I. On the Engine 9
II. A Hold Up 17
III. Jim Takes a Chance 24
IV. The Girl and the Engineer 32
V. The Menu 40
VI. An Old Acquaintance 48
VII. Where was He? 56
VIII. In Frisco 64
IX. The Watcher 71
X. The Chase Begins 79
XI. The Chase Continued 87
XII. The Castle 95
XIII. The Man in the Gully 103
XIV. The Visitor 111
XV. The Lawyer and the Pirate 119
XVI. An Odd Restaurant 127
XVII. The Good Frau 135
XVIII. The Reconnoitre 143
XIX. The Castle 151
XX. The Banquet Hall 159
XXI. The Apparition 167
XXII. Brian De Bois Guilbert 175
XXIII. The Crisis 183
XXIV. A Reincarnation 191
XXV. In the Cell 199
XXVI. In the Mow 206
XXVII. Look Down and Not Up 214
XXVIII. A Square Meal 223
XXIX. A Reminiscence 231
XXX. Jim Boards the Pirate 243
XXXI. The End, a New Start 252

FRONTIER BOYS IN FRISCO

CHAPTER I

ON THE ENGINE

"Would you like to ride on the engine, Jim?" asked the engineer of the
south bound train.

"Nothing would suit me better, Bob," replied Jim Darlington. "I guess
you can drive this black horse," nodding towards the locomotive, "as
well as you did the 'four' that you drove back in Kansas across the
plains, when we were boys," and Jim grinned. "Nothing like the real
horse," replied Bob Ketchel, "but I can manage this fire eater all
right, too."

"Trust you for that," agreed Jim heartily.

"We will be pulling out in about five minutes," remarked Ketchel; "the
tourists in the eating house are just swallowing their pie now with an
anxious eye on the conductor. Hope they don't choke."

"I'm already, Bob," said Jim.

"No, you're not," replied Ketchel; "go back to your luxurious caboose
and get your heaviest coat and your tr