The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-08-03
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Chat with the Conductor.

Chat with the Conductor.
!" ifs noi often man I.ssss anything
BY kindness. know liille mallrr al that
son saved my lIie. and perhaps the lives
ui many Others Al the iims."
"ll.w vas thai! 2, asked We of our
lriend Raxling.. the model conductor.
/" Why. sc had an lrishman on this
road walehings tunnel. II Was warm
weather. 30 he used 10 60 into the innnrl
io keep eool. rather think he used TO
take liule liquor when he was loneson.;
any way. he laid down on ihe mark one
day 10 listen far the cars. lie iell a.lsep.
and very imprudrn,ly got his head rul of
By the express IRAN. Well, there was The
last uf that lushman. There wss ihs
devils own row in his shaniy when 90
took The poor fellow up. and We got away
as soon as We decenly could. fsr y,u
know ii's mol agreeable 10 be surrounded
willls distracted family when ou'rs nel-
iher dociar nor nurse. nor preacher.
Somehow ! was always sorry when |
passed Thai plare; Of course fell M it,
mot exactly the same ihins-bu, just as
bad. might happen To me some day. aud
then ihers'J be snoLsrr row in q family.
| lold my wife about il. aud she sent the
family some little things. . he widow
Of llie dead lrishmsn MAS > Catholic. and.
as ] Was then on very fast train,
would sometimes take up the old womsn
on Sunday. and carry her TO Church a.
Mar,insbuig. somchow ihs,ghl il was
satisfaction 10 her 10 20 toschurch, Tor
she had but li,,ie chance in the world,
amy how. ! certainly did no, sxpec, 10
.ge, ANY thing for il in this world. and |
expected they had so much seoied against
me 10 The other, that u wouldn't amount
10 anything there.
That was during The summer, One
nighl Tho next winter il was very cold, and
: the mountains were covered with snow
} we were running To make time. when. on
turning curve, the engineer saw q wav-
ing light ON the track. and we soon heard
some one ahead shouting. | was then
OUT un The platform. The engineer slack
ell up and stopped The engine. and No
gol oni aud went ahead in ihsldark TO see
what was the matter. There il was. A
large landslide had fallen across the
track. near Tho shaniy of that old washwo-
man. She had built up large Gre and
watched iorihs train. for The curves we're
50 sharp that We nigh, have been upon
. the slide before we could see il. SO.
;, when We run up, there was the old lady.
with her calico cap. swinging the chunk
Of fire like q revolving lighthouse. and
. there were tho little Irish carry ing brush.
y like 50 many liuIs beavers. She had
70 watched all that night in the cold. But
iur her, in another minute we should have
j. run into pile Of dirl aud stone as big ~
g Balnnm's Hotel. | should have go. .
! pii ticket certain. .-for was on. The plat.
. furm. What would have become OF tbs
: passengers and train you can guess as
!" well as cam
:, We expressed hope ,ha, the old wis
. y dow had been property rewarded.
"rhe passengers made up abou, sigh.
!. " dollars, the company afterwards CAV,
D. her = shanly rem, free, the braksmen an,
I engineers buugh, her COW, aud sh,
:, made ou. very well. But when hand,
" the money 10 her .ha, night she SAID
h. Ginilemen and ladies. I'm thank fol, an
n. may ye niver know the want of wha, y
n. give me. But what did was mostly ol
|. account ofhin,, there. He was kind an,
thoughtful to The pour and the afflicted
or aud I'D watched ill froze befure har
rum should have come 10 him, if ! coul,
=. la helped H."
IN Darn the thing, |, made me chok
s. right up"
"Psssen,jars for The Rela-a.y." "Don
pr. forget your umbrella. sir; there might b
he an explosion. and you'd want il TO kef
N. of the cinders." "I.et me pass yon
n, handbook. MISS" "Taks care or yol
70. little boy. madam. no insurance on him.
he "All right! go ahead!"