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You
’
ve
got
to
take
over
at
once
.
"
With
the
door
closed
,
he
repeated
to
the
boy
the
story
of
the
Diesel
at
Fairmount
,
as
he
had
given
it
to
Brent
,
and
the
order
to
send
the
Comet
through
with
Engine
Number
306
,
if
the
boy
did
not
hear
from
him
in
half
an
hour
.
The
boy
was
in
no
condition
to
think
,
to
speak
or
to
understand
anything
:
he
kept
seeing
the
blood
on
the
face
of
Bill
Brent
,
who
had
been
his
idol
.
"
Yes
,
sir
,
"
he
answered
humbly
.
Dave
Mitchum
departed
for
Fairmount
,
announcing
to
every
yardman
,
switchman
and
wiper
in
sight
,
as
he
boarded
the
track
motor
car
that
he
was
going
in
search
of
a
Diesel
for
the
Comet
.
The
night
dispatcher
sat
at
his
desk
,
watching
the
clock
and
the
telephone
,
praying
that
the
telephone
would
ring
and
let
him
hear
from
Mr
.
Mitchum
.
But
the
half
-
hour
went
by
in
silence
,
and
when
there
were
only
three
minutes
left
,
the
boy
felt
a
terror
he
could
not
explain
,
except
that
he
did
not
want
to
send
that
order
,
He
turned
to
the
trainmaster
and
the
road
foreman
,
asking
hesitantly
,
"
Mr
.
Mitchum
gave
me
an
order
before
he
left
,
but
I
wonder
whether
I
ought
to
send
it
,
because
I
.
.
.
I
don
’
t
think
it
’
s
right
.
He
said
—
"
The
trainmaster
turned
away
;
he
felt
no
pity
:
the
boy
was
about
the
same
age
as
his
brother
had
been
.
The
road
foreman
snapped
,
"
Do
just
as
Mr
.
Mitchum
told
you
.
You
’
re
not
supposed
to
think
,
"
and
walked
out
of
the
room
.
The
responsibility
that
James
Taggart
and
Clifton
Locey
had
evaded
now
rested
on
the
shoulders
of
a
trembling
,
bewildered
boy
.
He
hesitated
,
then
he
buttressed
his
courage
with
the
thought
that
one
did
not
doubt
the
good
faith
and
the
competence
of
railroad
executives
.
He
did
not
know
that
his
vision
of
a
railroad
and
its
executives
was
that
of
a
century
ago
.
With
the
conscientious
precision
of
a
railroad
man
,
in
the
moment
when
the
hand
of
the
clock
ended
the
half
-
hour
,
he
signed
his
name
to
the
order
instructing
the
Comet
to
proceed
with
Engine
Number
306
,
and
transmitted
the
order
to
Winston
Station
.
The
station
agent
at
Winston
shuddered
when
he
looked
at
the
order
,
but
he
was
not
the
man
to
defy
authority
.
He
told
himself
that
the
tunnel
was
not
,
perhaps
,
as
dangerous
as
he
thought
.
He
told
himself
that
the
best
policy
,
these
days
,
was
not
to
think
.
When
he
handed
their
copies
of
the
order
to
the
conductor
and
the
engineer
of
the
Comet
,
the
conductor
glanced
slowly
about
the
room
,
from
face
to
face
,
folded
the
slip
of
paper
,
put
it
into
his
pocket
and
walked
out
without
a
word
.
