"Not a train."
"That's good. Now I will tell you what I want you to do. I want you to open that switch to let us out on the main track."
The foreman opened his eyes.
"But how are you going to get out there?"
"I'll show you after you get the switch open. There is no grade up or down between here and the other side of the station, is there?"
"No; dead flat till you get ten rods beyond the station, then she drops."
Phil nodded thoughtfully.
"Get the crowbars while I call a couple of the men."
The Circus Boy went inside and gently awakened Billy Conley and
Rosie, telling them to dress and report to the office at once.
The men made no protest. They knew their young manager was planning some new ruse by which to outwit his rivals. When they heard his plan they opened their eyes in wonder.