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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