"Why, it's the scamps that were put off the train!" exclaimed the miner.
"You recognize them?" asked the engineer.
"Yes, they were put off the train at the last station for trying to swindle some of the passengers."
"What have you to say to this, man?" demanded the engineer sternly.
"It's a lie. The gentleman is mistaken."
"No, he isn't. I was one of those who put them off the train," said one of the other passengers.
"Tell all you know about it, boy," said the engineer.
"I seed them try to turn the switch first," said Tommy. "They couldn't do that, so they got the rock and put dat on the track just before the train come along."
Barlow and Jones saw that things were getting serious for them, and very foolishly started to run. But a dozen men went in pursuit, prominent among them being the miner, whose long legs soon brought him abreast of the rascally pair. He seized Barlow by the collar, and at the same time another passenger grasped Jones.