"O' course, they ain't lookin' on while we're robbin' 'em, but they can't do very much. We got the trainmen pretty well scared, an' when they get too rambunctious we do one of 'em up."
"Do you ever shift to other roads?"
"Lately we've branched out a little over on the Dope an' the Erie, but the main hang-outs are on the Shore. We know this road down to the ground, an' we ain't so sure o' the others. Most o' the post-office work, though, is done off this road."
"What kind of work is that?"
"Peter-work,[2] o' course, what d'ye think?"
"Pan out pretty well?"
"Don't get much cash, but the stamps are jus' about as good. Awhile ago I was payin' fer ev'rythin' in stamps. Felt like one o' the old fourth-class postmasters."
"Doesn't the government get after you?"
"Oh, it's settled some of us, but as I was tellin' ye, there's always fellas to take the empty places."
"Got much fall money?"