Stop the train, Canby, when we come to the first open and level space, and we'll do some scouting ahead." The engineer felt great relief.

He was devoutly glad that the colonel was going to take such a precaution.

At that moment he, more than Colonel Newcomb, was responsible for the lives of the seven hundred human beings aboard the train, and his patriotism and sense of responsibility were both strong.
The train, with much jolting and clanging, stopped fifteen minutes later.

Both Dick and Warner, awakened by the shock, sat up and rubbed their eyes.

Then they left the train at once to join Colonel Newcomb, who might want them immediately.