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Contents Part I #NAME? Jim Wainright's Kid 7 #NAME? An

Illustrations Part I "Quick as a flash the Kid had my arm."

Part I.

JIM WAINRIGHT'S KID

AN ENGINEER'S CHRISTMAS STORY

THE CLEAN MAN AND THE DIRTY ANGELS

A PEG-LEGGED ROMANCE

MY LADY OF THE EYES

SOME FREAKS OF FATE

MORMON JOE, THE ROBBER

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S TRIP

THE POLAR ZONE

Part II.

CHAPTER I LEARNING THE BUSINESS MY FIRST OFFICE

CHAPTER II AN ENCOUNTER WITH TRAIN ROBBERS

CHAPTER III IN A WRECK

CHAPTER IV A WOMAN OPERATOR WHO SAVED A TRAIN

CHAPTER V A NIGHT OFFICE IN TEXAS A STUTTERING DESPATCHER

CHAPTER VI BLUE FIELD, ARIZONA, AND AN INDIAN SCRIMMAGE

CHAPTER VII TAKING A WHIRL AT COMMERCIAL WORK MY FIRST ATTEMPT THE GALVESTON FIRE

CHAPTER VIII SENDING A MESSAGE PERFORCE RECOGNIZING AN OLD FRIEND BY HIS STUFF

CHAPTER IX BILL BRADLEY, GAMBLER AND GENTLEMAN

CHAPTER X THE DEATH OF JIM CARTWRIGHT CHASED OFF A WIRE BY A WOMAN

CHAPTER XI WITNESSING A MARRIAGE BY WIRE BEATING A POOL ROOM SPARRING AT RANGE

CHAPTER XII HOW A SMART OPERATOR WAS SQUELCHED THE GALVESTON FLOOD

CHAPTER XIII SENDING MY FIRST ORDER

CHAPTER XIV RUNNING TRAINS BY TELEGRAPH HOW IT IS DONE

CHAPTER XV AN OLD DESPATCHER'S MISTAKE MY FIRST TRICK

CHAPTER XVI A GENERAL STRIKE A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER FOR A DAY

CHAPTER XVII CHIEF DESPATCHER AN INSPECTION TOUR BIG RIVER WRECK

CHAPTER XVIII A PROMOTION BY FAVOR AND ITS RESULTS

CHAPTER XIX JACKING UP A NEGLIGENT OPERATOR A CONVICT OPERATOR DICK, THE PLUCKY CALL BOY

CHAPTER XX AN EPISODE OF SENTIMENT

CHAPTER XXI THE MILITARY OPERATOR A FAKE REPORT THAT NEARLY CAUSED TROUBLE

CHAPTER XXII PRIVATE DENNIS HOGAN, HERO

CHAPTER XXIII THE COMMISSION WON IN A GENERAL STRIKE

CHAPTER XXIV EXPERIENCES AS A GOVERNMENT CENSOR OF TELEGRAPH

CHAPTER XXV MORE CENSORSHIP

CHAPTER XXVI CENSORSHIP CONCLUDED

CHAPTER XXVII CONCLUSION

Copyright 1898, 1899
By S. S. McClure Co.

Copyright 1899
By Doubleday & McClure Co.

Copyright 1900
By Jamieson-Higgins Co.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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