| I | Learning The Business—My First Office | 1 |
| II | An Encounter With Train Robbers | 11 |
| III | In A Wreck | 19 |
| IV | A Woman Operator Who Saved A Train | 25 |
| V | A Night Office In Texas—A Stuttering Despatcher | 33 |
| VI | Blue Field, Arizona, And An Indian Scrimmage | 42 |
| VII | Taking A Whirl At Commercial Work—My First Attempt—The Galveston Fire | 52 |
| VIII | Sending A Message Perforce—Recognizing An Old Friend By His Stuff | 62 |
| IX | Bill Bradley, Gambler And Gentleman | 68 |
| X | The Death Of Jim Cartwright—Chased Off A Wire By A Woman | 80 |
| XI | Witnessing A Marriage By Wire—Beating A Pool Room—Sparring At Range | 87 |
| XII | How A Smart Operator Was Squelched—The Galveston Flood | 96 |
| XIII | Sending My First Order | 105 |
| XIV | Running Trains By Telegraph—How It Is Done | 111 |
| XV | An Old Despatcher's Mistake—My First Trick | 125 |
| XVI | A General Strike—A Locomotive Engineer For A Day | 137 |
| XVII | Chief Despatcher—An Inspection Tour—Big River Wreck | 147 |
| XVIII | A Promotion By Favor And Its Results | 160 |
| XIX | Jacking Up A Negligent Operator—A Convict Operator—Dick, The Plucky Call Boy | 168 |
| XX | An Episode Of Sentiment | 185 |
| XXI | The Military Operator—A Fake Report That Nearly Caused Trouble | 192 |
| XXII | Private Dennis Hogan, Hero | 203 |
| XXIII | The Commission Won—In A General Strike | 222 |
| XXIV | Experiences As A Government Censor Of Telegraph | 237 |
| XXV | More Censorship | 246 |
| XXVI | Censorship Concluded | 257 |
| XXVII | Conclusion | 270 |
