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FRONTIER BOYS IN FRISCO

by

CAPT. WYN ROOSEVELT

Illustrated by Rudolf Mencl







[Illustration: "The panting engine came to a stop."]



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THE FRONTIER BOYS

By CAPT. WYN ROOSEVELT

This series tells the adventures of Jim, Joe, and Tom Darlington, first
in their camp wagon as they follow the trail to the great West in the
early days. They are real American boys, resourceful, humorous, and--but
you must meet them. You will find them interesting company. They meet
with thrilling adventures and encounters, and stirring incidents are the
rule, not exception.

Historically, these books present a true picture of a period in our
history as important as it was picturesque, when the nation set its face
toward this vast unknown West, and conquered it.

   1. Frontier Boys on Overland Trail
   2. Frontier Boys in Colorado
   3. Frontier Boys in the Rockies
   4. Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon
   5. Frontier Boys in Mexico
   6. Frontier Boys on the Coast
   7. Frontier Boys in Hawaii
   8. Frontier Boys in the Sierras
   9. Frontier Boys in the Saddle
  10. Frontier Boys in Frisco
  11. Frontier Boys in the South Seas

Illustrated, 12mo, Cloth Price per Volume, 50 Cents


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Copyright, 1911, by The Platt & Peck Co.



CONTENTS

  CHAPTER                                    PAGE

       I. On the Engine                         9
      II. A Hold Up                            17
     III. Jim Takes a Chance                   24
      IV. The Girl and the Engineer            32
       V. The Menu                             40
      VI. An Old Acquaintance                  48
     VII. Where was He?                        56
    VIII. In Frisco                            64
      IX. The Watcher                          71
       X. The Chase Begins                     79
      XI. The Chase Continued                  87
     XII. The Castle                           95
    XIII. The Man in the Gully                103
     XIV. The Visitor                         111
      XV. The Lawyer and the Pirate           119
     XVI. An Odd Restaurant                   127
    XVII. The Good Frau                       135
   XVIII. The Reconnoitre                     143
     XIX. The Castle                          151
      XX. The Banquet Hall                    159
     XXI. The Apparition                      167
    XXII. Brian De Bois Guilbert              175
   XXIII. The Crisis                          183
    XXIV. A Reincarnation                     191
     XXV. In the Cell                         199
    XXVI. In the Mow                          206
   XXVII. Look Down and Not Up                214
  XXVIII. A Square Meal                       223
    XXIX. A Reminiscence                      231
     XXX. Jim Boards the Pirate               243
    XXXI. The End, a New Start                252






FRONTIER BOYS IN FRISCO

CHAPTER I

ON THE ENGINE


"Would you like to ride on the engine, Jim?" asked the engineer of the
south bound train.

"Nothing would suit me better, Bob," replied Jim Darlington. "I guess
you can drive this black horse," nodding towards the locomotive, "as
well as you did the 'four' that you drove back in Kansas across the
plains, when we were boys," and Jim grinned. "Nothing like the real
horse," replied Bob Ketchel, "but I can manage this fire eater all
right, too."

"Trust you for that," agreed Jim heartily.

"We will be pulling out in about five minutes," remarked Ketchel; "the
tourists in the eating house are just swallowing their pie now with an
anxious eye on the conductor. Hope they don't choke."

"I'm already, Bob," said Jim.

"No, you're not," replied Ketchel; "go back to your luxurious caboose
and get your heaviest coat and your trusty revolver; we might see some
game going through the Pass," and Bob winked wisely at his "boyhood"
friend.

"Don't pull out until I get back," warned Jim, as he started on a trot
toward one of the rear Pullmans, called a "caboose" by the flippant Bob.

"'The General Denver' leaves in three minutes," called Ketchel after the
retreating Jim; "wouldn't wait a second for nobody." From the fact that
the locomotive