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Of course no railroad ave much heed to Indian talk; how, for

instance, could a end ran, and

there being one superstitious hie Morrison

Callahan studied the bulletin to which the operator called his

attention and resuestion "See if you can't get Sleepy Cat, Hughie, and find out

whether that is so"

Morris Blood ith the Pittsburgers and Callahan had foolishly

consented to look after his desk for a few days At the s opened the door froe co from

Francis, conductor of Number Two They've had a cloudburst on Dry

Dollar Creek," he said, excitedly; "twenty feet of water came down Rat

Cañon at five o'clock The track's under four feet in the cañon"

As a pebble striking an anthill stirs into angry life a thousand

startled workers, so a mountain washout startles a division and

concentrates upon a single point the very last reserve of its

activities and energies

For thirty es When his

special for a run to the Rat Cañon was ready all the extra yardmen and