“Good Sarah, watch the devils.”
“Watch what?”
“Say,” the train-hand said, in an excited tone, “Pronto now, where does this ceiling end? At each end of the building, isn’t it?”
“Yes; but why, what has happened?”
“Get you within doors, then; one at each end; quick now; take sticks. Do as I tell you; quickly.”
“Yes, yes; here are sticks; what are we to do?”
“Into the building, one at each end, quickly now. It is rattlesnakes curled up here, twenty at least. Get in. I’ll drive them down to you. There is a reward, half a peseta a rattle. One at each end, now. And watch. I’ll drive them down to you.”
“Watch where?”
“Where shall we watch?”
“At the ventilators. Quick, quick, or they’ll be gone. Get down and kill them as they crawl out. It will be ten pesetas each.”