The Express Messenger, and Other Tales of the Rail

by Cy Warman

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The Expresss Messenger

AND

Other Tales of the Rail

BY
CY WARMAN

 

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1897

 

Copyright, 1897.
By Charles Scribner's Sons.

 

University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U. S. A.

 

 

TO

DANA CY WARMAN

My Blue-eyed Baby Boy

WHOSE DIMPLED HANDS ARE KNOCKING AT MY DOOR
WHO STEALS INTO MY STUDY AND HINDERS
INTO MY HEART AND HELPS

 

CONTENTS

1. page

2. The Express Messenger ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   3

3. The Locomotive that lost Herself ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   41

4. A Wild Night at Wood River ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   71

5. Wakalona ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   83

6. A Locomotive as a War Chariot ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   103

7. A Ghost Train Illusion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   119

8. The Story of Engine 107 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   135

9. Catching a Runaway Engine ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   153

10. A Railway Mail Clerk ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    161

11. The Mysterious Message ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    177

12. Scraptomania ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    227