To have been sent for the pay-rolls and checks and to lose the package, which I should have "grasped as my honor," was a dreadful showing.

I called the engineer and told him it must have been shaken out within the last few miles.

Would he reverse his engine and run back for it?
Kind soul, he did so.

I watched the line, and on the very banks of a large stream, within a few feet of the water, I saw that package lying.

I could scarcely believe my eyes.