, G. & N. M. had remembered the names and the performances of
Tom and Harry. This director of the Arizona road, being a friend of
President Newnham, of the S. B. & L. road, had written the latter,
asking whether the services of Tom and Harry could be secured. The
reply had been in the affirmative, and Tom and Harry had speedily
traveled down into Arizona. In the few days they had been at this
little town of Paloma, they had gone thoroughly over the ground, they
had studied the problem, and had expressed their opinion that the job
could be put through creditably at a cost not exceeding a quarter of a
million dollars.
"Go to it, then!" General Manager Curtis had replied. "You have our
road's credit at your command, and we look to you to make good. You are
both very young, but Newnham's word is quite good enough for us."
The day before this story opens this general manager had boarded one of
the rough-looking construction trains and had gone back to the road's
headquarters.
As they sat in the barber shop now Tom and Harry were quite unaware of
the interested notice they were receiving.
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