With Five Illustrations
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Copyright, 1911, by
The H. K. Fly Company
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Wreck of the Taxicab | [9] |
| II. | The Early Birds and the Worm | [16] |
| III. | In Darkest Chicago | [26] |
| IV. | A Mouse and a Mountain | [35] |
| V.. | A Queen Among Women | [47] |
| VI. | A Conspiracy in Satin | [53] |
| VII. | The Masked Minister | [60] |
| VIII. | A Mixed Pickle | [65] |
| IX. | All Aboard! | [75] |
| X. | Excess Baggage | [84] |
| XI. | A Chance Rencounter | [88] |
| XII. | The Needle in the Haystack | [92] |
| XIII. | Hostilities Begin | [99] |
| XIV. | The Dormitory on Wheels | [103] |
| XV. | A Premature Divorce | [106] |
| XVI. | Good Night, All! | [115] |
| XVII. | Last Call for Breakfast | [122] |
| XVIII. | In the Composite Car | [128] |
| XIX. | Foiled! | [139] |
| XX. | Foiled Again! | [142] |
| XXI. | Matrimony To and Fro | [147] |
| XXII. | In the Smoking Room | [156] |
| XXIII. | Through a Tunnel | [164] |
| XXIV. | The Train Butcher | [173] |
| XXV. | The Train Wrecker | [180] |
| XXVI. | Delilah and the Conductor | [186] |
| XXVII. | The Dog-on Dog Again | [191] |
| XXVIII. | The Woman-Hater's Relapse | [203] |
| XXIX. | Jealousy Comes Aboard | [213] |
| XXX. | A Wedding on Wheels | [222] |
| XXXI. | Foiled Yet Again | [227] |
| XXXII. | The Empty Berth | [233] |
| XXXIII. | Fresh Trouble Daily | [237] |
| XXXIV. | The Complete Divorcer | [252] |
| XXXV. | Mr. and Mrs. Little Jimmie | [266] |
| XXXVI. | A Duel for a Bracelet | [273] |
| XXXVII. | Down Brakes! | [278] |
| XXXVIII. | Hands Up! | [284] |
| XXXIX. | Wolves in the Fold | [296] |
| XL. | A Hero in Spite of Himself | [304] |
| XLI. | Clickety-Clickety-Clickety | [308] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| No tips were to be expected from such transients | [Frontispiece] |
| PAGE | |
| "Now it's my vacation, and I'm going to smoke up" | [62] |
| Marjorie fairly forced the dog on him | [94] |
| Down upon the unsuspecting elopers came this miraculous cloudburst of ironical rice | [118] |
| "Why, Richard—Chauncey!—er—Billy! I'm amazed at you! Let go, or I'll scream!" | [276] |
EXCUSE ME!