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“Works for Mr Griffith”
The director bea a chase scene?”
“That’s what the feller said”
“Did Mr Griffithspecific about it?”
“‘If I was fil than a bicycle’”
The director’s face fell Then he got truculent “Oh, I get it You think I need a lunatic on a motorcycle”
Isaac Bell pointed at the camera “Look at the pictures that camera just took Then tell me I’m not the best motorcycle rider in the movies”
A Bremserhäuschen — a Brakeman’s van, which Detective Curtis had told Pauline was called a caboose in Ah spoked wheels like a freight wagon, a cupola above one end, three square s, a tin chi She saw a door in the middle and two more on the platforms in front and back
It was starting to rain again Night was falling Pauline was cold, hungry, and still hundreds ofpossible at this moment?
None of the s showed lights, and no smoke rose from the chimney
No one was around All day she had been surprised by the emptiness of the countryside the train tracks traversed Gerrown enorht trains to take her through busy cities and bustling suburbs Instead, they trundled past farm after farm and ood luck — this empty caboose It would be dry inside, and out of the wind There ht even be food
She checked for the tenth time that no one was near, then sprinted as fast as she could across a muddy field and climbed a short ladder onto the back platfor the siding, and tried the center door Locked She went to the front of the caboose, climbed up, and discovered that door locked, too
She was so cold she began shivering The cupola! Maybe it had a hatch they’d forgotten to lock A ladder was attached to the side She cli the roof, and knelt to inspect the cupola There was no hatch in its roof, but then she discovered the entire roof was a hatch that hinged open and no one had locked it She lowered herself down a ladder into near darkness, closing the roof hatch to keep out the rain
She felt around until her hands brushed a lantern and a box of ht see But then she thought, the brakeht The s had curtains She felt her way around, drew the curtains shut, located the lantern again, and lighted its wick
She looked around in amazement