The Last Spike and Other Railroad Stories

by Cy Warman

Coming up to the gang Bradford singled out the man who was swearing loudest and delivered the note. "Fall in " said the straw boss and Bradford got busy. He could handle one end of a thirty-foot rail with ease and before night without exciting the other workmen or making any show of superiority he had quietly almost unconsciously become the leader of the track-laying gang. The foreman called Casement’s attention to the new man and Casement watched him for five minutes.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)

Genres: Fiction

146 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1906

About the author

1855-1914