BART STIRLING'S ROAD TO SUCCESS

Or

The Young Express Agent

BY

ALLEN CHAPMAN

AUTHOR OF "THE HEROES OF THE SCHOOL," "NED WILDING'S
DISAPPEARANCE," "FRANK ROSCOE'S SECRET," "FENN
MASTERSON'S DISCOVERY," "BART KEENE'S
HUNTING DAYS," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

1908

THE BOYS' POCKET LIBRARY

BY ALLEN CHAPMAN

Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume,
35 cents, postpaid.

THE HEROES OF THE SCHOOL
NED WILDING'S DISAPPEARANCE
FRANK ROSCOE'S SECRET
FENN MASTERSON'S DISCOVERY
BART KEENE'S HUNTING DAYS
BART STIRLING'S ROAD TO SUCCESS
WORKING HARD TO WIN
BOUND TO SUCCEED
THE YOUNG STOREKEEPER
NED BORDEN'S FIND

CUPPLES & LEON CO, Publishers, New York

BART STIRLING'S ROAD TO SUCCESS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I     THE THIRD OF JULY
CHAPTER II     "WAKING THE NATIVES"
CHAPTER III     COUNTING THE COST
CHAPTER IV     BLIND FOR LIFE
CHAPTER V     READY FOR BUSINESS
CHAPTER VI     GETTING "SATISFACTION"
CHAPTER VII     WAITING FOR TROUBLE
CHAPTER VIII     THE YOUNG EXPRESS AGENT
CHAPTER IX     COLONEL JEPTHA HARRINGTON
CHAPTER X     QUEER COMRADES
CHAPTER XI     "FORGET IT!"
CHAPTER XII     THE MYSTERIOUS MR. BAKER
CHAPTER XIII     "HIGHER STILL!"
CHAPTER XIV     MRS. HARRINGTON'S TRUNK
CHAPTER XV     AN EARLY "CALL"
CHAPTER XVI     AT FAULT
CHAPTER XVII     A FAINT CLEW
CHAPTER XVIII     A DUMB FRIEND
CHAPTER XIX     FOOLING THE ENEMY
CHAPTER XX     BART ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER XXI     A LIMB OF THE LAW
CHAPTER XXII     BART STIRLING, AUCTIONEER
CHAPTER XXIII     "GOING, GOING, GONE!"
CHAPTER XXIV     MR. BAKER'S BID
CHAPTER XXV     A NIGHT MESSAGE
CHAPTER XXVI     ON THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
CHAPTER XXVII     LATE VISITORS
CHAPTER XXVIII     THIRTY SECONDS OF TWELVE
CHAPTER XXIX     BROUGHT TO TIME
CHAPTER XXX     "STILL HIGHER!"

BART STIRLING'S ROAD TO SUCCESS

CHAPTER I

THE THIRD OF JULY

"You can't go in that room."

"Why can't I?"

"Because that's the orders; and you can't smoke in this room."

Bart Stirling spoke in a definite, manly fashion.

Lemuel Wacker dropped his hand from the door knob on which it rested, and put his pipe in his pocket, but his shoulders hunched up and his unpleasant face began to scowl.

"Ho!" he snorted derisively, "official of the company, eh? Running things, eh?"

"I am—for the time being," retorted Bart, cheerfully.

"Well," said Wacker, with an ugly sidelong look, "I don't take insolence from anyone with the big head. I reckon ten year's service with the B. & M. entitles a man to know his rights."

"Very active service just now, Mr. Wacker?" insinuated Bart pleasantly.

Lem