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Several days later the girls read in a local paper of how the train had been stopped while two track walkers fitted a perfect rail in place of the broken one. And something of themselves was told. SEVERAL DAYS LATER THE GIRLS READ IN A LOCAL PAPER OF HOW THE TRAIN HAD BEEN STOPPED WHILE TWO TRACK WALKERS FITTED A PERFECT RAIL IN PLACE OF THE BROKEN ONE AND SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES WAS TOLD
Broxton." "Oh, sure, it'll not take the likes of you long to be doin' that," complimented the man, with a trace of brogue in his voice. "You look equal to doin' twice as much." "Well, we don't want to be caught in the rain," spoke Mollie. "Ah, 'twill be nothin' more than a sun shower, it will make your complexions better--not that you need it though," he hastened to add. "Good luck to you, and many thanks for tellin' me about this broken rail. 'Tis poor Jimmie who'd be blamed for not seein' it, and him with a sick wife. Good-bye to you!" The girls, satisfied that the train would be flagged in time, soon left the track, the last glimpse they had of the workman being as he hurried off to summon his partner to replace the broken rail. That he did so was proved a little later, for when the girls were walking along the road that ran parallel to the railroad line some distance farther on, the express dashed by at a speed which seemed to indicate that the engineer was making up for lost time. LOOK AFTER THE BROKEN WHALE WE'LL GO ON WE MUST GET TO BRAXTON OH SURE HE'LL NOT TAKE THE LIKES OF YOU LONG TO BE DOIN THAT COMPLIMENTED THE MAN WITH A TRACE OF VOGUE IN HIS VOICE YOU LOOK EQUAL TO DOING TWICE AS MUCH WELL WE DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT IN THE WAIN SPOKE MOLLY AY TILL BE NOTHIN MORE'N A SUNSHOWER WE'LL MAKE YOUR COMPLEXIONS BETTER NOT THAT YOU NEED IT THOUGH HE HASTENED TO ADD GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND MANY THANKS WI TELLING ME ABOUT THIS BROKEN WHALE TIS POOR JIMMY WHO'D BE BLAMED FOR NOT SEEING IT AND HIM WITH A SICK WIFE GOOD BY TO YE THE GIRLS SATISFIED THAT THE TRAIN WOULD BE FLAGGED IN TIME SOON LEFT THE TRACK A LAST GLIMPSE THEY HAD OF THE WORKMAN BEING AS HE HURRIED OFF TO SUMMON HIS PARTNER TO REPLACE THE BROKEN WHALE THAT HE DID SO WAS PROVED A LITTLE LATER FOR WHEN THE GIRLS WERE WALKING ALONG THE ROAD THAT RAN PARALLEL TO THE RAILROAD LINE SOME DISTANCE FURTHER ON THE EXPRESS DASHED BY AT A SPEED WHICH SEEMED TO INDICATE THAT THE ENGINEER WAS MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME
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