Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variationsin hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling andpunctuation remains unchanged.
The table of contents was inserted by the transcriber.
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FRANK READE, JR., IN MEXICO.
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FRANK READE, JR., WITH HIS NEW STEAM MAN IN MEXICO;
OR,HOT WORK AMONG THE GREASERS.
By “NONAME,”
Author of “Frank Reade, Jr., With His New Steam Man in Texas; or, Chasing the Train Robbers,” etc., etc.
Table of Contents.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
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CHAPTER I.
KIDNAPPED BY GREASERS.
Frank Reade, Jr., the inventor of many wonderful machines andwhose fame was world wide, sat in his study one day in Septemberlooking over a heap of mail matter which the servant had just broughtin.
He was a handsome dark complexioned young man with a distingueair and that individuality of appearance which stamps the man ofgenius.
Frank’s father was a famous inventor before him.
Foremost among Frank Reade, Jr.’s inventions was the New SteamMan, a machine of truly wonderful character.
We will not attempt a description of the Steam Man for certain goodreasons until later; first let us give our attention for the moment tothe young inventor.
Frank Reade, Jr., was naturally the foremost man in Readestown, arespectable sized and thriving town, founded by and named after theReades.
Here they had built the wonderful machine shops for the constructionof their own machines.
These employed many of the most skilled workers in wood andsteel.
Money was not a scarcity with the Reades nor was it ever likely tobe, with their superlative genius to make it.
Frank opened one letter after another, hastily read them and placedthose on a file which he meant to answer.
Some of them were of importance, some were not, but he encounterednone which claimed his attention greatly for some while.
Then a letter lay before him, superscribed in a foreign style, andbearing the stamp and postm