Webster Man's Man in a Train Romance
Peter B. Kyne crafts Webster a shy, wealthier man turned adventurer who meets a captivating woman on a train. He declines a $25 000 job to join a Central America expedition where danger and romance unfold amid revolutions and thrilling action. Kyne, famed creator of Cappy Ricks, brings vivid local color and globe trotting verve.
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Webster
Death Valley
Denver
Central America
Peter B. Kyne
Cappy Ricks
Jack London
Entangled Knight of Death Valley on a Rail
John Stuart Webster a rugged mining engineer boards the S. L. & D. Limited at Death Valley and plans epicurean indulgence and a two hour bath in Salt Lake City. A beauty in the observation car overhears his chivalry, a clash ensues, and he ends up enthralled by her presence. He learns Dolores Ruey’s name and route, setting a bold scheme to pursue her anew.
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Mademoiselle
John Stuart Webster
L. A. & S. L. Limited
Death Valley
California
Webster
Salt Lake City
George
Flainiy
Senegambia
Yassah
Mr. Webster
Bobby Burns
John 8. Webster
Chicago
John S. Webster
Sweeney
Madame
Mademoisgelle
Huckleberry Finn
Yaassah
Johnny
Spervelope
Simon
Peter
Andrew
James
John
Philip
Bartholomew
Matthew
Thomas
Jude
Judas Iscariot
Websterlan
Salt Lake
Dolores Ruey
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Denver
Rio Grande
Burlington
St. Louis
New Orleans
Webster returns to Denver in Engineers' Club homecoming
John Stuart Webster, after years of hardship, arrives in Denver with a new wardrobe and renewed spirits. He visits the Engineers' Club on Seventeenth Street, recalls old companions, and contemplates a homecoming as the tale hints at noble birth and political ties, ending with a cue for continuation.
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W. Peter B. Kyne
Chapter
Seventeenth Street
Engineers’ Club
Father Time
Neddy Jerome
Jack Pardner
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