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THE RUNNING SKELETONS
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. DARK AND SCARED
? Chapter II. ABOUT A BRONZE MAN
? Chapter III. THE INDIGNANT MAN
? Chapter IV. TROUBLE HERE AND THERE
? Chapter V. WHITE RAINCOAT
? Chapter VI. SHE WASN'T FOOLING
? Chapter VII. WHO HAS THE DOG?
? Chapter VIII. THE MUMBLING MAN
? Chapter IX. THE FRIGHTFUL DOG
? Chapter X. THE RUSH WEST
? Chapter XI. SETUP
? Chapter XII. SAVING MONK
? Chapter XIII. SKELETONS
? Chapter XIV. IMMEDIATE PROBLEM
? Chapter XV. THE SKELETON TREATMENT
? Chapter XVI. FROM BEHIND SILK


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Chapter I. DARK AND SCARED
LINCOLN WILSON WASHINGTON SMITH was an amiable colored gentleman who was baggage
attendant and porter on a passenger train running from Chicago to New York.

He had a kind heart.

He liked dogs.

He didn't scare easy, this last being a part of his character which contributed no little to the subsequent
mystery which came out of the first-of-the-week run of the limited train.

The train was one that left Chicago late in the evening and got into New York City the following
afternoon, making about a twenty-hour schedule, which was good time. The train carried two lounge
cars, coaches, sleepers, drawing-room cars, baggage coaches—and Lincoln Wilson Washington Smith,
who was porter.

Duty of the porter was to put bags aboard, generally “butter up” the passengers so they felt good toward
the railroad and shelled out fancy tips, and kid along with the soldiers who were crowding the trains these
days, as well as occasionally rescue a girl passenger from a sailor.

Feeding dogs was not among his duties.
He put the dog-carrying case aboard, himself, in Chicago, and he noticed it particularly at the time
because carrying large animals, even in cases, was against the rules in the coaches.