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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.”