Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 150
p of the end-board, distant, the engineer aboard the flying accommo-dation, suddenly threw on his air, as he discov-ered a lantern between the rails ahead of him.His train came to a stand, and he was greeted bya shout from the foreman. And I say, Jerry, added the latter, humor-ously, as he went… … THE ENGINEER SPRANG FORWARD AND GRASPED ALEX BY THE HAND. and momentarily they hung, clutching desperately,while the car leaped and bounded beneath them.Getting their feet on the brake-beam, they strug-gled upward. And in another moment, tumblingheadlong within, they were safely aboard. Alex sank…
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