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The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Romance in Transit, by Francis Lynde This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: A Romance in Transit Author: Francis Lynde Release Date: August 10, 2010 [eBook #33399] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT*** E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See http://www.archive.org/details/romanceintransit00lyndrich A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT by FRANCIS LYNDE Third Edition Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1899 Copyright, 1897, by Charles Scribner's Sons Trow Directory Printing and Bookbinding Company New York To the small person who unconsciously provided the _motif_ herein wrought upon, this transitory tale is affectionately attributed by THE AUTHOR CONTENTS I. P. P. C. ARIADNE II. THE "PERSONALLY CONDUCTED" III. THE PRIVATE CAR IV. THE DINNER STATION V. AT THE MEETING-POINT VI. REGARDLESS ORDERS VII. A DINNER ON WHEELS VIII. THE CAB OF THE TEN-WHEELER IX. FIFTY MILES AN HOUR X. A CONFIDENCE EN ROUTE XI. AN ARRIVAL IN TRANSIT XII. THE ANCIENTS AND INVALIDS XIII. BETWEEN STATIONS XIV. WITH DENVER IN SIGHT XV. YARD-LIMITS XVI. THE MADDING CROWD XVII. ON THE NARROW-GAUGE XVIII. FLAGGED DOWN XIX. THE FOOLISH WIRES XX. CHIEFLY SCENIC XXI. ON THE HEIGHTS XXII. ON THE SPUR-TRACK XXIII. THE LAND OF HEART'S DELIGHT XXIV. THE END OF A STOP-OVER XXV. WESTWARD HO! XXVI. A BLIND SIDING XXVII. THE DRUMMING WHEELS A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT I P. P. C. ARIADNE Train Number Three, the "Flying Kestrel," vestibuled, had crossed the yellow Rubicon of the West and was mounting toward the
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