# The Steam-Shovel Man

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Young Walter Goodwin dreams of improving his family fortunes as a tiny cog in the machinery creating the Panama Canal across the Atlantic ocean. His will seems indomitable, immovable; but seemingly irresistible forces, including a Panamanian gunrunner with a smarmy parrot, and a landslide, may test his self-belief.
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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 $l.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
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
CONTENTS
* ChapterPage
* 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
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