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Title: A Romance in Transit

Author: Francis Lynde

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Language: English

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A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT

by

FRANCIS LYNDE

Third Edition

Charles Scribner's Sons
New York 1899

Copyright, 1897, by
Charles Scribner's Sons

Trow Directory
Printing and Bookbinding Company
New York

To the small person who unconsciously
provided the _motif_ herein wrought upon,
this transitory tale is affectionately attributed
by THE AUTHOR

CONTENTS

I. P. P. C. ARIADNE

II. THE "PERSONALLY CONDUCTED"

III. THE PRIVATE CAR

IV. THE DINNER STATION

V. AT THE MEETING-POINT

VI. REGARDLESS ORDERS

VII. A DINNER ON WHEELS

VIII. THE CAB OF THE TEN-WHEELER

IX. FIFTY MILES AN HOUR

X. A CONFIDENCE EN ROUTE

XI. AN ARRIVAL IN TRANSIT

XII. THE ANCIENTS AND INVALIDS

XIII. BETWEEN STATIONS

XIV. WITH DENVER IN SIGHT

XV. YARD-LIMITS

XVI. THE MADDING CROWD

XVII. ON THE NARROW-GAUGE

XVIII. FLAGGED DOWN

XIX. THE FOOLISH WIRES

XX. CHIEFLY SCENIC

XXI. ON THE HEIGHTS

XXII. ON THE SPUR-TRACK

XXIII. THE LAND OF HEART'S DELIGHT

XXIV. THE END OF A STOP-OVER

XXV. WESTWARD HO!

XXVI. A BLIND SIDING

XXVII. THE DRUMMING WHEELS

A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT

I

P. P. C. ARIADNE

Train Number Three, the "Flying Kestrel," vestibuled, had crossed the
yellow Rubicon of the West and was mounting toward the