"Then all hands will have to hustle out to work. I want to be out of the next stand sometime tonight. We go out on another road, so we shall not have to wait, unless something unforeseen occurs. Came pretty near having a smash-up, didn't we?" suggested Phil.
"Near?" The Missing Link's emotion was too great to permit him to finish the sentence.
The car bowled merrily along. In a short time the two men on the front platform were able to make out the outlines of the town ahead of them. The skies were clearing now, and shortly afterwards the sun burst through the clouds.
"All is sunshine," laughed Phil. "For a time it looked as if there would be a total eclipse," he added, grimly.
Billy gazed at him wonderingly.
"If I had your nerve I'd be a millionaire," said Billy in a low tone.
"You probably would break your neck the first thing you did," answered Phil with a short laugh.
They were now moving along on a level stretch of track. Phil set the brakes a little, and the car slowed down. In this way they glided easily into the station, where the Circus Boy brought the car to a stop directly in front of the telegraph office.
The station agent came out to see what it was that had come in so unexpectedly.
His amazement was great.