"You would be arrested, and nothing could keep you from state's prison, Teddy Tucker."
"Oh, fudge!"
"You may scoff all you will. It is the truth, nevertheless. I should not be surprised if there were an investigation over this affair—"
"And you'll go tell all you know, won't you?"
"Not unless I am put under oath. If I am, and am asked, I shall have to tell the truth. I ought to sail in and give you a good thrashing here and now."
"You can't do it!"
"Perhaps not, but I could try." A smile struggled to dissipate the clouds on Phil's face. "Listen to me! Do you know that you might have imperilled a great many lives by that foolish act of yours"
"No. How?"
"In the first place, being cut loose from our train as they were, they might have continued on, provided we were on a down or up grade and—"
"We weren't. I looked to see," interjected Teddy.