The Young Conductor, or Winning His Way (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Young Conductor, or Winning His WayJud Halpine, it may be said, was waiting for a double Signal. The swing Of the conductor's lantern and the clink of the gong were generally simultaneous, but when the fireman was on the watch, he was sometimes able to anticipate the sound of the ¿at bell, and called all right to his engineer, who gained a second or so In starting.Jud had held his attitude Of waiting for several minutes. When convinced that it was time to start, he snatched out his watch, and looked at its face by the dim glare of the light in the cab.It was two minutes past seven. The train ought to have been well under way by that time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.