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She ignored a conventional offer of waste froe of the

cab, who she was surprised to learn, after soine to do with horses And when she suggested it would be quite

an event for so big an engine to go over the mountains for the first

tiood many times

But Mr Blood had an easy explanation for every confusing statement,

and did not falter even when Miss Brock wanted to start the 1018

herself He objected that she would soil her gloves, but she held them

up in derision; plainly, they had already suffered Soin to reach the throttle Again,

with ht into play, and steadied

on it by Morris Blood, and coached by the hostler, the heiress to rasped the throttle, unlatched it and pulled at the lever

vigorously with both hands

The packing was new, but Gertrude persisted, the bar yielded, and to

her great fright things began to hiss The engine

leviathan, and the author of thehelpless appealed to the unshaven man to help her Glover,

however, was nearest and shut off

It was all very exciting, and when on the turntable Gertrude was told