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The explosion came like a curiously lacier creaked and groaned o appeared to happen The ice cliff reht

Detonations should have occurred at eight different locations inside the fracture, but Major Dillenger and his e before their search was cut off

The distant thu in on the two hijackers ere busily firing up the oldfor a few hed between themselves and turned back to their work

"Whatever caused the boouys They act as if they expected it"

"Sounded like a small explosion," Pitt replied sourily

"Definitely not the glacier breaking away We'd have felt treround"

Pitt stared at the se locomotive, which was coupled to a coal tender and five ore cars It was a type used around plantations, industrial plants andoperations Quaint, stout and sturdy, with a tall stovepipe smokestack and round porthole s in the cab, it looked like the Little Engine That Could, standing there puffing wisps of steaear

A railroad e truck wheels followed by four drive wheels with no trailing truck beneath the cab

"Let's give the engineer and his fireman a war to do"

Gunn looked at Pitt queerly and shook his head in bewilder toward the end of the train They split up and approached fro cover under the ore cars The cab was brightly illuestured with an upturned pal Gunn to wait

The Arab who acted as engineer was busy turning valves and watching the steaes The other shoveled coal from the tender across the platform into the flames He fed a load of the black lu firebox, paused toface, and then sla the cab into a state of semi

darkness

Pitt pointed at Gunn and then at the engineer Gunn waved an acknowledgrab irons and leaped up the steps into the cab

Pitt arrived first He calmly approached the fireman head-on and said pleasantly, "Have a nice day"

Before the confused and astonished fireman could respond, Pitt had swiftly snatched the shovel out of the Arab's hands and beat him over the head with it