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GOLDEN DAYS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
(Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891, by James Elverson, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.)
VOL. XII.
JAMES ELVERSON, Publisher. N.W. corner Ninth and Spruce Sts.
PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 3, 1891.
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RAILROAD ROCK, THE TRAIN BOY OF THE PEN YAN
Or, Doing His Level Best.
by VICTOR ST. CLAIR,
Author of "Bayard the Bicyclist," "From the Forge to the Forum," "Roughing It on Range and Ranch," etc.
CHAPTER I.
"Discharged from your last situation, young man? For what reason?"
And the busy superintendent of the Pen Yan Road, one of the largest railway systems in the country, turned from his maps and statistics to glance suspiciously at the slight figure, before him.
Clear and prompt came the answer:
"For doing my duty, sir."
"Humph!" replied the official, shrugging his shoulders and eying the youthful speaker more closely. "Men--nor boys, for that matter--never lose situations from attention to business. You will have to find another excuse."
"I have no other, sir."
By this time the notice of the subordinate officials and clerks, of whom there were twenty or more