# The Scarlet Plague Author: London, Jack, 1876-1916; Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962 [Illustrator] Genre: Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21970 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Scarlet+Plague+London&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The way led along upon what had once been the embankment of a railroad. But no train had run upon it for many years. The forest on either side swelled up the slopes of the embankment and crested across it in a green wave of trees and bushes. The trail was as narrow as a man's body, and was no more than a wild-animal runway. Occasionally, a piece of rusty iron, showing through the forest-mould, advertised that the rail and the ties still remained. In one place, a ten-inch tree, bursting through at a connection, had lifted the end of a rail clearly into view. The tie had evidently followed the rail, held to it by the spike long enough for its bed to be filled with gravel and rotten leaves,... ## Chapters - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scarlet-plague-21970/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scarlet-plague-21970/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scarlet-plague-21970/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scarlet-plague-21970/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-scarlet-plague-21970/chapters/5/index.md)