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Half-past two came and went, and still there was no hopeful word from Lesterville. Kent had speech with Oleson, watch in hand. Would the engineer take the risk of a rear-end collision on a general manager's order? Oleson would obey orders if the heavens fell; and Kent flew to the wire again.
"There hasn't been a wreck?" demanded Ruth. "Yes. At Applegate Crossing. And it is the train from the west that is in trouble with a freight. A rear-end collision, I understand." "Suppose something has happened to the poor girl!" wailed Helen. "We must go and see," declared Ruth, quick to decide in an emergency. "You must drive us, Tom."
In her disappointment she protested against this, and wanted to know the why and wherefore. "We shall have far less motion, Madge," Mr. Cullen explained, "and then we sha'n't have the rear-end man in our car at night." "But I don't mind the motion," urged Miss Cullen, "and the flagman is only there after we are all in our rooms. Please leave us the view."
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