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Table of Contents

Оглавление

Part I

Part II

Illustrations

Part I

Part II

DANGER SIGNALS.

Part I.

JIM WAINRIGHT'S KID

AN ENGINEER'S CHRISTMAS STORY

THE CLEAN MAN AND THE DIRTY ANGELS

A PEG-LEGGED ROMANCE

MY LADY OF THE EYES

SOME FREAKS OF FATE

MORMON JOE, THE ROBBER

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S TRIP

THE POLAR ZONE

DANGER SIGNALS.

Part II.

CHAPTER I

LEARNING THE BUSINESS—MY FIRST OFFICE

CHAPTER II

AN ENCOUNTER WITH TRAIN ROBBERS

CHAPTER III

IN A WRECK

CHAPTER IV

A WOMAN OPERATOR WHO SAVED A TRAIN

CHAPTER V

A NIGHT OFFICE IN TEXAS—A STUTTERING DESPATCHER

CHAPTER VI

BLUE FIELD, ARIZONA, AND AN INDIAN SCRIMMAGE

CHAPTER VII

TAKING A WHIRL AT COMMERCIAL WORK—MY FIRST ATTEMPT—THE GALVESTON FIRE

CHAPTER VIII

SENDING A MESSAGE PERFORCE—RECOGNIZING AN OLD FRIEND BY HIS STUFF

CHAPTER IX

BILL BRADLEY, GAMBLER AND GENTLEMAN

CHAPTER X

THE DEATH OF JIM CARTWRIGHT—CHASED OFF A WIRE BY A WOMAN

CHAPTER XI

WITNESSING A MARRIAGE BY WIRE—BEATING A POOL ROOM—SPARRING AT RANGE

CHAPTER XII

HOW A SMART OPERATOR WAS SQUELCHED—THE GALVESTON FLOOD

CHAPTER XIII

SENDING MY FIRST ORDER

CHAPTER XIV

RUNNING TRAINS BY TELEGRAPH—HOW IT IS DONE

CHAPTER XV

AN OLD DESPATCHER'S MISTAKE—MY FIRST TRICK

CHAPTER XVI

A GENERAL STRIKE—A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER FOR A DAY

CHAPTER XVII

CHIEF DESPATCHER—AN INSPECTION TOUR—BIG RIVER WRECK

CHAPTER XVIII

A PROMOTION BY FAVOR AND ITS RESULTS

CHAPTER XIX

JACKING UP A NEGLIGENT OPERATOR—A CONVICT OPERATOR—DICK, THE PLUCKY CALL BOY

CHAPTER XX

AN EPISODE OF SENTIMENT

CHAPTER XXI

THE MILITARY OPERATOR—A FAKE REPORT THAT NEARLY CAUSED TROUBLE

CHAPTER XXII

PRIVATE DENNIS HOGAN, HERO

CHAPTER XXIII

THE COMMISSION WON—IN A GENERAL STRIKE

CHAPTER XXIV

EXPERIENCES AS A GOVERNMENT CENSOR OF TELEGRAPH

CHAPTER XXV

MORE CENSORSHIP

CHAPTER XXVI

CENSORSHIP CONCLUDED

CHAPTER XXVII

CONCLUSION

Danger Signals

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