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R.M. Ballantyne
"The Iron Horse"
Chapter One.
Treats of the Engine-Driver’s House and Household.
Chapter Two.
The Driver Visits a Little Elderly Gentlewoman and Prepares the Iron Horse for Action.
Chapter Three.
In which the Widow holds Converse with a Captain, makes the Acquaintance of a Young Man, and receives a Telegraphic Shock, which ends in a Railway Journey.
Chapter Four.
A Double Dilemma and its Consequences.
Chapter Five.
An Accident and its Consequences.
Chapter Six.
History of the Iron Horse.
Chapter Seven.
Little Gertie comes out in a New Light, and Bob Receives Good News.
Chapter Eight.
Mrs Marrot and Bob Visit the Great Clatterby “Works.”
Chapter Nine.
Concerning Domestic Economy and Difficulties—Surprises and Explanations.
Chapter Ten.
Sharp Practice.
Chapter Eleven.
Sharp Practice—Continued.
Chapter Twelve.
Loo’s Garden.
Chapter Thirteen.
Treats of Railway Literature, Sleepy Porters, Crowded Platforms, Foolish Passengers, Dark Plotters, Lively Shawls, and Other Matters.
Chapter Fourteen.
Which is too Full of Varied Matter to be Briefly Described.
Chapter Fifteen.
Treats of Mrs Durby’s Lost Parcel in Particular, and of Lost-Luggage in General.
Chapter Sixteen.
Describes Engineering Difficulties, a Perplexing Case, and a Harmonious Meeting.
Chapter Seventeen.
Gertie is Mysteriously cared for—Sam Natly Dines under Difficulties in Connexion with the Block System.
Chapter Eighteen.
A Soirée Wildly Interrupted, and Followed up by Surprising Revelations.
Chapter Nineteen.
A Run-away Locomotive.
Chapter Twenty.
A Nest “Harried.”
Chapter Twenty One.
The Diamond Ring and the Railway Clearing-House.
Chapter Twenty Two.
Mrs Tipps goes on a Journey, and meets a Gentleman who, with much Assurance, comments freely on Insurance.
Chapter Twenty Three.
Details a Terrible Accident.
Chapter Twenty Four.
Results of the Accident.
Chapter Twenty Five.
The Last.
Song of the Engine-Driver.
The End.
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