Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-04

C.pruy RAwLNGs.-As many of our home
readers know Captain Rawlings, the model Con-
Jrctor on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, we i'll
ssr the following well told story, which we find
IN the Washington Republic. All who know the
CAPTAIN will enjoy it as heartily as we have done.
It's life-llke to the letter:
CH,r WITH THE CoNDucToR.-''Irsn not not Of.
,.n a man loses anything by kindness. know 9
l.tI. matter of that sort saved my life, and per
tsDs The lives of many others at the same Time"
:.How was that?" asked we of our friend Rawl-
ms, the model conductor.
.tTby, we had an IriShman on this road watch
MA tunnel. rather think he used to take lit
ne Iouor wien he was Lonesome, any way, he laid
d. n on the track one day to listen for the cars.
He fell asleep, and vefy imprudently got his head
c1tOG by the express train. Well, there was the
l,,t of that IriShman. There was the DEVILS own
rF in Lis shanty when we took the poor fellow
10 and we got away as soon as ne decently could,
fol YOU know it's not agreeable to be surrounded
by distracted family when you're neither doc
tn or a nurse nor preacher. Somehow l was al
v,ys sorry when passed that place; of cou Sc
fat as lE-not exactly the same thing-but just as
t.imgkt happen 10 Inc some day, and then there
b: another low in family. told my wife about
i. anil she sent the family some little things. The
vdow of the dead lriShman was Catholic, anu,
as was then on a very fast train, would some
tines take up the old woman on Sunday and ca ry
hsr to church at Martinsburg. / sometimes
thought it was satisfaction to her 10 go to church,
ilr she had but little chance in the world, anyhow
certainly did not expect TO get anything for 1t i'll
tbs world, and expected they had so much
ssofed against me in the other that ii would nj
amount TO anything there.
"That was during the summer. One night the
next winter it was very cold, and the mountains
were covered with snow; we were running To
make time, when. Cd turning curve, the engineer
saw watering light on the track, and we soon
heard some one shouting. l was then out on The
platform. The engineer Stacked up and stopped
Tie engine, and We got out and went ahead in the
dark 10 see whist was tile matter. There it was,
large land slide had fallen across the the track,
near the shanty of that old IriShwCman. She
had built up large fire and watched for the traln'
iOE The curves were so sharp that we might have
teen upon the slide before we could see 1t. so
when we run up, there was the old lady, with bel
calico cap, swinging the chunk of fire like re
VOlvng light house, and there was the little lIlSh
carrying brush, Ii e so many. little beavers. Slit
had watched all that night in the cold. But to
htr, in another minute we should have run into
pile Of dirt and stone as big as Barnum's hotel.
should have got "pit ticket" certain for was OF
ih5 platform. What would have become OF TIT
passengers and train you can guess as we'll as
can"
We expressed hope that the old widow hac
teen properly rewarded.
"Tte passengers made up about eighty dollars
the company afterwards gave her shanty rem
lee the breakmen and engineers bought her COW
and she made out very well. But when | handel
lhe money TO Eer that night, she said: tGintlemel
and ladies, Pm thankful, and may ye niyer know
The want OF what ye give me. But what did wa
mostly on account of him, there. He was KNIT
and thoughtful too the poor and the afl.c ted, an
I'd watched till l froze before ha1rum should hav
come OF him, if could ha helped it.',
D-n the thing, it made me choke right up"
"PasSen jars tor the Re!a-a "" DON'T forge
your umbrella, SIT; there might be an explosion
anu you'd want it to keep of the cinders." Gle
me mt. pass your bandbox, miss" "Take care OF you
ii.He boy madam, no insurance on him." ga
tight! go aheadv'-RepubLc.