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Superintendent  the exact time Cal passed over his town. 

On the days Cal was favored by a tail wind he could make better time than could the train, so the telegraph operators were instructed to mark with chalk in large figures on the west side of their town, the trine at which Cal passed. [[strikethrough]]He, on the train[[/strikethrough]] 

[[paragraph symbol]] By comparing these figures with our watches, as we flashed past the towns, could determine whether Cal was gaining on us and how much, so long as these figures appeared on the towns we also knew he was still in the air.

The most exciting days were those on which it was nip and tuck between the plane and train. Every face was glued to a window pane in an effort to keep Cal in sight. If the train began ahead of him, everybody