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Try and signal Alex or Jack, at the construction-train?

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

Within a short time, however, all three boys had somewhat recovered, and were able to take their places in the engine cab; and a half hour later the party headed back for the construction-train, coupled behind them a box-car containing eighteen prisoners.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

Since the construction-train had started from Yellow Creek Junction it had been a center of attraction to coyotes for fifty miles around, and one of the few recreations enjoyed by the men of the train had been hunting them at night.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

From a clear patch of sky bright moonlight flooded the construction-train and the gray slope of the hill to the southeast about which the rails had crept that day.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

Casting a glance toward the construction-train, Alex leaped into the gully, out of sight.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

The construction-train should not be far from the stretch of road which paralleled the fence!

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

The time had passed uneventfully with the three young telegraphers, the end of the second week finding Alex and Jack together with the construction-train at the rail-head, and Wilson Jennings back at the temporary station and material-sidings at the viaduct.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

Alex cast a last look back toward the construction-train.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

He had hoped the light would reveal the swing to the east, and the dark shape of the construction-train.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

Jack, at the construction-train, rose late that morning.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs