. St. Nicholas [serial] . esirous was he ofacquainting his parents with thewonders he had seen. As soonas he had finished, he effected a prearrangedmeeting with Bunny, and together the busy pairat once returned to their neglected circus. But there was little to be seen at the show-grounds at that hour, so the boys decided tovary the program by going over to the sta-tion and enjoying a ride on the engine and going out to the coal-mine, provided the en-gine made its usual trip that morning. Keeping a sharp lookout, lest Jeremiah besomewhere in sight, the boys climbed up on theengine and, as was
. St. Nicholas [serial] . esirous was he ofacquainting his parents with thewonders he had seen. As soonas he had finished, he effected a prearrangedmeeting with Bunny, and together the busy pairat once returned to their neglected circus. But there was little to be seen at the show-grounds at that hour, so the boys decided tovary the program by going over to the sta-tion and enjoying a ride on the engine and going out to the coal-mine, provided the en-gine made its usual trip that morning. Keeping a sharp lookout, lest Jeremiah besomewhere in sight, the boys climbed up on theengine and, as was their custom, wished , the engineer, universally known as Dad, and his fireman, a very polite Goodmorning, and then remained discreetly silent. They had long since learned not to ask per-mission to ride,— as that courted a refusal,—but had found it much better just to clamberaboard, maintain a respectful silence, and, tothe best of their ability, keep out of the way. And never did they miss a chance to be of. WHAT WERE YOU KIDS DOING ON THAT ENGINE A FEW MINUTES AGO ? any slight assistance in the way of filling thewater-jug for the fireman, or handing a wrench orpiece of waste to the engineer when he was outon the ground, oiling up. They never felt secure,however, until the fireman told them to get upand sit on part of his cushion, where they wouldbe well out of the way. This position they I9°5-] PINKEY PERKINS. 799 knew to be permanent until it was time for thetrain to pull out. Thus seated, they wouldshrink themselves into as small a space as pos-sible, and remain perfectly quiet and subdued,rarely speaking even to each other. On the morning in question, after switchingin the yard for a while, Pinkey and Bunny,from their perch on the firemans bench, saw thebrakeman give the familiar signal, in reply towhich Dad reached up and gave the whistle-lever two short jerks, and they heard the toot— toot from the whistle above the cab. The two boys nudged each other el
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