Uob, I want yot to bo viry careful,
to-day. 1 kn w y mr'o a j;ood fellow
uid alwaya do ymir dity woll ; but
to d'iy I wnt you to 'nn I to your
btake every aecoud of tho trip not to
l.'avo it for a nio uoat, and when I sig
nal I want you to vet them up a you
never did beforo, and promptly too. 1
know you will Uo it for uie, wou'tyu'j,
Hob ?"
1 was too aatout.di-'d to Hpruk fur u
aeeoud. aad then I ua'.e I :
'Why, what under ti e sua ia tlm
matter with you, lindner ? Yuu konw
tho brakug ara ao neat ly worn out tht
t :h impossible to ut them up, and
you know too
' I know it nil, Rob, and that is the
reaunn why I want you to bo careful.
I ain poiu to try an 1 uuk i the time
table to-day; aoJ. if powible, I will do
io. I fuel jut a ih 'Uh Boinothiu
was g" in to happen, and I am more
than half anrry that I p-ooiUetl j Rut
I'll do it though. Nov pruiuiao, Rob.
and tiff to your brakes."
I protnigud. and took my post, not
a little mystified at GurJucr'a words,
looks and action.
Wa left tha t'epot and went rattiinu
n over tha iron. Pet sener lookod
at each otbor in surpriia, aud won
dored what under tbo end was the
mattor with tha Valley if it had sud
denly awakened from iti lone Bleep,
aod now proponed to te a railroad in
earnest.
