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Lake Shore Series Through by Daylight or The Young Engineer of the Lake Shore RR
Lake Shore Series Through by Daylight or The Young Engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad by Oliver Optic
Copyright 1900
Hard Cover
300 pages
PREFACE.
THE LAKE SHORE SERIES, of which this book is the first volume, includes six stories, whose locality and principal characters are nearly the same, and which were originally published in Oliver Optic's Magazine, Our Boys and Girls. The railroad, which is the basis of the incidents in the first and second volumes, was suggested by the experience of several young gentlemen in Ohio, who had formed a company, and transacted all the business of a railroad in regular form, for the purpose of obtaining a practical knowledge of the details of such a corporation. They issued certificates of shares, bonds, with interest coupons, elected officers, and appointed all the employees required for the management of a well-ordered railroad. The author is the fortunate possessor of one of the bonds of this company-"The Miami Valley Railroad."
The young engineer is doubtless a smart boy; but so far as his mechanical skill is concerned, several counterparts of him ave come to the knowledge of the writer. If he has an " old head," he has a young heart, which he endeavors to keep pure and true. As he appears in this and the subsequent volumes of the series, the author is willing to commend him as an example of the moral and Christian hero, who cannot lead his imitators astray; for he loves truth and goodness, and is willing to forgive and serve his enemies.
Harrison Square, Mass.,
July 21, 1869
Contents.
Chapter I.
Mr. Waddie Wimpleton Ii
Chapter Ii.
A Tremendous Explosion 2i
Chapter Iii.
Wolf's Father
Chapter Iv.
On The Locomotive
Christy Holgate
Chapter Vi
On The Locomotive
Chapter Vii
The Vial Of Wrath
1. J1v 1 L!,In 1 J
Chapter Viii.
Page
The Dummy Engine 83
Chapter Ix.
Chapter Xviii.
Waddie's Mistake
Chapter Xix.
94
Rich Men's Quarrels
Toppletonians And Wimpletonians
Chapter X.
Colonel Wimpleton And Son 105
Chapter Xi.
Better Thoughts And Deeds Ii6
Chapter Xii.
Chapter Xiii.
138
Chapter Xiv.
Raising The Dummy 150
Chapter Xv.
Chapter Xx.
The Beautiful Passenger
Chapter Xxi.
Some Talk With Colonel Wimpleton 227
Chapter Xxii.
The Construction Train
Chapter Xxiii.
Off The Track 251
Chapter Xxiv.
The Grand Picnic 263
Chapter Xxv.
Wolf's Speech 275
Wolf's Fortress
Captain Synders
Getting Up Steam
Chapter Xxvi.
Chapter Xvi.
The First Trip Of The Dummy 172
Chapter Xvii.
Mother's Advice 4y183
The Auction Sale 287
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