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3,6 THE NIGHT i RAIN PASSES 2
head on the back of the seat to watch the twinkling lights of the small station through low~redeyeiid~.
IIHmmmm, " he mused, IIHantonvil;l:eis ,J1;ts:t ":dOwTI ยท,:the'--l-ine from here.1I He let his thoughts proceed to rest pleasantly on Marie a ;ain, cigarette forgotten.
The approaching roar of a. thousand cle.ngs "and .puffs and a wailing cry heralded the coming train even before the white knife of li~ht cleared its path through the dark jungle of night. The wig-~ags winked their fiery warnings to approaching motorists while the ground trembled at the coming Df the monster.
Steve sat upright and watched the black, hissing giant slide into the yellow pool of light cast by the station lights. It had bare::LY slowed to a halt when it began to pick u~ speed again. As Steve prepared to go out to collect his packages a voice startled him.
"Hey, bud? how far you goin'? huh?"
As the engine rolled by? a dark figure hopped on the
running board. A head was thrust through the open window on his right.
"Just as far as Coulter, the next town," he shoutedo "How much to go on to Ferris?" he roared back.
"No go?" Steve refused. "I got an important date in
Coulter."
"Five hundred?"
