The Oil Rail Trick Ends a Terrifying Chase
A train scene unfolds with a bold boy Lance proposing to oil rails to slow an engine on a steep incline. Bascom approves, oil pours along the iron, and the pursuing engine stalls as the express crests the grade. Passengers cheer, Bascom praises Lance, and the boy earns support for college funds through the daring plan.
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Sermen
Lance
Mr. Bascom
Mr. Bascum
Bascom
Phu
Bain
Lance Eliott
Expres
Bicom
Dreswil Tien
Nas
Sy Co
Harper's
A Running Light on the Train Mystery
Fourteen year old Lance Elliott watches a strange light on a train night scene. Conductor Bascom and a brakeman identify a runaway engine No. 2 and a second engine pausing on the main track as the express speeds toward danger near Beverly.
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Lance Elliott
Lance
Bascom
Ashe
Richfield
Unconventional writer discusses murders and evidence
In a London lodging, a conversation with Menken turns to a series of ghastly murders judged by many as committed by one hand. The talk pivots to circumstantial evidence as a diagnostic tool, with the narrator expressing skepticism about conventional proofs.
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Tan Runnet
Menken
Switzerland
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Bindland
Thad
Devonshilre
Cornlia Magazine
Telemachus
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Min
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New York Tribune
Tal
London
Orualigam
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Abe
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Santa Fe
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Lincoln County
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Resor
Santa Fe Rovers
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OLD Abe Eagle
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Warsox
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Agency For
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