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Frank H. Spearman. Held for Orders: Being Stories of Railroad Life
Held for Orders: Being Stories of Railroad Life
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Held for Orders
The Switchman's Story
SHOCKLEY
Chris
The Wiper's Story
HOW McGRATH GOT AN ENGINE
Cooney
The Roadmaster's Story
THE SPIDER WATER
Hailey
I
II
The Striker's Story
McTERZA
McTerza
Old Man Nicholson
The Despatcher's Story
THE LAST ORDER
I
II
The Nightman's Story
BULLHEAD
The Master Mechanic's Story
DELAROO
I
The Operator's Story
DE MOLAY FOUR
The Trainmaster's Story
OF THE OLD GUARD
Dave Hawk
The Yellow Mail Story
JIMMIE THE WIND
Jimmy the Wind
THE END
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Frank H. Spearman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Peg Leg drained his glass before he spoke. "Get out!" he snapped. The switchman started on the word for the front door. When he opened it, everybody laughed—but Shockley.
Maybe an hour later Reynolds was sitting back of the stove in a card game, when a voice spoke at his ear. "Get up!" Reynolds looked around into a pistol; behind it stood Shockley, pleasant. "Get up!" he repeated. Nobody had seen him come in; but there he was, and with an absolutely infantile gun, a mere baby gun, in the yellow light, but it shone like bright silver.
