Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE STEAM-SHOVEL MAN

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BOOKS BY RALPH D. PAINE

PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

CAMPUS DAYS. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50

SANDY SAWYER, SOPHOMORE. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50

THE STROKE OAR. Illustrated, 12mo $1.50

THE FUGITIVE FRESHMAN. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50

THE HEAD COACH. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50

COLLEGE YEARS. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50

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THE STEAM-SHOVEL MAN. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.00

THE DRAGON AND THE CROSS. Illustrated 12mo $1.25

THE WRECKING MASTER. Illustrated. 12mo $1.25

A CADET OF THE BLACK STAR LINE. Illustrated. 12mo $1.25

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THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN O'SHEA. 12mo _net_ $1.35

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THE STEAM-SHOVEL MAN

by

RALPH D. PAINE

Author of "A Cadet of the Black Star Line," "The Wrecking Master," etc.

Illustrated by B. J. Rosenmeyer

New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1913

Copyright, 1913, by Charles Scribner's Sons

Published September, 1913

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. Walter Goodwin's Quest 3

II. The Parrot and the Broomstick 24

III. With the Dynamite Gang 44

IV. A Landslide in the Cut 66

V. Trapped in Old Panama 91

VI. Jack Devlin in Action 112

VII. A Fat Rascal Comes to Grief 132

VIII. Walter Squares an Account 152

IX. A Parent's Anxious Pilgrimage 172

X. Base-Ball and a Happy Family 193

ILLUSTRATIONS

He stood at the brink of this tremendous chasm _Frontispiece_

Facing
Page
Lifting his feet very high and setting them down
with the greatest caution 50

"_Viva Panama! Pobre Colombia! Ha! Ha! Ha!_" 108

"Report to me as soon as you come back. And bring
Goodwin with you" 144

THE STEAM-SHOVEL MAN