“I wish to be with Cady in the car during the run,” Nick added. “I will, I think, show these bandits that their knavery will be far from a walk-over.”
“No doubt,” said Denny, smiling. “You’ll find Cady all right, too, and game to the core. He’s one man in a thousand.”
“So Burdick informed me.”
“No one has anything on Cady.”
“Can you consistently leave the tower after the train arrives?”
“Yes, indeed, while the engine is taking water. I nearly always have dispatches to take down.”
“Capital! Go down with me to the express car, then, and pretend that you know me to be a track hand and that I have a right to ride with Cady. I wish to get into the car without any display of opposition on his part.”
“I’ll fix you, Mr. Carter, as far as that goes.”
“And that is all I will require of you,” said Nick. “I will explain to Cady after the train leaves here. How soon is it due?”
“In about five minutes,” said Denny, glancing at a clock on the wall. “I’ll slip on my coat and be ready to go down with you.”