Chapter 13
Narrator: The next Day, Harry and Sally got up and went to the Baldwin Locomotive Works to see how their engine was coming along. When they got there, they were greeted by the receptionist.
Receptionist: Ah, you two. I am glad to tell you that your engine should be completed by the end of the day.
Harry: That is wonderful news! I hope that it will do a good job of pulling trains for us.
Receptionist: Oh, I'm sure that it will! We will be steaming it today to see how the boiler and drive system holds up.
Sally: Can we go and see it?
Receptionist: Why you sure can, come and follow me.
Narrator: So Harry and Sally followed the receptionist to the room where the engine was being built. It looked magnificent. It looked like all that needed to be done on it as to put all of the jewelry and detail parts and side rods on it. Harry and Sally were very impressed. They thought it very pretty. They thought that it would look even more pretty if it was painted. Just then, Harry spoke up.
Harry: Ah, Sally, I think that we should go. We need to find something else to do while we are here.
Sally: Alright.
Narrator: So Harry and Sally left the workshop and went out into the streets. They were looking for something else to do, so they walked all over the streets to find something to do. Suddenly, out of no where, out came the boy that overheard Harry say to himself that they thought that he was Polly's murderer. As soon as he saw Harry, he exclaimed
Boy: There is that girl's murderer again!
Mother: You silly, Arrogant, Lying son of a b****h! How long are you going to keep this up?!
Narrator: And the mother spanked the boy in the butt. However, there was a man in the crowd that was at Harry's trial in Bethlehem there who overheard the conversation. He looked over and recognized Harry.
Man: Oh, My God! That is him! Woman! Your son is telling the truth!
Woman: Dear Me! Grab him! I will go get the police!
Narrator: And the woman ran off to go find the police. Then the man tried to grab Harry. Sally was horrified. She did not know what to do. She thought that they were all done for and they would never save Polly now. Just then, she saw a barrel on the side of the street and decided that this would make a good weapon. She grabbed it and whacked the man on the back of the head with it. The barrel smashed into pieces and the man was knocked unconscious.
Sally: Wow! That as cool!
Narrator: Then, she called out to Harry.
Sally: Harry! We need to get out of here!
Harry: You don't need to tell me twice!
Narrator: So they ran off to go find some place to hide. They ran into a back alley, and ran down some stairs into the basement of a store and dove behind some barrels. They stayed there for several minutes, until they decided that the coast was clear, then they came out of their hiding place and went back out into the streets. They thought that all of the cops had gone off to another area of the city. However, when they thought the coast was clear, a cop spotted them.
Cop: Stop! Stop! Hold it right there!
Narrator: harry felt helpless. He did not know what to do. He thought that he and Sally were gonners. Just then, he remembered about the gun that he had bought just a couple of days ago. He decided that now would be a good time to use it. And with that, he pulled it out and pointed it at the officer.
Harry: Don't come any closer!
Narrator: So the officer stopped where he was, and Harry began to back away. However, just as he thought that everything as going fine, he accidentally pulled the trigger of the gun. The gun fired, and the bullet hit the officer in the chest and killed him. Harry was mortified.
Harry: Oh No! What have I done!
Narrator: It got even worse when he saw that a lot of people had heard the shot and had come to investigate. Someone shouted out.
Person: Oh My God! That son of a b***h has already killed that girl in Bethlehem, and now he has killed a police officer!
Narrator; Harry realized that he had just committed the crime that he was accused of for real this time, and that he and Sally now had to really get out of there. He and Sally ran for their lives.
Sally: Come on! We have to get out of here!
Harry: You are right! We have got to go! But how d oe get away from these cops? We have only our legs to run!
Sally: Say! I just thought of something! Maybe we can use our engine! It should be ready to be steamed by no, and maybe we can use it to get out of town!
Harry: That is a great idea Sally! I just hope that it is under steam by the time we get there.
Narrator: So harry and Sally ran over to the Baldwin Shop. They were about to enter through the main visitor entrance, but then Sally realized something.
Sally: Wait, harry! We can't go in through there! They will surely know that we are the culprits that supposedly killed Polly, and they will arrest us if we go in there!
Harry: You are right Sally! We need to sneak into the off limits area, and get to our engine through there.
Sally: You are right! Look! We can sneak in through the yard!
Narrator: So harry and Sally went into the rail area of the Baldwin works, and they snuck around all sorts of steam engines that were being readied to be shipped out of the yard to railroads all over the country. They then snuck over into the erecting hall, and they looked for their engine. Just then, Sally spotted it.
Sally: Look! There it is! And look! It is under steam! We can surely make a clean getaway now!
Narrator: So they went over to their engine, and they were about to leave when harry realized something.
Harry: We need to grease and oil the moving parts of this engine before we can leave, Sally!
Sally: Oh S**t!
Narrator: They then turned to look for some grease and oil to lubricate the engine for the trip to Harrisburg. After about a minute, they found some over on a bench. They then spotted a grease gun, and grabbed it, and began oiling the engine. After about 4 minutes, they were just about done lubricating the engine, when some of the workmen ran into the room. They sa harry and Sally oiling the engine, and ran over to try to stop them. But before they could, Harry and Sally jumped into the cab of the engine and opened the throttle. The engine then took off like a jackrabbit. They raced out of the Erecting Hall, out of the yard, and onto the main line. They then opened the throttle wide and let the engine run for all it was worth. Just then, harry spoke up.
Harry: I hope this engine does not fall apart on the ride! This is not the proper way to break in the engine! It could fall apart if we are not careful!
Sally: I hope so too, harry!
Narrator: Just then, Harry began shoveling in more coal to keep the fire burning. He knew that they were out of trouble for now, but they now had to run back to Harrisburg to fetch Polly's body to perform the ritual to connect her to the engine.