I'll report it when
we get in tomorrow."
"Let me. I know how to do it up brown."
"No, I will attend to it myself."
"Say, Phil!"
"Yes?"
"If the air was coupled on and the train broke in two in the
middle what would happen?"
"Why it would bring everything up standing. Breaking the air
circuit would set the brakes the entire length of the train."
"And if the air was not coupled up, what then?"
"In that event nothing would happen."
"The train wouldn't stop?"
"No."
"H-m-m."
"Why do you ask?"
"For information. What do you suppose I am asking for unless I
want to know."
Teddy relapsed into a moody silence.
"Why don't you go to bed?" Teddy asked after awhile, looking
up suddenly.
"I guess it would be a good idea," replied Phil. "We shall
have to get up rather early in the morning. I will set my
alarm for three o'clock. I have an idea some of the rival
crews will be up and out about that time. They won't be so
easily beaten tomorrow."
"Oh, I don't know," answered Teddy. "Maybe so and maybe not.
You can't most always sometimes tell."
"Aren't you going to turn in?" demanded Phil, beginning
to undress.
"No, not yet. I am not very sleepy tonight."
"You will be, in the morning, and you will not want to get up,"
cautioned Phil.
"I will take the chance.
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