Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 114
d do, the door-bell rang. I opened thedoor, and found a man on the porch who asked to seepapa. He told papa that a passenger-engine had justcome out of the shops, and that he was wanted tobreak it in. Every new engine has to be broken in orrun for a while before it is used for pulling trains. Iwas… … down near the boiler. Just outside of town there is acurve, and you cant see the track on the other side.As we were nearing the curve, Don, who could see thetrack, cried out: There s another train coming, andit s going to hit us ! I jumped up on the seat, andsaw a double-header freight-train coming…
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