Chapter I: Front Matter

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JACK STRAW IN MEXICO

JACK STRAW IN MEXICO

How the Engineers Defended the Great Hydro-Electric Plant

by

IRVING CRUMP

Illustrations by Leslie Crump

New York McBride, Nast & Company 1914

Copyright, 1914, by McBride, Nast & CO.

Published September, 1914

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I JACK STRAW’S MISSION TO MEXICO 1

II “IN SELF DEFENSE” 17

III SEASICK 26

IV AT ODDS WITH CUSTOMS INSPECTORS 40

V IN THE HANDS OF THE SECRET SERVICE 50

VI ON TRIAL AS A SPY 58

VII OFF FOR NECAXA 67

VIII THE CRIPPLED GENERATORS 79

IX JACK PROPOSES A TRAP 88

X FOOTPRINTS 100

XI SEARCHING FOR THE MAN WITH THE SCARRED HEEL 108

XII THE DRAWINGS ARE STOLEN 119

XIII A WEAKENED GARRISON 129

XIV THE NIGHT WATCH 139

XV IMPROVISED SEARCHLIGHTS 151

XVI A WARNING 162

XVII WHO WILL BE FOOD FOR THE VULTURES 174

XVIII THE WIRES ARE DOWN 184

XIX TO THE RESCUE 193

XX “SHOOT! SHOOT!” 205

XXI “YES, YES, I DID IT” 216

XXII GOOD-BY NECAXA 226

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

The door was pushed violently open _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

To Jack it all seemed like a horrible nightmare 58

They pressed against the barrier like cattle 178

The horsemen in green swept down the valley 198

JACK STRAW IN MEXICO