& L., stopping his car, and Tom went over to him.
"The suspense is over, at last, Reade," exclaimed Mr.Newnham, smiling broadly.

"Look! the road is all but completed.

Hundreds of men are toiling.

The first train left Stormburg this morning.
By seven tonight you'll have the last rails in place.

Between eight and nine this evening the first through train will have rolled into Lineville and we shall have won the fight that has brought me many gray hairs.