1. STEPNEY, THE
BLUEBELL ENGINE
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2. WORKS CLOSELY
WITH HIS FRIEND RUSTY.
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3. ONE DAY SIR TOPHAM HATT
CAME TO SEE HIM.
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4. "RUSTY TELLS ME
YOU'RE IN NEED OF A CHANGE.
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5. SO I WANT YOU TO HELP TOBY
AND MAVIS IN THE QUARRY."
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6. "OH, THANK YOU, SIR,"
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7. SAID STEPNEY,
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8. "SHALL I BE AWAY LONG?"
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9. "JUST TODAY,
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10. "BUT PLEASE BE CAREFUL,
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11. IT IS EASY TO GET LOST UP THERE
SO BE BACK BEFORE DARK."
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12. "WE WILL,"
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13. SAID THE DRIVER.
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14. STEPNEY SOON ARRIVED
AT THE QUARRY.
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15. "WE'RE GLAD
YOU'RE HERE TO HELP US,"
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16. SAID TOBY.
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17. "ARE THOSE MY CARS?"
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18. ASKED STEPNEY.
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19. "ONLY SOME OF THEM.
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20. THERE'S MASSES MORE
IN THE SIDINGS,"
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21. REPLIED MAVIS.
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22. "THE MORE THE MERRIER!"
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23. STEPNEY WAS
REALLY ENJOYING HIMSELF.
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24. THE DUSTIER HE BECAME,
THE HARDER HE WORKED.
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25. MAVIS AND TOBY
WERE IMPRESSED.
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26. THEN THE FOREMAN
SPOKE TO HIS DRIVER.
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27. "WE HAVE A NIGHT SPECIAL
TO TAKE TO THE BUILDING SITE
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28. "AT THE NEW BRANCHLINE.
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29. DO YOU WANT TO PULL
THE TRAIN?"
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30. "YES, PLEASE,"
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31. SAID THE DRIVER,
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32. BUT HE SHOULD'VE ASKED
SIR TOPHAM HATT FIRST.
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33. NIGHT CAME.
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34. "BE CAREFUL, STEPNEY,"
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35. ADVISED TOBY.
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36. "I WILL AND THANK YOU
FOR A LOVELY DAY.
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37. I DO HOPE
I CAN COME BACK AGAIN."
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38. "THE LINE CAN BE SPOOKY,"
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39. SAID MAVIS.
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40. "THANK YOU
FOR THE WARNING."
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41. AND WITH THAT,
STEPNEY PUFFED AWAY.
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42. STEPNEY ARRIVED ON TIME
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43. AND MADE THE DELIVERY
OF ROCKS AND STONES
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44. FOR THE WORKMEN.
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45. THEN HE SET OFF FOR HOME.
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46. THAT'S WHEN
THE TROUBLE BEGAN.
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47. A FOG CAME DOWN.
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48. "MAVIS WAS RIGHT.
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49. SUDDENLY EVERYTHING
DOES LOOK SPOOKY."
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50. "THERE'S A SIGNAL BOX,"
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51. CALLED HIS DRIVER.
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52. "AND THE SIGNAL LIGHT
IS GREEN.
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53. SOMEONE MUST HAVE
BEEN EXPECTING US."
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54. BUT THEY WEREN'T.
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55. THE POINTS HAD BEEN SET
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION,
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56. BUT STEPNEY
DIDN'T REALIZE THIS.
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57. "HOME, HERE WE COME."
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58. THEN THEY APPROACHED
AN UNKNOWN AREA.
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59. THE DRIVER MADE A DECISION.
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60. "IT'S BEST IF WE REST HERE
UNTIL THE FOG CLEARS."
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61. "WHAT ARE
THOSE STRANGE SOUNDS?"
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62. WONDERED STEPNEY.
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63. THEN, THE FOG SLOWLY LIFTED.
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64. "OH, NO!
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65. WE'RE IN THE SCRAPYARDS!"
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66. HIS DRIVER AND FIREMAN
WENT FOR HELP.
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67. STEPNEY WAS ALL ALONE,
BUT NOT FOR LONG.
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68. TWO DIESELS APPROACHED.
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69. "GOT YOU THIS TIME,
STEPNEY,
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70. "YOU'LL MAKE
VERY FINE SCRAP INDEED.
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71. BUFFER HIM, BERT."
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72. THE DIESELS TOOK HIM
TO THE LARGE SMELTERS SHED.
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73. "BYE-BYE, STEPNEY!
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74. HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!"
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75. STEPNEY LOOKED UP...
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76. ABOVE HIM
WAS A HUGE GRABBER.
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77. "THIS ENGINE'S
NOT FOR SCRAPPING,"
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78. THE GRABBER
WASN'T LISTENING,
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79. BUT JUST AS IT WAS
ABOUT TO GRAB HOLD OF HIM...
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80. IT STOPPED.
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81. THERE STOOD
SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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82. "IT'S A GOOD THING
I'M VISITING THIS YARD TONIGHT.
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83. "SAVING YOU FROM SCRAP
IS BECOMING A HABIT, STEPNEY.
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84. PLEASE, STOP IT."
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85. "YES, SIR,
BUT I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING."
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86. "WHAT'S THAT?"
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87. "THERE'S NO PLACE
LIKE HOME."
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88. "AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE
YOU'RE GOING NOW."
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89. "BLUEBELLS FOREVER!"
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90. ONE MORNING,
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91. SIR TOPHAM HATT
AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN
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92. CAME TO SEE TOBY.
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93. "COME ON, TOBY.
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94. "WE'RE ALL GOING
TO THE SEASIDE.
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95. WE WILL RIDE
IN HENRIETTA."
