The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-07-15

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but new and pleasantcr sensation soon !
took place Of this terror. None but those
who have actually experienced it can mag- !
inc the maddcning delight which. excessively
rapid motion produces. We were under full!
hca'iway, and with Nc load to rctard our
speed Now and then a lighted window by
the side Of the track flew past us like a mctc-
or; while, farther of in the gloom, a solitary
taper would sometimes seem madlv striving
to emulate our pacc-soon ,listanccd, howcv-
er, and soon lost. In less time than have
been talking, we had arrived at a little vii
lage, where the s;rcct-lamps were burning.
and which | knew was ust ten miles from
W. l stopped down and examined my
watch by the light Of the engine fire We
had travelled the first ten miles in less than
ten minutes. Faster shouted ,uat!lv to
the engineer, as l crammcd another pine
stick under the boiler But it was hardly
possible to accelerate our speed. The wheels
actually leapcd along the rails. The few
drops Of rain which occasionally fell, struck
against my face like fine shot The steam
whistle kept up an endless shrek. as if the
crcinc were some monstrous goblin tortured
beyond endurance by an inhuman ticnd, while
the deep base of the increasing thunder min
1lcI with the wild rattle of our wheels. and
formed a chorus w!ic Ii the Furic> mirh, have
cnvrcd. As my ears were gradually stunned
by these complicated noises, and my ears
wcaricd hv their unnatural cxcrtion. fan
cicd that heard other n,i>c> and saw other
sights. which cou!d ONLY have been the pro-
duet OF lcwi:,lcrcd BRAIN A> we dashed
into some gloomy "orrr seemed TO hear an
cry voices warning and uphrad:n. me As
we flew over some lofty cmbanhmcn saw
dark spirits in Ike air, WHO waved me on with
wild gestures. or struck a: me with airy
blades. The li.htuiug> became more vivid
and frequent. Vow they showed Us the
threatening crag> that overriding our path.
and now they lighted up a ra.ir- torrent far
beneath Us. Ny companion, was As calm and
comDo>c1 a~ thouo,, his rr,1, hal L.,n
rocked by ,cmpc>:>. The flashes ly which |
ocr,siona,v carc)t a cIim,>c of hin, raxc il,
!, .ruo. an unnatural rLa,,,iuc>, :, his face
bat his manner was as cool and collected AZ !
had always known it. could feel h,u man.
arinc the engine as quietly and carefully Is
il it was a summers ,!,v. and he had .hc
lives o. a hundred pa>>cnocrs 10 answer ,nr
beside his own.
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