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CAB AND CABOOSE

The Story of a Railroad Boy

by

KIRK MUNROE

OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

Honorary President, THE HON. WOODROW WILSON Honorary Vice-President, HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT Honorary Vice-President, COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT President, COLIN H. LIVINGSTONE, Washington, D. C. Vice-President, B. L. DULANEY, Bristol, Tenn. Vice-President, MILTON A. McRAE, Detroit. Mich. Vice-President, DAVID STARR JORDAN, Stanford University, Cal. Vice-President, F. L. SEELY, Asheville, N. C. Vice-President, A. STAMFORD WHITE, Chicago, Ill. Chief Scout, ERNEST THOMPSON SETON, Greenwich, Connecticut National Scout Commissioner, DANIEL CARTER BEARD, Flushing, N. Y.

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA THE FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING, 200 FIFTH AVENUE TELEPHONE GRAMERCY 545 NEW YORK CITY

FINANCE COMMITTEE

John Sherman Hoyt, Chairman August Belmont George D. Pratt Mortimer L. Schiff H. Rogers Winthrop

GEORGE D. PRATT, Treasurer

JAMES E. WEST, Chief Scout Executive

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

Ernest P. Bicknell Robert Garrett Lee F. Hanmer John Sherman Hoyt Charles C. Jackson Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks William D. Murray Dr. Charles P. Neill George D. Porter Frank Presbrey Edgar M. Robinson Mortimer L. Schiff Lorillard Spencer Seth Sprague Terry July 31st, 1913.

TO THE PUBLIC:--

In the execution of its purpose to give educational value and moral worth to the recreational activities of the boyhood of America, the leaders of the Boy Scout Movement quickly learned that to effectively carry out its program, the boy must be influenced not only in his out-of-door life but also in the diversions of his other leisure moments. It is at such times that the boy is captured by the tales of daring enterprises and adventurous good times. What now is needful is not that his taste should be thwarted but trained. There should constantly be presented to him the books the boy likes best, yet always the books that will be best for the boy. As a matter of fact, however, the boy's taste is being constantly vitiated and exploited by the great mass of cheap juvenile literature.

To help anxiously concerned parents and educators to meet this grave peril, the Library Commission of the Boy Scouts of America has been organized. EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY is the result of their labors. All the books chosen have been approved by them. The Commission is composed of the following members: George F. Bowerman, Librarian, Public Library of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C.; Harrison W. Graver, Librarian, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Claude G. Leland, Superintendent, Bureau of Libraries, Board of Education, New York City; Edward F. Stevens, Librarian, Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn, New York; together with the Editorial Board of our Movement, William D. Murray, George D. Pratt and Frank Presbrey, with Franklin K. Mathiews, Chief Scout Librarian, as Secretary.

"DO A GOOD TURN DAILY."

In selecting the books, the Commission has chosen only such as are of interest to boys, the first twenty-five being either works of fiction or stirring stories of adventurous experiences. In later lists, books of a more serious sort will be included. It is hoped that as many as twenty-five may be added to the Library each year.

Thanks are due the several publishers who have helped to inaugurate this new department of our work. Without their co-operation in making available for popular priced editions some of the best books ever published for boys, the promotion of EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY would have been impossible.

We wish, too, to express our heartiest gratitude to the Library Commission, who, without compensation, have placed their vast experience and immense resources at the service of our Movement.

The Commission 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.

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 155

XXIV.--ARRESTED ON SUSPICION 161

XXV.--THE TRAIN ROBBER LEARNS OF ROD'S ARREST 168

XXVI.--A WELCOME VISITOR 174

XXVII.--THE SHERIFF IS INTERVIEWED 180

XXVIII.--LIGHT DAWNS UPON THE SITUATION 186

XXIX.--AN ARRIVAL OF FRIENDS AND ENEMIES 192

XXX.--WHERE ARE THE DIAMONDS? 198

XXXI.--ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR! 205

XXXII.--SNATCHING VICTORY FROM DEFEAT 211

XXXIII.--A WRECKING TRAIN 217

XXXIV.--ROD ACCEPTS THE LEGACY 223

XXXV.--FIRING ON NUMBER 10 231

XXXVI.--THE ONLY CHANCE OF SAVING THE SPECIAL 237

XXXVII.--INDEPENDENCE OR PRIDE 245

XXXVIII.--A MORAL VICTORY 252

XXXIX.--SNYDER IS FORGIVEN 258

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE PURSUIT OF THE TRAIN ROBBER _Frontispiece_

PAGE

ROD BLAKE WINS BY A LENGTH 15

SMILER DRIVES OFF THE TRAMP 42

IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY 82

ROD ASSISTS THE YOUNG MAN TO THE "LIMITED" 132

THE SHERIFF HANDS ROD THE LEATHER BAG 202

IN THE RAILROAD WRECK 214

"HE LAUNCHED HIMSELF FORWARD" 240

CAB AND CABOOSE: THE STORY OF A RAILROAD BOY.