Several people approached the engine, including a policeman of the town and the conductor.
"Come down off that coal pile," cried the conductor.
There was no mistaking the command, and I crawled down.
If I was a sight before, I was a whole show now, for I was smutty from head to foot.
"I didn't know he was up there," said the conductor.
Inwardly I thanked the conductor, whom I knew had been trying to help me along.
"I'll take charge of this young man," said the policeman.
"Please get my things," I said. "I hid them in the baggage car."