To the small person who unconsciously
provided the motif herein wrought upon,
this transitory tale is affectionately attributed
by The Author


CONTENTS

[I. P. P. C. Ariadne]
[II. The "Personally Conducted"]
[III. The Private Car]
[IV. The Dinner Station]
[V. At the Meeting-point]
[VI. Regardless Orders]
[VII. A Dinner on Wheels]
[VIII. The Cab of the Ten-wheeler]
[IX. Fifty Miles an Hour]
[X. A Confidence En Route]
[XI. An Arrival in Transit]
[XII. The Ancients and Invalids]
[XIII. Between Stations]
[XIV. With Denver in Sight]
[XV. Yard-limits]
[XVI. The Madding Crowd]
[XVII. On the Narrow-gauge]
[XVIII. Flagged Down]
[XIX. The Foolish Wires]
[XX. Chiefly Scenic]
[XXI. On the Heights]
[XXII. On the Spur-track]
[XXIII. The Land of Heart's Delight]
[XXIV. The End of a Stop-over]
[XXV. Westward Ho!]
[XXVI. A Blind Siding]
[XXVII. The Drumming Wheels]
[THE IVORY SERIES]


A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT


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P. P. C. ARIADNE