The Road-Builders

BY

SAMUEL MERWIN

AUTHOR OF “THE MERRY ANNE,”
JOINT AUTHOR OF“CALUMET ‘K,’” “THE SHORT LINE WAR,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
F. B. MASTERS

TORONTO
THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
1910

Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1905.
Reprinted April, 1906.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

TO MY LITTLE SON

NOTE

A part of this story was printed serially in The SaturdayEvening Post under the title, “A Link in the Girdle.”

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Young Van engages a Cook	1
II.	Where the Money came From	22
III.	At Mr. Carhart’s Camp	37
IV.	Jack Flagg sees Stars	66
V.	What They found at the Water-hole	97
VI.	The Road to Total Wreck	138
VII.	The Spirit of the Job	185
VIII.	Shots—and a Scouting Party	219
IX.	A Show-down	246
X.	What took Place at Red Hills	293

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