Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-08-08

Ine. e..WhSTuu9ta9 hHlgtte 100 ldS6s& Inc car
Iriages began 10 sway 70 and fro. and
lcould hear the exclamation Of fear from
the passengers * sRss5 4 sex
f. g Good heavensip cried one of the
fguard, coming in at that moment, what
is that fellow doing Look, sir. and see
thowzwes are going I Just loolE.,'--
I looked out at the window and found
thatdwe weras dashing aalongs al afspeed
never before travelled on ,thatgoad, Posts.
fences. rocks and trees, flew by in one
undfsting guished mass, aud the carriage
fnow iswayed fearfuiIy. sI=started 10 ny
feeeahdt4net asnauonsthe 'pfatfofm. he
Twas one Of eur chief owners of 3the5road, !,
and was. just on his way to- Berlins sHe'
was pale and excited - 80
a Sir. he said I" Is Martin Kr5ller on
4 the engine ?gsS1 tet = .%sisla $3.50 :
" Yes, told him. . ssssq4-f .rs.f,ss,ss e
(" Holy Virgin Didn't you know
him 90 $50 e : Il.
Know him 2" / repeated. somewhat
puzzled. "What do you mean He,
1iold4me his name was Krolier, and that
he was ansengineer. Weehad no one to
run the engine, and z,4
!" !" You took him u interrupted the man.
{" Good heavens, sir, he is as crazy as a
man can be sHe turned his brain over
by new plan for applying steam power.
l saw him at the station. but did not
recognize him, as was in a hurry. Just
now one Of the travellers told me that your
engineers were all gone this morning. and
that he found one who was a stranger to
you. sThens knew that the manwhomI
had seen was Martin Kroller. He had es-
capped from the hospital at Stettin. You
must get him off some how"
The fearful truth was open to me. The
speed of the train was increased at each
moment, and knew that a few miles per
hour would surely, launch us all into de-
struction. called to the guard, and
| then made my way forward as quickly as
possible. reached the after platform Of
the tender, and there stood Kroller upon
the engine board his hat and coat off his
long black hair flying in the wind his
shirt unbuttoned at the threat his sleeves
rolled up with pistol in his teeth, and
thus glaring uponsthe fireman who lay
motionless upon the fuel,g The furnace
was stuffed until the latch of the door vas
red hot, and the engine was quivering and
swayed as tf'itwoIld quiver to pieces.
4AtOilCE 4AAOA9A-t oS SAO SOP
of my voice.,t
The crazy engineer started and took the
pistol in his hand. Oh but those black
eyes glared, and how frightful that terri>
Bile face looked1
"Hal ha! hal" heyelled Economically.
glariug upon me like aroused lion. "They
Eswore [ could not make It'll But see! seel
See my power! See my new engine!-
I made it! [ made it--and they were
Jealous of me. Iemade it, and after it
was done theystole itfrom me But I've
found it.. Fof years I've been wandering
in search of great engine, and they swors
=, il was not made But I've found il -
] knew it as soon as II saw it this morning
at Dantzig-and 1 was determined to
Ehave it. Aud I've got it Hol no! ho!
we're off to the moon. Ay, the. Virgin
Mother. we'll be in the moon in four aud
twenty hours! Down, villain If you
move I'll shoot you'll
This last was spoken to the poor fires
man, who at that moment attempted to
rise and the frightened man sank back
again.
I But even as he spoke the buildings
wore al hand. A sickening sensation
settled upon my heart, for supposed we
were gone now. The houses flew by like
lightning-l knew il the officers here had
turned the switch as usual, we should be
hurled into eternity in one fearfulscrash
II saw aash-it was another engine
I;closed my eyes-but still we thundered
on. The officers had seen our speed, and
knowing that we could not haul up at that
tdistadce, they had changed dsthe switch SO
14!thatgwe kept onl - .s1q ti-ftais.fJ rss4.ss
i But there was sure death. ahead II. we
did not;stop, :, Only fifteen miles ahead
was the town of Scbwetz, on the Vfstuia,
! and. at the entrance, near the bank of the
!, river, was a short, curve in the road. ss At
the rate we were now going we should be
there in a few minutes, for each minute
! carried us over a mile. The shrisks of
the passengersznow arose above the clash
!. of the rails, and.more terrific than all else,
!, arose the demonial yells Of the mad engi-
gneer. f-,-5
"Merciful Heaven - grasped the guard
man, /" there's not a moment of time to
>, lose, Schwetz is close by Ii yon dare
not 20, I'll 90 myself But hold T. be
/ added" Let's shoot him"
At thai moment tall, stout German
student came over to the platform where
We stood. aud he saw that the mailman
had his heavy pistol aimed al us. He
grasped heavy stick of wood from the
tender, aud with stesdines of nerve which
i 1 could not have commanded, he hurled
: lit with such force and precision. that he
knocked the pistol from the maniae'a
grasp. I saw the movement, and on the
instant the pistol, fell sprang forward
the German followed.me. Igrasped the
tman by the arm, ,Ibut II should have beer
mere infant in his mad power, had
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