Short Line War
Author: first_name: Samuel
last_name: Merwin, Sr.
first_name: Henry Kitchell
last_name: Webster
Language: English
Year: 1899

"<i>The Short Line War</i> is a story that will appeal more particularly to the sterner sex, and we take it that the hyphenated name, Merwin-Webster, stands for two healthy-minded young men who have put their heads together and who have mapped out this story of a railroad war, in which politics form a considerable part. Jim Weeks is the central figure in the fight, and we like him so much better for knowing of the romance in his early life. He was a man 'without much instinct or imagination; he