“I do.”
“I think he will be so glad to get out of the scrape that he won’t try anything dirty. He says he will take the train through, and run it right. He will not dare tackle me again, and I shall watch him.”
“But the old man will have to let you take us through if old Joe doesn’t. Saunders can fire for you, and it will give you a great chance to show what you can do. It will be a direct step upward for you.”
“Over the body of another man?”
“That’s the way men get on in this world, my boy.”
“It seems to be; but I do not feel like climbing the ladder by pushing others down.”
“Well, just as you say. If you are for giving old Joe such a chance, I don’t kick. I’ll dispatch that he is all right now and able to take the train through.”
“Do it.”
Evans did so, and in a short time received an answer: “All right; go ahead.”
That settled it. Frank went back to the engine in a hurry, and said: