chair immediately before him,
and seating himself, leaned forward secretively. 164

"And it's awfully like the light, jumpy sending of
a girl!" 177

The next instant Jack felt himself hurled out into
the darkness. 214

He saw the detective led by, his arms bound behind him. 221

Jack rose to his knees, and began working his way
forward from tie to tie. 250

With the sharp words he again grasped the key. 253

With the boys' prisoner securely bound to the saddle
of the wandering horse, the Indian was off
across the plain. 348

The Indian pulled up in a cloud of dust. 351

THE YOUNG RAILROADERS

THE YOUNG RAILROADERS

I

ONE KIND OF WIRELESS

When, after school that afternoon, Alex Ward waved a good-by to his
father, the Bixton station agent for the Middle Western, and set off up
the track on the spring's first fishing, he had little thought of
exciting experiences ahead of him. Likewise, when two hours later a
sudden heavy shower found him in the woods three miles from home, and
with but three small fish, it was only with feelings of disappointment
that he wound up his line and ran for the shelter of an old log-cabin a
hundred yards back from the stream.

Scarcely had Alex reached the doorway of the deserted house when he was
startled by a chorus of excited voices from the rear. He turned quickly
to a window, and with a cry sprang back out of sight. Emerging from the
woods, excitedly talking and gesticulating, was a party of foreigners who
had been working on the track near Bixton, and in their midst, his hands
bound behind him, was Hennessy, their foreman.

For a moment Alex stood rooted to the spot. What did it mean? Suddenly
realizing his own possible danger, he caught up his rod and fish, and
sprang for the door.

On the threshold he sharply halted. In the open he would be seen at once,
and pursued! He turned and cast a quick glance round the room. The ladder
to the loft! He darted for it, scrambled up, and drew himself through the
opening just as the excited foreigners poured in through the door below.
For some moments afraid to move, Alex lay on his back, listening to the
hubbub beneath him, and wonder