Midnight Jack, or The road-agent

Transcriber's Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
N o . 1.            ONE PENNY.
JACKSON'S NOVELS
JAMES JACKSON.
2 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London. E.C.
JACKSON'S NOVELS:
MIDNIGHT JACK!
“Linchpin lost!—wheel off!—broke down!”
In a dark little valley, lying nearly midway between Fort Sully and Deadwood, and not far from the Cheyenne River, a gin trader, or smuggler, had met with an accident. He inaugurated a hunt for a piece of timber, which he hoped to transform into a drag to serve in lieu of the wheel.
Armed with an axe, Timon was not long in finding the desired stick, and when with the aid of straps and chains he had secured it to his satisfaction, the last streak of day left the valley, and the pale light of the stars took its place.
Then, with a self congratulatory pull at the demijohn, Timon hitched up the mules again, tossed the useless wood into the wagon, and sprung to his accustomed place.