"However, the Man-killer is no task for boys.

It is a job for giants to put through, if the job ever can be finished." "Then, if it's so difficult, why doesn't the road shift the track by two or three miles ?" inquired Clarence.
"You certainly are a newcomer here," laughed Duff easily.

"Why, my son, the railroad was chartered on condition that it run through certain towns.

Paloma, here, is one of the towns.

So the road has to come here." "But couldn't the road shift, just after it leaves here ?" insisted Clarence.
"Oh, certainly.