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96. "YES, SIR!"
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97. SAID TOBY HAPPILY.
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98. THEY CAME
TO A SMALL SEASIDE STATION.
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99. SOON THE CHILDREN
WERE PLAYING IN THE SAND
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100. BUILDING A SPLENDID CASTLE.
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101. SIR TOPHAM HATT
INSPECTED IT.
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102. "MY WORD,
IT'S A VERY FINE CASTLE.
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103. HAVE YOU SEEN
A REAL ONE LIKE IT?"
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104. "YES,"
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105. REPLIED THE CHILDREN.
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106. "IT'S HERE ON THE ISLAND."
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107. AND THEY SHOWED HIM A MAP.
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108. "HMM,"
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109. PONDERED SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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110. THE MET TOBY
AT THE HARBOR.
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111. "COME ON, ALONG;
WE ARE GOING EXPLORING."
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112. SOON, THEY WERE IN
THE WILDEST PART OF THE ISLAND.
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113. THEY STOPPED
BY A LONELY SIGNAL BOX.
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114. "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"
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115. ASKED THE SIGNALMAN.
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116. "WE'RE TRYING TO FIND
AN OLD CASTLE."
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117. "I KNOW THE PLACE, SIR,"
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118. SAID THE SIGNALMAN.
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119. "THERE'S A SMALL JUNCTION
NOT TOO FAR DOWN THE LINE.
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120. JUST SWITCH THE POINTS."
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121. WHEN THE FIREMAN
SWITCHED THE POINTS
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122. THEIR ADVENTURE REALLY BEGAN.
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123. TOBY PUSHED PAST
BRANCHES AND BUSHES
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124. UNTIL THEY CAME
TO ANOTHER LITTLE JUNCTION.
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125. THERE THEY SAW
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126. "TO THE CASTLE"
AND "TO THE MINE."
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127. "WE'LL GO
TO THE CASTLE FIRST."
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128. TOBY STOPPED
BY AN OLD WATER TOWER.
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129. "THERE'S THE CASTLE!"
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130. "YES..."
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131. REPLIED SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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132. "AND NOW WE SHALL VISIT
THE MINE."
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133. ONCE UPON A TIME,
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134. THE MINE HAD BEEN WORKED
BY THE LITTLE ENGINES
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135. AND THEIR LINES
WERE STILL IN PLACE.
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136. BUT NOW EVERYTHING WAS
VERY RUSTY AND OVERGROWN.
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137. SIR TOPHAM HATT
WAS MOST IMPRESSED,
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138. BUT TOBY
WAS RATHER SCARED.
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139. HE WAS GLAD
WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME.
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140. "I THINK THE CASTLE
AND THE MINE WILL MAKE
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141. "A FINE PLACE
FOR VISITORS,
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142. BUT IT WILL TAKE
SOME HARD WORK FIRST."
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143. "Y-Y-YES, SIR,"
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144. SAID TOBY NERVOUSLY.
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145. SIR TOPHAM HATT'S PLANS
WERE SOON PUT INTO ACTION.
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146. BUT TOBY WAS STILL WORRIED.
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147. "I'M SURE
THIS PLACE IS HAUNTED,"
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148. HE THOUGHT.
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149. "IT'S OUR TURN TO STAY HERE
ON GUARD TONIGHT, TOBY."
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150. "OHH, Y-Y-YES; WHY NOT,"
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151. STUTTERED TOBY.
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152. "BEWARE OF
THE GHOST, TOBY!"
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153. THOMAS SAID.
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154. "WHAT GHOST?"
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155. ASKED TOBY.
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156. "THE OLD WARRIOR GHOST.
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157. "EVERY NIGHT HE LIGHTS HIS FIRE,
THEN GOES HUNTING.
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158. TOOT-TOOT! GOOD-BYE!"
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159. NIGHT CAME.
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160. TOBY LOOKED ANXIOUSLY AROUND.
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161. EVERYTHING SEEMED
RATHER SPOOKY.
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162. QUITE SUDDENLY HE HEARD
A STRANGE WHEEZING SOUND.
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163. "IT'S THE GHOST!"
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164. HE WAILED.
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165. "WHAT GHOST?"
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166. HIS DRIVER ASKED.
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167. "IT'S THE OLD WARRIOR.
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168. HE'S COME
TO HUNT ME DOWN."
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169. "DON'T BE SO DAFT.
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170. "WE'LL GO
AND INVESTIGATE."
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171. THEY RETURNED QUITE SOON.
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172. "THE OLD WARRIOR
WANTS TO MEET YOU,"
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173. LAUGHED HIS FIREMAN.
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174. "CAN'T IT WAIT
TILL MORNING?"
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175. REPLIED TOBY.
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176. "GHOSTS DON'T WORK
DAY SHIFTS,"
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177. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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178. TOBY BRAVELY MADE HIS WAY.
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179. "WELL, BLESS MY BELL!"
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180. HE EXCLAIMED.
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181. THERE, IN FRONT OF HIM,
WAS A LITTLE OLD ENGINE.
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182. "THIS IS YOUR GHOST, TOBY!"
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183. SAID THE SIGNALMAN.
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184. "HIS NAME'S REALLY
BERTRAM,
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185. "BUT WE CALL HIM
'THE OLD WARRIOR'
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186. BECAUSE HE'S SO BRAVE."
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187. BERTRAM AND TOBY
ARE NOW FRIENDS.
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188. THEY TAKE THE VISITORS
TO THE CASTLE
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189. AND THE MINE.
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190. IF THERE ARE
ANY GHOSTS HERE,
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191. THEY CERTAINLY HELP
TO MAKE THE PLACE VERY HAPPY!
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