Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 171
ROLLING TO THE FIRE. — AT FULL SPEED. i58 sleep. The telegraph-instruments at the sidekeep up an endless clicking and tingling, andbut for these sounds all would be very quiet.Overhead, in the bunk-room, or dormitory,the men are preparing to turn in, but afew, in one corner, lingering to watch the… … STRETCHING IN. Click!—one stroke on the instrument, fol-lowed by a quick tang-tang-tang—a pause,tang-tang on the joker—the man at thedesk springs to his feet and shouts Get up! — the weight has fallen, the lever flies up, thehorses are released. They need no command,but are on their feet even…
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