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That's what happened here. Then a train  'twas the local from Dunkirk  came along and split the rail. 'Tis a wonder Jimmie Flannigan didn't see it. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE THEN A TRAIN TWAS THE LOCOM FUN DUNKIRK CAME ALONG AND SPLIT THE WHALE TIS A WONDER JIMMY FLANAGIN DIDN'T SEE IT
aid the train would come along soon. It's an express. A slow train might not go off the track, as the break is only a small one. But the express--" She paused suggestively--apprehensively. "There's a man!" cried Grace. "A track-walker!" cried Betty. "Oh, he'll know what to do," and she darted toward a man just appearing around the curve--a man with a sledge, and long-handled wrench over his shoulder. "Hey! Hey!" Betty called. "Come here. There's a broken rail!" The man broke into a run. "What's that?" he called. "Got your foot caught in a rail? It's a frog--a switch that you mean. Take off your shoe!" "No, we're not caught!" cried Betty, in shrill accent. "The rail is broken!" The track-walker was near enough now to hear her correctly. And, fortunately, he understood, which might have been expected of him, considering his line of work. "It's a bad break," he affirmed, as he looked at it, "Sometimes the heat of the sun will warp a rail, and pull out the very spikes by the roots, ladies. T ISN'T BIG ENOUGH DECIDED BETTY BUT WE MUST DO SOMETHING THAT MAN SAID THE TRAIN WOULD COME ALONG SOON IT'S AN EXPRESS A SLOW TRAIN MIGHT NOT GO OFF THE TRACK AS THE BRAKE IS ONLY A SMALL ONE BUT THE EXPRESS SHE PAUSED SUGGESTIVELY APPREHENSIVELY THERE'S A MAN CRIED GRACE A TRACK WALKER CRIED BETTY OH HE'LL KNOW WHAT TO DO AND SHE DOTTED TOWARD A MAN JUST APPEARING UP ROUND THE CURVE A MAN WITH A SLEDGE AND LONG HANDLED WYNCH OVER HIS SHOULDER HEY HEY BETTY CALLED COME HERE THERE'S A BROKEN WHALE THE MAN BROKE INTO A ONE WHAT'S THAT HE CALLED GOT YOUR FLEET CAUGHTON WHALE IT'S A FOG A SWITCH THAT YOU MEAN TAKE OFF YOUR SHOE NO WHEN NOT CAUGHT CRIED BETTY IN SHRILL ACCENT THE WHALE IS BROKEN THE TRACK WALKER WAS NEAR ENOUGH NOW TO HEAR HER CORRECTLY UNFORTUNATELY HE UNDERSTOOD WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED OF HIM CONSIDERING HIS LINE OF WORK IT'S A BROADBREAK HE AFFIRMED AS HE LOOKED AT IT SOMETIMES THE HEAT OF THE SUN WILL WARP A WHALE AND PULL OUT THE VERY SPIKES BY THE ROOTS LADIES
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