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.007 a full and accepted Brother of the Amalgamated Brotherhood of Locomotives , and as such entitled to all shop , switch , track , tank , and round-house privileges throughout my jurisdiction , in the Degree of Superior Flier , it bein ' well known and credibly reported to me that our Brother has covered forty-one miles in thirty-nine minutes and a half on an errand of mercy to the afflicted . At a convenient time , I myself will communicate to you the Song and Signal of this Degree whereby you may be recognised in the darkest night . Take your stall , newly entered Brother among Locomotives ! '' * * * * * Now , in the darkest night , even as the Purple Emperor said , if you will stand on the bridge across the freightyard , looking down upon the four-track way , at 2:30 A. M. , neither before nor after , when the White Moth , that takes the overflow from the Purple Emperor , tears south with her seven vestibuled cream-white cars , you will hear , as the yard-clock makes the half-hour , a far-away sound like the bass of a violoncello , and then , a hundred feet to each word , `` With a michnai -- ghignai -- shtingal ! Yah ! Yah ! Yah !