Joe Wells hesitated, and then said: “You’ll get along fine, Flash, if you manage to stay on the good side of Doyle. He can help you a lot. But I’ll give you a tip. If he takes a dislike to a fellow, he knows all the ways of making it plenty tough.”
“Everything will be fine, Joe. I’ll manage. And your job will be waiting whenever you want it back.”
He hung up, smiling ruefully at his friend’s belated warning. Already he had incurred George Doyle’s dislike. But he was not afraid of what the technician might attempt to do. He would be ready and waiting.
CHAPTER X
CHECKING FACTS
With fifteen minutes to spare, Flash made a quick trip to the railroad station. His next errand was anything but to his liking. Yet he was unwilling to leave Columbia without verifying a certain fact.
He found the station agent in his little office behind the ticket window.
“What may I do for you, sir?” the man questioned.
Introducing himself as a representative of the Brandale Ledger, Flash added that he was checking upon the death of a man reported killed in the streamliner crash.
“Sorry I can’t help you on that,” replied the agent. “It’s against orders to give out information about the accident. You’ll have to see some other person.”
Flash was persistent. He explained that any information obtained would not be published in a newspaper.