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"Ten thirty," Tom put in, "if it was a railroader; half past o'clock for you Dutchmen," he added with a chuckle, wrinkling a freckled nose at Harry and winking at Jack. "All right!" assented Harry. "Log a surf heard at how many bells? Oh, yes, five bells in the morning. Log Tom Blackwood for uncivil language to an officer and for refusing duty under fire!"
But the reckless little devil had forgotten to turn his red-board and proceeded to write to some of his numerous girls, and the first thing he knew that freight train went smashing by at a thirty-five mile clip, and Mr. Ned knew he was up against it. In some states a railroader guilty of criminal negligence is sent up for a term of from one to ten years.
Again they came then the short, sharp note for brakes. And the boys and the flames had won! The superintendent turned and held out his hand. "Ward, thank you," he said huskily. "Thank you. You are a genuine railroader." "And about the station?" queried Alex, a sudden apprehension in his face and voice.
Toddles had a uniform and a regular run all right, but he wasn't what he passionately longed to be a legitimate, dyed-in-the-wool railroader. His pay check, plus commissions, came from the News Company down East that had the railroad concession. Toddles was a newsboy.
"That was a fine bit of work, my boy," he clicked. "I see you are cut out for the right kind of railroader. If fourteen wasn't a bit too young I would give you a job on the spot. But we will give you a start just as soon as we can, you may be sure." One afternoon two weeks later Alex returned from school to find his father and mother hurriedly packing his suit-case.
What I want now is t' do some good with this all-fired big pile o' money that I've got. That's one reason why I'm goin' out with Rayburn t' Idaho. Right straight along from here t' Boisé City I mean t' set up drinks for every railroader I meet. That'll be doin' good, for sure."
But a far more frequent use for such cars has escaped the notice of the public at large. As any old railroader can testify, trainhands are forever finding in box-cars every genus and species of stray. These finds range all the way from cats and dogs and discarded white rabbits and canaries, to goats.
"I should be proud to have him, sir, and to be the one to start him on the right track as a railroader." "Very well, we will consider it settled, then, and I will send him over to you. I want you to do the best you can by him, and remember that from this time on I take a personal interest in his welfare, though of course you needn't tell him so." Rod was more than delighted when Mr.
"A man can't be too honest," asserted Bart. "Can't he? Say, I'm an old railroader, I am, and I know the ropes. Why, when I was running the express office at Corydon, we sampled everything that came in. Crate of bananas we had many a lunch, apples, cigars, once in a while a live chicken, and always a couple of turkeys at holiday time." "And who paid for them?" inquired Bart bluntly.
"No; that is just why I say you are a genuine railroader the burning of the station was a piece of the finest kind of railroading! "And this reminds me," added the superintendent some minutes later, leading Alex aside and speaking in a lower voice.
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