LIBBY PRISON--LINCOLN'S SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG 182
CHAPTER X
TOM IS HUNGRY--HE LEARNS TO "SPOON" BY SQUADS--THE BULLET AT THE WINDOW--WORKING ON THE TUNNEL--"RAT HELL"--THE RISK OF THE ROLL-CALL--WHAT HAPPENED TO JAKE JOHNSON, CONFEDERATE SPY--TOM IN LIBBY PRISON--HANS ROLF ATTENDS HIM--HANS REFUSES TO ESCAPE--THE FLIGHT THROUGH THE TUNNEL--FREE, BUT HOW TO STAY SO? 213
CHAPTER XI
TOM HIDES IN A RIVER BANK--EATS RAW FISH--JIM GRAYSON AIDS HIM--DOWN THE JAMES RIVER ON A TREE--PASSING THE PATROL BOATS--CANNONADED--THE END OF THE VOYAGE 249
CHAPTER XII
TOWSER WELCOMES TOM TO THE WHITE HOUSE--LINCOLN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT--GRANT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF--SHERMAN MARCHES FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA--TOM ON GRANT'S STAFF--FIVE FORKS--FALL OF RICHMOND--HANS ROLF FREED--BOB SAVES TOM FROM CAPTURE--TOM TAKES A BATTERY INTO ACTION--LEE SURRENDERS--TOM STRONG, BREVET-CAPTAIN, U. S. A. 265
CHAPTER XIII
THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 307
CHAPTER XIV
TOM HUNTS WILKES BOOTH--THE END OF THE MURDERER--ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES--TOM AND TOWSER GO HOME 315