Chapter I: Front Matter

_RAIL AND WATER SERIES._

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RAIL AND WATER SERIES

PRINCE DUSTY
A STORY OF THE OIL REGIONS

BY

KIRK MUNROE

AUTHOR OF “UNDER ORDERS,” “THE FLAMINGO FEATHER,” “DERRICK STERLING,”
“DORYMATES,” “CAMPMATES,” etc., etc.

ILLUSTRATED

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK LONDON
27 WEST TWENTY-THIRD ST. 27 KING WILLIAM ST., STRAND
The Knickerbocker Press
1891

COPYRIGHT, 1891
BY
KIRK MUNROE

The Knickerbocker Press, New York
Electrotyped, Printed, and Bound by
G. P. Putnam’s Sons

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.— A PRINCE AND PRINCESS GO IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES 1

II.— A PRESENT FROM A FAIRY GODMOTHER 8

III.— BRACE BARLOW THE “MOONLIGHTER” 17

IV.— A TORPEDO MAN’S PERIL 25

V.— ARTHUR AND HIS COUSINS 33

VI.— A GALLANT RESCUE AND ITS REWARD 40

VII.— UNCLE PHIN’S PLAN 49

VIII.— AWAKENED AT MIDNIGHT 58

IX.— A HURRIED FLIGHT 66

X.— ON BOARD THE ARK 74

XI.— UNCLE PHIN’S DANGER 82

XII.— A TORRENT OF FLAME 90

XIII.— HOW THE ARK WAS SAVED 98

XIV.— A CAMP OF TRAMPS 107

XV.— ARTHUR’S FIGHT TO SAVE RUSTY 115

XVI.— THE MEANING OF SOME QUEER SIGNS 123

XVII.— PLEASANT DRIFTINGS 130

XVIII.— THE ARK IS STOLEN 139

XIX.— PENNILESS WANDERERS IN A STRANGE CITY 148

XX.— A RAILROAD EXPERIENCE 154

XXI.— CARRIED OFF IN A FREIGHT CAR 164

XXII.— SAVING THE KEYSTONE EXPRESS 172

XXIII.— CROSSING THE ALLEGHANIES 182

XXIV.— A BRAVE STRUGGLE WITH POVERTY 189

XXV.— FINDING A HOME 199

XXVI.— COLONEL DALE OF DALECOURT 207

XXVII.— A “GENUINE CHUMP” 216

XXVIII.— A FEW FACTS CONCERNING PETROLEUM 224

XXIX.— LOCATING AN OIL WELL 234

XXX.— THE DALE-DUSTIN MYSTERY 243

XXXI.— A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT 250

XXXII.— SHOOTING A “DUSTER” 259

XXXIII.— SAVED BY THE SIGN OF THE TRAMP 266

XXXIV.— AN OIL SCOUT OUTWITTED 274

XXXV.— DEVELOPING AN OIL REGION 283

XXXVI.— ARTHUR REMEMBERS HIS FRIENDS 290

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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ONE OF THE GREAT OIL TANKS HAD BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING,
AND NOW A RAGING, ROARING MASS OF FLAME SHOT UP _Frontispiece_

PRINCE DUSTY AND CYNTHIA SET OUT ON THEIR ADVENTURES 4

PRINCE DUSTY AND HIS FAIRY GODMOTHER 8

A HURRIED FLIGHT BY MOONLIGHT 70

STANDING STEADILY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK HE SWUNG
HIS DANGER SIGNAL TO AND FRO 180

THE FAIRY GODMOTHER FINDS PRINCE DUSTY 198

WITH A MIGHTY ROAR LIKE THAT OF THUNDER, A DENSE VOLUME
OF GAS BURST FORTH 264

“YES, THAT’S SANDY’S MARK,” SAID ONE OF THEM, “THERE’S
NO GOING BACK ON THAT” 272

PRINCE DUSTY

A STORY OF THE OIL REGIONS.