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Page 83
Trailed by detectives of a fire insurance company, Frank Danes was soon
caught and brought back to Arizona. He was fairly convicted of having
set the old Cactus House on fire, though he could not be persuaded to
admit himself an agent of the Colthwaite Company. Fred Ransom, the
other agent, is believed to be still in the employ of the Colthwaite
Company's "gloom department."
Mr. Hawkins is still in the employ of the A., G. & N. M. So are foremen
Bell, Rivers and Mendoza.
Tim Griggs proved himself so thoroughly while foreman at the building of
the new rail-road hotel in Paloma, that he has gone on to other and
better work. Griggs is now a prosperous man, and, best of all, he has
his little daughter with him.
Lessee Carter has flourished in the new railroad hotel. Rafe Bodson and
Jeff Moore are his clerks.
The day came when Tom Reade and Harry Hazelton were able to apply the
final and most severe test to the roadbed that ran across the Man-killer
quicksand. Their work was finished, and finished splendidly, adding
another great triumph to their record as young engineers.
"These hot countries are fine, for a while," grunted Harry Hazelton, as
the young engineers left Paloma in a special Pullman car that General
Manager Ellsworth had sent for their use.
"They are fine, in fact; but one gets tired of working on a blistering
desert. I hope our next long undertaking will be in a country where ice
grows as one of the natural fruits."
"Greenland, for instance?" smiled Tom Reade.
"Alaska, at all events," responded Harry hopefully.
"Do you know where I'm figuring on making my next stop?" Tom inquired.
"Where?"
"In good old Gridley, the town where we were born, boy! I'm fairly
aching for a sight of the good old town. Will you go with me?"
"For a few weeks, yes," Harry agreed. "But after that little rest?"
"After our visit to the good old home town," Tom Reade replied, "we'll
go anywhere on earth where a good, big chance for engineering offers.
Harry, we've yet nearly all of our work ahead of us to do if we're ever
going to be real, Class A engineers!"
That our young engineers found still greater work awaiting them will be
discovered in the next volume in this series, which is published under
the title, "The Young Engineers in Nevada; or, Seeking Fortune on the
Turn of a Pick."
In this narrative we find our young friends wholly away from railroad
work, but engaged in an even greater undertaking. The adventures
awaiting them were more exciting than any they had yet encountered.
Fame and fortune, too, offered a greater opportunity. How the young
engineers embraced the opportunity will be made plain to our readers.
THE END
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