Chapter I: Front Matter

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LITTLE SNAP, THE POSTBOY

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"Looking up with dread expectations of what he was
to witness, the Post Boy reeled back in his saddle."
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LITTLE SNAP
THE POSTBOY
OR
Working for Uncle Sam

BY
VICTOR ST. CLAIR

AUTHOR OF
"Cast Away in the Jungle," "From Switch to Lever,"
"For Home and Honor," "Zip, The Acrobat," etc.

PHILADELPHIA
DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER
610 SOUTH WASHINGTON SQUARE

Copyright, 1903
By STREET & SMITH

Little Snap, The Postboy

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I—A Postboy's Courage 7

II—The Missing Mail 17

III—"I Will Be Back" 28

IV—What Little Snap Saw 33

V—Close Quarters 42

VI—Little Snap's Troubles Increase 50

VII—"The Truth in a Nutshell" 59

VIII—"I am Standing on My Own Feet" 66

IX—A Terrific Trap 75

X—Little Snap's Remarkable Ride 83

XI—The Ride Through Blazed Acre 92

XII—The Postboy's Arrest 99

XIII—A Curious Court 106

XIV—An Unexpected Climax 113

XV—A Long and a Vain Watch 121

XVI—A Lonely Night Ride 129

XVII—Little Snap's Disappointment 136

XVIII—A Perilous Undertaking 143

XIX—The Bushbinder's Plans 150

XX—A Startling Discovery 157

XXI—"What Jack Rimmons Says, Goes" 163

XXII—An Underground Race 172

XXIII—The Registered Letters Again 181

XXIV—Driven to the Wall 187

XXV—Startling Surprises 194

XXVI—A Life for a Life 201

XXVII—Little Snap's Surprise 206

XXVIII—The Strange Horseman 213

XXIX—A River Let Loose 220

XXX—A Race With a Runaway River 225

XXXI—A Startling Relic of the Flood 231

XXXII—The News That Reached Home 238

XXXIII—The Gathering Storm 244

XXXIV—Little Snap Finds a Clew 251

XXXV—The Truth at Last 257

XXXVI—Old Solitaire's Secret 264

XXXVII—Conclusion 270

LITTLE SNAP, THE POSTBOY.