Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy

Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy
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Munroe Kirk. Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy

CHAPTER I “RAILROAD BLAKE.”

CHAPTER II. A RACE FOR THE RAILROAD CUP

CHAPTER III. A CRUEL ACCUSATION

CHAPTER IV. STARTING INTO THE WORLD

CHAPTER V. CHOOSING A CAREER

CHAPTER VI. SMILER, THE RAILROAD DOG

CHAPTER VII. ROD, SMILER, AND THE TRAMP

CHAPTER VIII. EARNING A BREAKFAST

CHAPTER IX. GAINING A FOOTHOLD

CHAPTER X. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE

CHAPTER XI. A BATTLE WITH TRAMPS

CHAPTER XII. BOUND, GAGGED, AND A PRISONER

CHAPTER XIII. HOW BRAKEMAN JOE WAS SAVED

CHAPTER XIV. THE SUPERINTENDENT INVESTIGATES

CHAPTER XV. SMILER TO THE RESCUE

CHAPTER XVI. SNYDER APPLEBY’S JEALOUSY

CHAPTER XVII. ROD AS A BRAKEMAN

CHAPTER XVIII. WORKING FOR A PROMOTION

CHAPTER XIX. THE EXPRESS SPECIAL

CHAPTER XX. TROUBLE IN THE MONEY CAR

CHAPTER XXI. OVER THE TOP OF THE TRAIN

CHAPTER XXII. STOP THIEF!

CHAPTER XXIII. A RACE OF LOCOMOTIVES

CHAPTER XXIV. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION

CHAPTER XXV. THE TRAIN ROBBER LEARNS OF ROD’S ARREST

CHAPTER XXVI. A WELCOME VISITOR

CHAPTER XXVII. THE SHERIFF IS INTERVIEWED

CHAPTER XXVIII. LIGHT DAWNS UPON THE SITUATION

CHAPTER XXIX. AN ARRIVAL OF FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

CHAPTER XXX. WHERE ARE THE DIAMONDS?

CHAPTER XXXI. ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR!

CHAPTER XXXII. SNATCHING VICTORY FROM DEFEAT

CHAPTER XXXIII. A WRECKING TRAIN

CHAPTER XXXIV. ROD ACCEPTS THE LEGACY

CHAPTER XXXV. FIRING ON NUMBER 10

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE ONLY CHANCE OF SAVING THE SPECIAL

CHAPTER XXXVII. INDEPENDENCE OR PRIDE

CHAPTER XXXVIII. A MORAL VICTORY

CHAPTER XXXIX. SNYDER IS FORGIVEN

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THE PURSUIT OF THE TRAIN ROBBER.—(PAGE 156.) FRONTISPIECE.

Amid a thousand such cries as these, from the throats of the excited boys and a furious waving of hats, handkerchiefs, and ribbon-decked parasols from the grand stand, the greatest bicycling event of the year so far as Euston was concerned, was finished, and Rodman Blake was declared winner of the Railroad Cup. It was the handsomest thing of the kind ever seen in that part of the country, and had been presented to the Steel Wheel Club of Euston by President Vanderveer of the great New York and Western Railroad, who made his summer home at that place. The race for this trophy was the principal event at the annual meet of the club, which always took place on the first Wednesday of September. If any member won it three years in succession it was to be his to keep, and every winner was entitled to have his name engraved on it.

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“So I did. I left it in the club house, where there would be no chance of anybody tampering with it; for I’ve heard of such things happening, but I ordered Dan to have it down here in time for the race.”

“Do you mean to insinuate—” began Rod hotly; but controlling himself, he continued more calmly, “I didn’t know that you had given Dan any orders, and I sent him over to the house on an errand a few minutes ago. Never mind, though, I’ll go for your machine myself, and have it here by the time you are dressed.”

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