StNicholas [serial] . erly ex-hausted, gasping; but the seasoned foreman im-mediately got to his feet, seized the near-by brake-wheel, quickly tightened it, and scrambling backover the bounding train, one by one put on theremaining brakes. Soon the pressure on the wheels began to tell,and ten minutes later, screeching and groaningprotestingly, the runaways came finally to a stop. Another ten minutes later, when a quarter-mile forehead, and on catching sight of Alex he sprangforward to grasp his hand. Oh, it was more the foreman than I, saidAlex, modestly. I could nt have worked it atall withou
StNicholas [serial] . erly ex-hausted, gasping; but the seasoned foreman im-mediately got to his feet, seized the near-by brake-wheel, quickly tightened it, and scrambling backover the bounding train, one by one put on theremaining brakes. Soon the pressure on the wheels began to tell,and ten minutes later, screeching and groaningprotestingly, the runaways came finally to a stop. Another ten minutes later, when a quarter-mile forehead, and on catching sight of Alex he sprangforward to grasp his hand. Oh, it was more the foreman than I, saidAlex, modestly. I could nt have worked it atall without him. At that moment the division superintendenthimself appeared. Why, let me see ! he exclaimed. Are younot the lad I helped fix up an emergency batteryat Watson Siding last spring? and who has en-gineered two or three other similar clever affairs? Well, my boy, young as you are, if I dont giveyou a try-out at the division office before themonth is out, my name s not Cameron. We needmen there with a head like THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL What can that noise be all about?Perhaps they ve let the sixth grade our vacation comesBut we must stav to do our sums! 694
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