"The responsibility
for safety of life at this point is all yours, Reade."
"And I'm willing enough to take it, sir, if you don't run trains over
the Man-killer until the new roadbed has stood tests that I'll put upon
it."
"It'll cost at least ten thousand dollars to repair the mischief that
the scoundrels have done to-night," figured Harry Hazelton thoughtfully.
"Then, if we can find out the guilty wretches for certain, we'll see
that they earn more than that amount by enforced labor in prison,"'
retorted the general manager grimly.
"Mr. Bell!" called Tom briskly.
"Here, sir," reported the foreman, coming forward..
"Mr. Bell, I wish you'd pick out twenty-one good men. Make the
brightest of the lot head of the new force of night watchmen. Place the
other twenty under his orders. Your gangs will come into play here
later than the others, so I'll let your shift of men have the first
chance at night-watchman duty."
"All right, sir," nodded Foreman Bell. "Any further orders?"
"None, except that your watchmen will do their best to guard both the
line of roadbed and the camp.
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