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THE WRECKERS
BY FRANCIS LYNDE
WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
ARTHUR E. BECHER
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK 1920
Copyright, 1920, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published March, 1920
To a certain grave and reverend official of the Union Pacific System who, in his younger days, might well have played the part of Jimmie Dodds, this book is affectionately inscribed by
The Author.
"You have spoken only of the difficulties and responsibilities, Graham, but there is another side to it."
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | At Sand Creek Siding | 1 |
| II. | A Tank Party | 11 |
| III. | Mr. Chadwick's Special | 23 |
| IV. | The Tipping of the Scale | 36 |
| V. | The Directors' Meeting | 51 |
| VI. | The Alexa Goes East | 60 |
| VII. | "Heads Off, Gentlemen!" | 65 |
| VIII. | With the Strings Off | 75 |
| IX. | And Satan Came Also | 90 |
| X. | The Big Smash | 96 |
| XI. | What Every Man Knows | 102 |
| XII. | With the Wheels Trigged | 112 |
| XIII. | The Lost 1016 | 123 |
| XIV. | A Close Call | 140 |
| XV. | The Machine | 155 |
| XVI. | In the Coal Yard | 169 |
| XVII. | The Man at the Window | 185 |
| XVIII. | The Name on the Register | 200 |
| XIX. | The Hoodoo | 206 |
| XX. | The Helpless Wires | 216 |
| XXI. | Billy Morris Explains | 225 |
| XXII. | What the Pilot Engine Found | 232 |
| XXIII. | The Major's Premonition | 247 |
| XXIV. | The Dead-Line | 262 |
| XXV. | Flagged Down | 274 |
| XXVI. | The Dipsomaniac | 292 |
| XXVII. |