Part 39 (2/2)
A yell fro had coe part of the contents of the boiler over hian to realize that so So as if on the brink of a precipice Then it began to settle slowly and theto rest where it was on the ties
Instead, the car took a sudden lurch
”We're going over so!” cried a voice
Phil, who had scrambled quickly to his feet, half-dazed froanhis way tohere Little Di Forrest was hurled with great force against the side of the car Everything in the car seemed suddenly to have beco utensils, tables and chairs were flying through the air, the noise within the car acco series of crashes frouishable above the deafening crashes
Those ere able to think realized that the acco over an en, what is known as a ”blind switch” had been turned while the engine was shunting the accommodation car about the yards The result was that the car had left the rails, bu on the ties for a distance, then had toppled over an eh
It seemed as if all in that ill-fated car must be killed or ine called for help
The crash had been heard all over the railroad yards
Railroad men and circus men had rushed toward the spot where the acco the number He had just arrived at the yards when the accident occurred
Fortunately, the wrecking creas ready for instant service, and these men were rushed without an instant's delay to the outskirts of the yard where the wreck had occurred
However, ere thecry rose from hundreds of throats
”Fire! The car is on fire!”
”Break in the doors! Smash the sides in!”
Yet no one see
Phil had been hurled through a broken , landing halfway down the bank, on the uphill side of the car, else he hly dazed was he that he was unable to move
Finally someone discovered him and picked him up
”Here's one of them,” announced a bystander ”It's a kid, too”
Mr Sparling ca down the bank
”Who is it? Where is he?” he bellowed
”Here”
”It's Phil Forrest,” cried one of the show the lad, whose face was streaked where it had been cut by the jagged glass in the broken
”Is he killed?”
”No; he's alive He's co around now”
Phil sat up and rubbed his eyes