“No—oh, no! But I persuaded him to go on the dummy, where he is more at home.”
“I was satisfied you had some one on the locomotive who understood the business.”
“Lewis and I are as good friends as ever.”
“I am glad to hear that.”
“Are you, Wolf?” sneered Tommy.
“Certainly I am.”
I had my doubts whether Lewis Holgate was as good a friend as ever; for, being degraded from the locomotive to the dummy would rankle in his heart, however well he succeeded in concealing his real feelings.
“You haven’t resigned your situation as captain of the steamer—have you, Wolf?” asked the little major, with a sinister expression.
“I have not.”
“On the whole, I think I wouldn’t do it, if I were you,” he added, laughing.