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THE GREAT

K. & A. TRAIN-ROBBERY




[Illustration: Frontispiece]




The
Great
K. & A.
Robbery

[Illustration: Trains]

By

Paul Leicester Ford

Author of The Honorable Peter Stirling

New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
1897




_Copyright, 1896,_
BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

_Copyright, 1897,_
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.

University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.




TO

MY TRAVELLING COMPANIONS

ON SPECIALS 218 AND 97

THIS ENDEAVOR TO WEAVE INTO A STORY SOME OF OUR
OVERLAND HAPPENINGS AND ADVENTURES

IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

       *       *       *       *       *

_TO MISS GEORGE BARKER GIBBS._

_My dear George_:

_At your request I originally inscribed this skit to our whole
party. In its republication, however, I can but feel that the
dedication should be more particular. Written because you asked
it, first read aloud to beguile our ride across the great
American desert, and finally printed because you wished a copy as
a souvenir of our journeyings, no one can so naturally be called
upon to stand sponsor to the little tale. Should the story but
give its readers a fraction of the pleasure I owe to your
kindness, its success is assured._

_Faithfully yours,_

_PAUL LEICESTER FORD._




Contents


  CHAPTER                                           PAGE

        I  THE PARTY ON SPECIAL NO. 218                1

       II  THE HOLDING-UP OF OVERLAND NO. 3           17

      III  A NIGHT'S WORK ON THE ALKALI PLAINS        30

       IV  SOME RATHER QUEER ROAD AGENTS              43

        V  A TRIP TO THE GRAND CANYON                  55

       VI 