invites suggestions as to future books to be included in
the Library. Librarians, teachers, parents, and all others interested in
welfare work for boys, can render a unique service by forwarding to
National Headquarters lists of such books as in their judgment would be
suitable for EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY.

Signed
James E. West [handwritten]
Chief Scout Executive.

[Illustration: THE PURSUIT OF THE TRAIN ROBBER.--(_Page 156._)
_Frontispiece._]

EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY--BOY SCOUT EDITION

CAB AND CABOOSE

The Story of a Railroad Boy

by

KIRK MUNROE

Author of
Under Orders, Prince Dusty,
The Coral Ship, Etc.

ILLUSTRATED

New York
Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers

Copyright, 1892
by
Kirk Munroe

This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER. PAGE.

I.--"RAILROAD BLAKE" 1

II.--A RACE FOR THE RAILROAD CUP 8

III.--A CRUEL ACCUSATION 16

IV.--STARTING INTO THE WORLD 22

V.--CHOOSING A CAREER 27

VI.--SMILER, THE RAILROAD DOG 34

VII.--ROD, SMILER, AND THE TRAMP 40

VIII.--EARNING A BREAKFAST 52

IX.--GAINING A FOOTHOLD 59

X.--A THRILLING EXPERIENCE 66

XI.--A BATTLE WITH TRAMPS 71

XII.--BOUND, GAGGED, AND A PRISONER 79

XIII.--HOW BRAKEMAN JOE WAS SAVED 86

XIV.--THE SUPERINTENDENT INVESTIGATES 92

XV.--SMILER TO THE RESCUE 99

XVI.--SNYDER APPLEBY'S JEALOUSY 106

XVII.--ROD AS A BRAKEMAN 115

XVIII.--WORKING FOR A PROMOTION 121

XIX.--THE EXPRESS SPECIAL 126

XX.--TROUBLE IN THE MONEY CAR 135

XXI.--OVER THE TOP OF THE TRAIN 142

XXII.--STOP THIEF! 148

XXIII.--A RACE OF LOCOMOTIVES