"Bless the Lord!" ejaculated the darky operator fervently, "I done
guess our troubles is ovah!"
He changed his mind in a minute when it was discovered that the car
gates were jammed. There the eleven imprisoned passengers stood, on a
level with the third floor, a crowd gathered in the corridor as far
as the eye could see, a thin iron grating separating them from escape.
"I don't know but I'd just as lief stay here as to face that mob,"
murmured Bob, but some one heard him.
"You're among friends, bub," a man called. "Keep up a stout heart."
There was a general laugh, and some one was dispatched to get a
file. Ten minutes' work with this, and the stubborn catch was filed
through, the gates slid back and those behind them found themselves
once more on good solid mosaic tiling.
Bob's employer came up to him, and was presented to the girls. He
was a pleasant, prosperous-looking man, middle-aged, and evidently
fond of Bob. He immediately offered him the rest of the day off,
insisting that after such an experience he should rest quietly for a
few hours.
"By the way," he remarked _sotto voce_, "those two young men over
there at the head of the stairs are newspaper reporters.
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