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| Scientific Sprague. Illus. 12mo | net $1.25 |
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| The King of Arcadia. Illus. 12mo | $1.50 |
| A Romance in Transit. 16mo | .75 |
Where another man might have asked questions, he stood aside
and looked on and listened.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Wire-Devil | [3] |
| II. | High Finance in Cromarty Gulch | [57] |
| III. | The Electrocution of Tunnel Number Three | [120] |
| IV. | The Mystery of the Black Blight | [193] |
| V. | The Cloud-Bursters | [253] |
| VI. | The High Kibosh | [328] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Where another man might have asked questions, he stood aside and looked on and listened | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Thanks to the man with the red lantern, there were half a dozen car-lengths to spare between the two trains when the double stop was made | [18] |
| Brushing them aside with his mighty weight or driving them before him like chaff in the fury of his onset | [108] |
| Sprague had unlimbered and focussed his camera again and was calmly taking snap-shot after snap-shot | [270] |
Scientific Sprague