Chapter I: Front Matter

RALPH ON THE MIDNIGHT FLYER

RALPH ON THE MIDNIGHT FLYER

OR
THE WRECK AT SHADOW VALLEY

BY
ALLEN CHAPMAN

AUTHOR OF “RALPH OF THE ROUNDHOUSE,” “RALPH ON THE
ARMY TRAIN,” “THE RADIO BOYS’ FIRST WIRELESS,”
“THE RADIO BOYS TRAILING A VOICE,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

BOOKS FOR BOYS
BY ALLEN CHAPMAN

12mo. Cloth, Illustrated.

THE RAILROAD SERIES

RALPH OF THE ROUNDHOUSE
Or Bound to Become a Railroad Man

RALPH IN THE SWITCH TOWER
Or Clearing the Track

RALPH ON THE ENGINE
Or The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail

RALPH ON THE OVERLAND EXPRESS
Or The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer

RALPH, THE TRAIN DISPATCHER
Or The Mystery of the Pay Car

RALPH ON THE ARMY TRAIN
Or The Young Railroader’s Most Daring Exploit

RALPH ON THE MIDNIGHT FLYER
Or The Wreck at Shadow Valley

THE RADIO BOYS SERIES

THE RADIO BOYS’ FIRST WIRELESS
Or Winning the Ferberton Prize

THE RADIO BOYS AT OCEAN POINT
Or The Message that Saved the Ship

THE RADIO BOYS AT THE SENDING STATION
Or Making Good in the Wireless Room

THE RADIO BOYS AT MOUNTAIN PASS
Or The Midnight Call for Assistance

THE RADIO BOYS TRAILING A VOICE
Or Solving a Wireless Mystery

THE RADIO BOYS WITH THE FOREST RANGERS
Or The Great Fire on Spruce Mountain

GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, New York
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP

Ralph on the Midnight Flyer

CONTENTS

I The Trouble-Maker
II Discipline
III A Good Deal to Think of
IV Zeph Fathers an Idea
V On the Heels of a Shadow
VI Touch and Go
VII Something Bad
VIII A Clash of Authority
IX It Happens Again
X The Night of the Strike
XI More Friction
XII Treachery
XIII News from Shadow Valley
XIV A Tragedy
XV Once More on the Rails
XVI Through Shadow Valley
XVII More Discipline
XVIII From Bad to Worse
XIX The Hold-Up in Shadow Valley
XX Strange Signals
XXI About Cherry
XXII The Threat Direct
XXIII What Lies Ahead?
XXIV Terrible News
XXV Through the Flaming Forest
XXVI The Wreck
XXVII Where Is Cherry?
XXVIII Ralph on the Trail
XXIX The Run Is Ended

RALPH ON THE MIDNIGHT FLYER