Earp started to climb up after me, but the engineer spat. “Not him,” he said. “Why not?” “Just not.” “He’s right,” I said. “You don’t like me, either?” “No, I mean you have to go back and tell Mackie the Ginery Twitchell is safely sided,” I said. “I’ll stay with the train until Mackie sends word that the main line is clear and we can proceed safely.” “All right,” Earp said. “I have things to do in town, anyway.” Earp jumped down and made a show of brushing dust from his clothes, then started walking back toward Dodge, swinging the lantern lazily beside him. As the engineer put the train in reverse, and we backed away, slowly at first, and then faster, I watched as the lantern grew ever smaller. “Thank you for stopping,” I said. The cab was rocking and I braced against the wall. “I should have stopped sooner,” the engineer said. He was looking intently out the side window at the track behind us or, rather, ahead of us. “No, your suspicion was understandable.”
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