. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . wLiNG, Genl Supt. Merely that, and nothing more, butwhat a red hot shot it proved! How thestove committee got down to business!The all-absorbing question was, Whois Mayberry? Pugnose Casey said he heard of a chapof that name whom the boys chased ofithe Raleigh between two days. ToejambCurtiss said he was a cousin to the wife work the train. The train stopped, asthe rules required, before crossing thetracks of the B. & R., then went aheadagain. The baggage man was deep intlie morning paper, wi
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . wLiNG, Genl Supt. Merely that, and nothing more, butwhat a red hot shot it proved! How thestove committee got down to business!The all-absorbing question was, Whois Mayberry? Pugnose Casey said he heard of a chapof that name whom the boys chased ofithe Raleigh between two days. ToejambCurtiss said he was a cousin to the wife work the train. The train stopped, asthe rules required, before crossing thetracks of the B. & R., then went aheadagain. The baggage man was deep intlie morning paper, with his two feettipped up on the top of a trunk. Theconductor passed from the mirror, nav-igating dexteroisly through the scat-tered trunks, ti he got to the was handed a pass, which read:Pass one between Darien and Clive,signed by the new superintendent. You seem to have some travel on thisroad, said he to the baggage man, afterthe conductor left the car. Y-a-a-s, said the trunk-butcher witha devil-may-care-damn-your-soul sort ofa drawl, without even lifting his eyesfrom the NILES-BEMENT-POND CR.\NE IN COLLIN {Description of the president. Crosseyed Crowleysaid he was a chap whose mother usedto supply the general freight agent withmilk, butter and eggs. No one had everseen him to know him, and the commit-tee adjourned to await developments. Mr. Mayberry remained in his officefor several days familiarizing himselfwith business and looking over old rec-ords. One day, as train 80 was pulling out,a man about 40 years of age, with aclean shaven face, somewhat pale, and apair of clear, intelligent eyes, dressedin an unpretentious suit of gray clothes,got on the ofif side from the station ontothe baggage car platform and conductor was putting the finishingtouches to a blond mustache and hisnecktie, taking special care to not letany part of it obscure the big diamondstud in his shirt front. In fact, he wasgrooming himself to the very best ad-vantage, pre
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