Man-killer

"Without half trying," laughed Dr. Furniss the young physician who had gone out to camp to attend the Man-killer victim.

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895

"You're head of the new job on the Man-killer, aren't you?" questioned the same man.

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895

Man-killer never could have its appetite satisfied with dirt.

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895

"After I've seen that test applied a couple of times then I'm ready to go before any board and swear that the Man-killer has been tamed for all time."

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895

"Then I'm extra glad we got him out of the Man-killer," said Tom rather huskily.

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895

"We're going to lay the track across the Man-killer," returned Reade resolutely.

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895

Man-killer had swallowed him up, it would have been all up with the little girl, too.

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895

These boys figure on using dirt and then more dirt, and still more, until they've satisfied the appetite of the Man-killer, filled up the quicksand and laid a bed of solid earth on which the tracks will run safely for the next hundred years.

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895

Man-killer before Tom and Harry had been called to solve the problem.

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895

"We have looked the quicksand over, and we feel sure that we see a way of stopping the Man-killer, and forcing it to sustain railroad ties and steel rails."

The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand 1895