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ON THE IRON AT BIG CLOUD

By Frank L. Packard

McClelland & Goodchild Limited

Prospect Press, Printers New York, U.S.A.

1911

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TO

MY FATHER

_LUCIUS HENRY PACKARD_





ON THE IRON AT BIG CLOUD




I--RAFFERTY’S RULE

The General Manager of the Transcontinental System glared at the young
man who stood facing him across the office desk. “Why, you wouldn’t last
three months!” he snapped.

“I’d like to try, uncle.”

“Humph!”

“I’m qualified for the position,” young Holman went on. “I’ve done
my stint with the construction gangs and I’ve spent four years in the
Eastern shops. You promised me that if I’d stick I’d have my chance.”

“Well, if I did, I didn’t promise to put you in the way of making a
fool