THE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WAR

By Holman Day
1906

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CONTENTS


[ THE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WAR ]


[ CHAPTER ONE—THE TRYING-OUT OF ONE RODNEY PARKER, ASSISTANT ENGINEER ]

[ CHAPTER TWO—THE WHIM THAT PROJECTED THE FAMOUS “POQUETTE CARRY RAILROAD” ]

[ CHAPTER THREE—ENGINEER PARKER GETS FINAL ORDERS FOR “THE LAND OF THE GIDEONITES.” ]

[ CHAPTER FOUR—IN WHICH THE DOUGHTY “SWAMP SWOGON” ASTONISHES SUNKHAZE SETTLEMENT ]

[ CHAPTER FIVE—HOW COLONEL GIDEON WAS BACKED DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE ]

[ CHAPTER SIX—IN WHICH “THE CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE” CASTS HIS SHADOW LONG BEFORE HIM ]

[ CHAPTER SEVEN—HOW “THE FRESH-WATER CORSAIRS” CAME TO SUNKHAZE ]

[ CHAPTER EIGHT—THE LOCOMOTIVE THAT WENT SWIMMING AND THE ENGINEER WHO WAS STOLEN ]

[ CHAPTER NINE—UP THE WINDING WAY TO THE “OGRE OF THE BIG WOODS.” ]

[ CHAPTER TEN—THE WANGAN DUEL ]

[ CHAPTER ELEVEN—THE BEAR THAT WALKED LIKE A MAN ]

[ CHAPTER TWELVE—THE STRANGE “CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE” ]

[ CHAPTER THIRTEEN—THE BEAR OF THE BIG WOODS “BAITED” AFTER HIS OWN FASHION ]

[ CHAPTER FOURTEEN—HOW RODNEY PARKER PAID AN HONEST DEBT ]

[ CHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE DAY WHEN POQUETTE BURST WIDE OPEN ]

[ CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE PACT THAT OPENED RODNEY PARKER'S PROFESSIONAL FUTURE ]




Illustrations


[ Cover ]

[ Frontispiece ]

[ Then he Fell to Chuckling 049-050 ]

[ Then the Great Idea Frontispiece ]

[ Appearance of an Enraged Polar Bear 078-100 ]

[ A Dim White Hulk Seemed to Hover 117-140 ]

[ Colonel Ward Stamped in 149-174 ]

[ Every Inch of his Skin Was Being Tortured 197-224 ]

[ Listen to the Story of a Scoundrel 216-246 ]

[ Parker Give Me Your Hand Again 254-286 ]