CONTENTSTHE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WARCHAPTER ONE—THE TRYING-OUT OF ONE RODNEY PARKER, ASSISTANT ENGINEERCHAPTER 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 SETTLEMENTCHAPTER FIVE—HOW COLONEL GIDEON WAS BACKED DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFECHAPTER SIX—IN WHICH “THE CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE” CASTS HIS SHADOW LONG BEFORE HIMCHAPTER SEVEN—HOW “THE FRESH-WATER CORSAIRS” CAME TO SUNKHAZECHAPTER EIGHT—THE LOCOMOTIVE THAT WENT SWIMMING AND THE ENGINEER WHO WAS STOLENCHAPTER NINE—UP THE WINDING WAY TO THE “OGRE OF THE BIG WOODS.”CHAPTER TEN—THE WANGAN DUELCHAPTER ELEVEN—THE BEAR THAT WALKED LIKE A MANCHAPTER TWELVE—THE STRANGE “CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE”CHAPTER THIRTEEN—THE BEAR OF THE BIG WOODS “BAITED” AFTER HIS OWN FASHIONCHAPTER FOURTEEN—HOW RODNEY PARKER PAID AN HONEST DEBTCHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE DAY WHEN POQUETTE BURST WIDE OPENCHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE PACT THAT OPENED RODNEY PARKER'S PROFESSIONAL FUTURE IllustrationsCoverFrontispieceThen he Fell to Chuckling 049-050Then the Great Idea FrontispieceAppearance of an Enraged Polar Bear 078-100A Dim White Hulk Seemed to Hover 117-140Colonel Ward Stamped in 149-174Every Inch of his Skin Was Being Tortured 197-224Listen to the Story of a Scoundrel 216-246Parker Give Me Your Hand Again 254-286
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
