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Updated: May 19, 2025
Joyously the engineer waved his handkerchief at her, from the engine-cab; and only at times like these did his brow to which no smile ever lent complete contentment smooth itself out a little and seem almost happy. Amadeo Zureda desired nothing. His work was hard, but all he needed to make him glad was just the time between runs two nights a week that he spent in Madrid.
A big man Corrigan knew him later as Patrick Carson swung down from the engine-cab and lumbered toward the little frame station house, in a window of which the telegrapher could be seen, idly scanning a week-old newspaper. Carson spoke shortly to the telegrapher, at which the latter motioned toward the bank building and the private car. Then Carson came toward the bank building.
As the train gathered speed the engineer pulled the throttle open wider and wider, the puffs in the short, stubby stack grew more and more frequent, and the rattle and roar of the iron horse increased. Down in the pit of the engine-cab the fireman, a great shovel in his hands, stood ready to feed the ravenous fires.
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