Washington telegraph., 1853-08-17
An Tmtcrcstirg Story.
CHAT WITH THE CONDUCTOR

CHAT WITH THE CONDUCTOR.
"E.'z-fiot oftrn man loses ANYTHING By
kindness. know liulc matter of tha,
SOFT saved my liEe, and perhaps The lives "
many others ut the same time
How was that r. asked we of our friend
Rawlings, thc model conductor.
\ "WhN, WI hal an Iri-hlnan On tIi. road
{ watching 4 tunnel !: was warm weather.
Y 81 ha Rsrd ID WV inta thc tunnel to keep cool.
4 ! rather think he used to take 4 little linuor
I when he was lonesome; any way, lie laid
\ down Cn the track one day 10 listen far tie
cars: he fell asleep and very imprudcrtly
cot His head cut oiT hy TIE cxprcs, train
! Well. there was The la4t If that Iriyhman.
There was The devils own row in his shan
. " when we took The poor fellow w, and We
GOt AWAY ri soon nh Mo dncentlv could, for
you know It's net agreeable to be surround
cd with \ distracted family when You're
neither doctor nor q nurse nor preacher
Somehow | was always sorry when
passed ,hat place NJ course i fult IN if
nat exactly the same thing-but lust as bad
might happen to nc some day. ana then
thcrc'd bc another row i'll d family. told
MY wife about il, and she sent the family
some litiie things. 'Fhe widow NJ the dead
ir'ahman was a Catholic, and, as I was then
On a very FIST train would Sometimes take
ur the g.l woman on Sunday ana carry her
IN church at Nartin~hurr. | somehow
Thought II was satisfaction 10 her " w II
church iur >ha Ind huf little chance IN tho
world anyhow. | certainly did not expect
70 gct anything f7r IL III this world, aud I
expected they hHd m much scored against
me n the other that It wouldn't amount to
aHy filing there.
That WAS during the summer. One
night the next winter II was cold and the
mountains were covered with snow We
we're running io make time. when. on turn
ing eurvc, the engineer sIw 4 waving light
on the track, and We soon heard some one
ahead Shouting. was then on the plat
form. The engineer slackad up aud Sop
rcd tho engine. and VIC aot out md went
ahead in the dark to sec What was ihc mat
tcr. There II was. A large landslide had
fallen acrnse fhe track, near tho shantv of
Chat I'D lrishwom1n She had buiIt up 4
N, lureo lrc aud watched !ur the train. flr
lhc curves were ~ sharp Chat VIA might have
been upon thc Slidc before VIZ could WV II.
~ when we run KIM. there was the old lalv.
with her calico cap. swinging tic chunk Of
Grc Ike revolving l!aht-hDnse, aud there
were thc little lri.h carrvirr hruah. lit, 50
many li.tle beavers. She had watched AT
that nizlt III thr cold But fur hnr. In an
other minute we would have run into rilc
" dirt and stone w bly, " Barnum's hctel.
should have grt 'Tit ticket, certain. fin
| was un ;Ec PLATFORM. What would have
become VT the Passengers ana train you Gin
guess NM we'll nm | can
WE expressed hope that thc oll widow
hai been properly rewarded
"Thn passengers made up about eighty
dollars; the company a5crward gave her
shan-y rent free, the braEcmcn aul engineers
bought her COW. and she made out very
ven But srhcn | handed tlie money ~ hcr
that night. she said 'Gintlemen and ladies.
I'm thankful. and may yc never know the
want IN what ya eiyc me- But what / did
MAS mostly MN acecannt nj him, there. lie
was Kind and thoughtful " thc poor ana the
afflicted anl mi watched till froza before
harrrm should have come to him, if / could
ha helped it,