The Daylight Express rolled up to the depot at Stanley Junction, on time, circling past the repair shops, freight yard and roundhouse, a thing of life and beauty. Stanley Junction had become a wide-awake town of some importance since the shops had been moved there, and when a second line took it in as a passing point, the old inhabitants pronounced the future of the Junction fully determined. Engine No. 6, with its headlight shining like a piece of pure crystal, its metal trimmings furbished up bright and natty-looking, seemed to understand that it was the model of the road, and sailed...
The Daylight Express rolled up to the depot at Stanley Junction, on time, circling past the repair shops, freight yard and roundhouse, a thing of life...
"Those men will bear watching--they are up to some mischief, Fairbanks." "I thought so myself, Mr. Fogg. I have been watching them for some time." "I thought you would notice them--you generally do notice things." The speaker with these words bestowed a glance of genuine pride and approbation upon his companion, Ralph Fairbanks. They were a great pair, these two, a friendly, loyal pair, the grizzled old veteran fireman, Lemuel Fogg, and the clear-eyed, steady-handed young fellow who had risen from roundhouse wiper to switchtower service, then to fireman, then to engineer, and who now pulled...
"Those men will bear watching--they are up to some mischief, Fairbanks." "I thought so myself, Mr. Fogg. I have been watching them for some time." "I ...
"That's the way to line 'em out, Ned " "Go on now Take another You can get home " "Wow That wins the game Hurrah for Ned Wilding " Those were some of the shouts, amid a multitude of others, that came from scores of boyish throats as they watched the baseball game between the Darewell High School and the Lakeville Preparatory Academy. The occasion was the annual championship struggle, and the cries resulted from Ned's successful batting of the ball far over the center fielder's head.
"That's the way to line 'em out, Ned " "Go on now Take another You can get home " "Wow That wins the game Hurrah for Ned Wilding " Those were some...
"Say, Dick, just throw that forward switch in; will you?" "Sure I will, Tom. Going any place in particular?" "Oh, just for a run down the river, and on my way back I guess I'll stop and get the mail." "Can I go along?" "Certainly. Did you see anything of Will to-day?" "No, he's gone fishing, I guess," and Dick Jones, one of the best chums of Tom Fairfield, threw in the connecting switch of the latter's motorboat, and the craft was ready to run.
"Say, Dick, just throw that forward switch in; will you?" "Sure I will, Tom. Going any place in particular?" "Oh, just for a run down the river, and o...
