Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 60740-h.htm or 60740-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60740/60740-h/60740-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60740/60740-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/steamshovelman00painiala THE STEAM-SHOVEL MAN * * * * * * BOOKS BY RALPH D. PAINE PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS CAMPUS DAYS. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50 SANDY SAWYER, SOPHOMORE. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50 THE STROKE OAR. Illustrated, 12mo $1.50 THE FUGITIVE FRESHMAN. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50 THE HEAD COACH. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50 COLLEGE YEARS. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50 * * * * * THE STEAM-SHOVEL MAN. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.00 THE DRAGON AND THE CROSS. Illustrated 12mo $1.25 THE WRECKING MASTER. Illustrated. 12mo $1.25 A CADET OF THE BLACK STAR LINE. Illustrated. 12mo $1.25 * * * * * THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN O'SHEA. 12mo _net_ $1.35 * * * * * * [Illustration: He stood at the brink of this tremendous chasm] THE STEAM-SHOVEL MAN by RALPH D. PAINE Author of "A Cadet of the Black Star Line," "The Wrecking Master," etc. Illustrated by B. J. Rosenmeyer New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1913 Copyright, 1913, by Charles Scribner's Sons Published September, 1913 [Illustration: Logo] CONTENTS Chapter Page I. Walter Goodwin's Quest 3 II. The Parrot and the Broomstick 24 III. With the Dynamite Gang 44 IV. A Landslide in the Cut 66 V. Trapped in Old Panama 91 VI. Jack Devlin in Action 112 VII. A Fat Rascal Comes to Grief 132 VIII. Walter Squares an Account 152 IX. A Parent's Anxious Pilgrimage 172 X. Base-Ball and a Happy Family 193 ILLUSTRATIONS He stood at the brink of this tremendous chasm _Frontispiece_ Facing Page Lifting his feet very high and setting them down with the greatest caution 50 "_Viva Panama! Pobre Colombia! Ha! Ha! Ha!_" 108 "Report to me as soon as you come back. And bring Goodwin with you" 144 THE STEAM-SHOVEL MAN CHAPTER I WALTER GOODWIN'S QUEST