"If you said that on trial it would be jail for you for some
years to come. To return to the subject under discussion, all
the men were asleep in those cars, or at least they were supposed
to be. Had there been another train over the road, last night,
the chances are that it would have run into those show cars
and killed every man in them, besides wrecking the train itself
and killing a lot more people. I am willing to take long chances
in the line of duty, but I should hope I never would commit a
crime in so doing. Let this be a warning to you, Teddy Tucker.
Never do a thing like this again. We will beat our rivals by all
fair means and we will stop there."
Phil paused, eyeing his companion sternly.
Teddy glanced up inquiringly.
"Is the sermon over?" he asked.
"I have no more advice to offer at the present moment. I hope
for your sake that the inquiry in this matter will not extend
to us. If it does, I feel sorry for you."
An inquiry did follow. It was stirred up most thoroughly by the
manager of the canary colored car. But, fortunately for Teddy
Tucker, no suspicion of the truth ever dawned upon the rival
manager, and the railroad got out of the scrape by disciplining
the train crew that had lost the three cars without knowing it.
However, the lesson was a wholesome one for Teddy, even though he
would not admit the fact.
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