Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930 / 2008-09-06 00:00:00
EBOOK, A FOOL FOR LOVE ***
Produced by Ketaki Chhabra and Wendy Crockett
A FOOL FOR LOVE
_By_
FRANCIS LYNDE
Author of "The Grafters," "The Master of Appleby," etc.
CONTENTS
I In Which We Take Passage on the Limited
II In Which an Engine is Switched
III In Which an Itinerary is Changed
IV The Crystalline Altitudes
V The Landslide
VI The Rajah Gives an Order
VII The Majesty of the Law
VIII The Greeks Bringing Gifts
IX The Block Signal
X Spiked Switches
XI The Right of Way
I
IN WHICH WE TAKE PASSAGE ON THE LIMITED
It was a December morning,--the Missouri December of mild temperatures
and saturated skies,--and the Chicago and Alton's fast train, dripping
from the rush through the wet night, had steamed briskly to its
terminal track in the Union Station at Kansas City.
Two men, one smoking a short pipe and the other snapping the ash from
a scented cigarette, stood aloof from the hurrying throngs on the
platform, looking on with the measured interest of those who are in
a melee but not of it.
"More delay," said the cigarettist, glancing at his watch. "We are
over an hour late now. Do we get any of it back on the run to Denver?"
The pipe-smoker shook his head.
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