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Ray Cummings. The Big Idea
The Big Idea
Table of Contents
I. Jimmy's Big Idea. CHAPTER I
JIMMY’S BIG IDEA
II. The First Setback. CHAPTER II
THE FIRST SETBACK
III. The Interview. CHAPTER III
THE INTERVIEW
IV. Mr. Hope's Idea. CHAPTER IV
MR. HOPE’S IDEA
V. Jimmy Finds a Friend. CHAPTER V
JIMMY FINDS A FRIEND
VI. Two Discoveries. CHAPTER VI
TWO DISCOVERIES
VII. Jimmy Plays Trumps. CHAPTER VII
JIMMY PLAYS TRUMPS
VIII. Nemesis. CHAPTER VIII
NEMESIS
IX. The Mainspring of Endeavor. CHAPTER IX
THE MAINSPRING OF ENDEAVOR
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Ray Cummings
Published by Good Press, 2020
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Again they fell silent. The road they were following—they were now some two miles from Menchon—was taking them directly toward the burning mines that were famous throughout all that part of Pennsylvania. These were a system of coal-mines that years before had been in active operation. They had caught fire, and eventually had to be abandoned.
And all these years since, far down in the great coal measures underground, the fires had been raging. From one mine to another the fire had spread, until now the whole region, several square miles in ex tent, was honeycombed with uncontrollable subterranean fires.
