“You shall have a hundred if you want them,” replied the little magnate.
“We want only two; and perhaps two more for Ucayga, so that we can get rid of these long delays.”
“You shall have everything you want, Wolf. I don’t see why we can’t beat the Lightning Express every day.”
“We can never do it when the train is on time; and I tell you Major Toppleton is too smart to let things drag on the other side as they do just now.”
“I don’t believe they can go through on time.”
“Yes, they can. The engineer who is running the dummy now will see that the train is never behind time when they give him the place. I never missed a connection while I was on the road.”
“Lewis Holgate is not you.”
“But the major will not let him ruin the enterprise much longer.”
“Pooh! what can the major do as long as Tom Toppleton chooses to keep Lewis on the engine?”
“Well, Tommy won’t choose to keep him there.”