Transcriber's Note Text emphasis denoted as _Italics_. Whole and fraction part of numbers are dentoed as 123-4/5. THE YOUNG TRAIN DISPATCHER * * * * * The Works of Burton E. Stevenson [Illustration] _The Boys' Story of the Railroad Series_ The Young Section-Hand $1.75 The Young Train Dispatcher 1.75 The Young Train Master 1.75 The Young Apprentice 1.75 [Illustration] _Other Works_ The Spell of Holland $3.75 The Quest for the Rose of Sharon 1.65 [Illustration] THE PAGE COMPANY 53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass. * * * * * [Illustration: "HURLED ITSELF ON ACROSS THE WAITING-ROOM AND THROUGH THE OUTER DOOR TO SAFETY." (_See page 271_) ] _The Boys' Story of the Railroad Series_ THE YOUNG TRAIN DISPATCHER _By_ BURTON E. STEVENSON Author of "The Young Section-Hand," "The Holladay Case," etc. ILLUSTRATED BY A. P. BUTTON [Illustration: logo] _Boston_ [Illustration] THE PAGE COMPANY [Illustration] _Publishers_ _Copyright, 1907_ By The Page Company _Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_ _All rights reserved_ Made in U. S. A. First Impression, June, 1907 Second Impression, October, 1907 Third Impression, April, 1909 Fourth Impression, August, 1910 Fifth Impression, September, 1911 Sixth Impression, May, 1913 Seventh Impression, April, 1915 Eighth Impression, February, 1918 Ninth Impression, March, 1920 Tenth Impression, March, 1923 Eleventh Impression, May, 1926 Twelfth Impression, June, 1931 PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS COMPANY BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. */ TO E. R. S., W. W. W., G. W. P., and F. M. C. .. -. .- ..... ..... . ... . .. .- - .. . . -. .. .-. -.... . .. . .. .- ... ... .. ... - .- -. ... . .-- -. -.. -.- .. -. -.. ¬¬ .... .. -. - . ... . ... - [Transcriber Note: ¬¬ = long single dash. Translation at end of book.] CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. The New Position 1 II. A Rescue 12 III. A New Friend 22 IV. The Young Operators 33