St Nicholas [serial] . t man inthe force, took charge of the yard. Anotherman was left in the round-house with the in-jured Ivers. So Andy McAndrews was one of three menwho had to do work for six, and he doubted ifeven that number could do it. There was themain line full of cars, and the Limited due intwenty minutes. Henry Elder frankly con-fessed that he had no idea in the world of whatIvers had intended doing before the accidentinterrupted the work; but he felt sure that ifhe had to flag the Limited he would lose hisplace—a feeling that did not add materially tohis presence of mind. Got to t
St Nicholas [serial] . t man inthe force, took charge of the yard. Anotherman was left in the round-house with the in-jured Ivers. So Andy McAndrews was one of three menwho had to do work for six, and he doubted ifeven that number could do it. There was themain line full of cars, and the Limited due intwenty minutes. Henry Elder frankly con-fessed that he had no idea in the world of whatIvers had intended doing before the accidentinterrupted the work; but he felt sure that ifhe had to flag the Limited he would lose hisplace—a feeling that did not add materially tohis presence of mind. Got to try it, anyhow, he said. And tryit he did. At one time it looked as if he weregoing to succeed. Then he became mixed inhis reckoning, and got two flat-cars, loaded withsome sort of a long shaft for a ship or a factory,right across the main line, with four empty box-cars standing by themselves squarely on theright of way of the Southeastern Limited. There they stuck, and, try his best, Elder 38 IN THE NTGHT CREW. [ TIIKHK could not dispose of them. He backed , the shifter, into the empty cars from therear, and Stevens, the engineer, was responsiblefor the force with which the locomotive andcars came together. The coupler on the tail-end of the shifter was damaged to the pointof uselessness. Of course that complicatedmatters. Poor Elder looked at his watch. We 11 have to flag 84, he said sadly (thatmeant the Limited). I can git em straightened around, but I ve gotto take my anhour,and I 11 lose my , git the lanternand go up the line,that s a good went into theround-house, wherethe doctor was work-ing over poor Ivers,and took down a redlantern. Of courseif the line was notclear, 84 would haveto be stopped untilthe cars could beshifted out of theway, and that meantthat the whole crewwould be dischargedin a lump. The crewcould not, strictly,be held responsible,but delaying the Lim-ited was an excep-tional offense. The boy started
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