A District Messenger Boy and a Necktie Party

A short novel for younger readers, though it contains action and adventure the whole family will enjoy. A messenger boy gets involved by accident into something he can't quite fathom:
"I declare, I don't know what we will do," said Joe, in answer to Ned, and then he chewed a piece of straw, vigorously, as if by that means he hoped to be aided in arriving at some satisfactory conclusion. " You see, the trouble is that we've got all this baggage to lug 'round, when it's about as much as we can do to get along ourselves."