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Rh an engine whistle, Notorious done it! That's his way."

"Did they catch him?" asked Connie, who had listened wide-eyed.

"Catch him!" snorted McKeever. "I don't believe they got anyways close to him, 'cause right then he pulled the most spectacular stunt of his whole notorious career. He waited till he got amongst the foothills an' stopped his engine, then he threw her wide open on the reverse an' jumped off. Rooney says he hopes he'll never see another sight like that. With the passenger engine a-tearin' along better than sixty miles an hour, they rounded a curve an' there, down a two-mile stretch of track, straight at 'em come that freight engine."

"Did it hit 'em?" asked Connie, excitedly.

"Hit 'em!" roared McKeever. "Ain't I just got through tellin' that Rooney turned in his report? Well, he wouldn't, if that engine had hit 'em. They managed to stop their engine, an' take to the brush just before the two engines hit. They sure mussed up the right of way. Rooney says there wasn't a piece left big enough but what a section crew loaded 'em by hand on a flat car."

"Let's see his picture," said Connie, and Rickey