THE LOST CHILDREN OF THE ALLEGHENIES AND HOW
THEY WERE FOUND THROUGH A DREAM.
CHAPTER I.
The traveler going west over the Pennsylvania Railroad, as he approaches the Allegheny Mountains some four or five miles west of Altoona, is delighted with the wild scenery that meets his gaze. Here he is in the very midst of the Allegheny range, where the great barrier begins to break into the numerous spurs which lead away in long lines from the interior towards the east.
The iron steed boldly climbs the mountain on one if these numerous spurs, carrying the traveler up by an ascending grade of eighty-four and a half feet to the mile, but reduced to seventy-five feet by means of curves.
At Kittanning Point, the road is carried around a sharp curve which has ever since its construction been a wonder of engineering skill.
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