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hlm. lie received my answer with noe
and smile. went with him to the house
where we found the iron horse the charge
OF the fireman, and all ready for the start
kroIler got upon the platform, and | follow
cd INN. had never seen Il man betra,
such peculiar aptncss amid the machincr,
that he did. lie let OH steam in an instant
but yet with care and judgement, and Ii.
backed up TO the Laggage-carriage with the
most exact nicely. had seen enough tc
assure me that he was thoroughly ac1uaint
ed with the business, and felt composed
once more. | gave my engine up to new
man, and the FASTENED away to the Office
| Word was passed for all passengers to take
their seats, and soon afterwards waved my
hand to the engineer. There was puff,
groaning of the heavy Notwithstanding
Of the building g-:.nd the train was in motion.
| leapcd up the platform OF the guard car
riage, and in few minutes more the station
house was tar behind US.
! In less than an hour we reached Dnsham,
| were we took tue passengers that had come
on the konigsbrrg railway. Here went
forward, and asked KroIler how he liked
the engine. lie replied that he liked it
! very much.
But" he added, with strange spark
ling eye, wait until get my improve
|ment, and then you will see travelling.
BY the soil Of the Virgin Mother, sir, l
could run an engine of my own cpnstruc-
ton to the moon in four and twenty
honrs e.
smiled at what thought his faint en-
thusaSln, and then went back TO my sta
station. AS soon us the konigSLe,g pass
engers were all on board, and their bag
gage carriage attached, we started ON IL
gam.
AS soon as all matters had been attended
TO connected with this new accession Of
passengers, wen. into the guardcarriage
and sat down. An early train from Kon-
'g,~h:rg had been through two hours be-
fore re: .Iing Brelnberg, and that was at
Little Oscue, where We took OH board the
western mail.
''llow we co. uttered one of the
guard some fifteen minutes after we had
left DiiSham.
The new eng ineer is trying the spced,'
lrcp'ied, not yet holding any fear
But ere long | began to be fearful, lie
was running "A little too fast. The carriage
began to sway to and fro, and could hear
excama;ons OF fear fromthe passengers.
"Guodhcavcus !" cried one Of the guard
coming in at tile moment, what is the
fellow doing Look, sir, and sec how we
arc going"
looked at the window and found that
we were dashing along at a speed never be-
fore travelled on that road Posts, fences,
rocks and trees, flew by in one undistin-
guishcd mass, and the carriages now swayed
teartully. started to my feet. and met IL
passenger on the platform. He was one
OF the chief owners Of the road and was
just on his way to Berlin. He WAS pale
and excited.
''Sir," he gasped, "is marin Kroller on
the chginc:'
Yes | told him.
Holy virgin didn't you. know him Z"
"know q | replied, somewhat puzzled
"What doyou mcan2 He told me Ibis
name was krollei, and that he was an en-
g;necr. We had no one to run On the en-
yinc and"
You had linn I' interrupted tie man.
"Good Heavens, Sir, he is MS crazy IL, n
man can he Hc turned his brain over q
new plan for applying team power. Isaw
him at the station, but did not recognise
him, as was in hurry. Just now one Of
your passengers told me that your engi-
ncers were all gone this morning, and that
You found one that was a stranger to you.
Then | knew that the man whom had
seen was Martin Kroller. He had escaped
from the hospital at Set,in. You must
get hiln'off some how"
The whole fearful truth was now opened
to me. The speed of the train was increas.
ing every moment, and knew that a few
more miles per hour would launch US oil
into destruction. called to the guard
aud then made my way forward as quick
a possible. | reached the after platform
of the after tender and there stood KroIl.r
upon the engine board, his. coat off, his
long black hair floating wildly in the wind,
his shirt unbottoncd ut tie thfoet, his
sleeves rolled up, with Il pistol in his teeth,
aud thus glaring upon the fireman, who
lay motouIcss upon the sfuel. The fur
mace was stutfvd,ill the very latch OF the
door was red hot, and the whole engine was
4ulvering and swaying as thought would
shi'cT I'D pieces.
kroller! Kroler!!" cried at the top of
my voiue. "'
The crazy engineer started and caught
the pistol in his hand. Oh! how +,Lose
great black eyesgtared, and how ghastly
! and rightly theface 'tooked. -,
! "Iia ha harp he yeeddemoniacally
|glsiring upon me like aroused lion. :.
,,"Tlsy swore that | could not make it 2
tnI see! see See my new power See
!n new engine! made it, and they are
q Jeaous OF me! I made it, and when it
was done they stole it from ME. But ]
hay' toun'F it For years haves been
wantestng in Search ofs;my great engine,
u and they swore it was not made. Bot
! have huhd it.! ,I"knew it this morning
: when saw II at Dahtize, and was deter,
mined p have it. And I've got it !. Ho'l
TO no -weison 1hs way Is the moon; !
Say! 81 the VEgih Mo,hef,' we'll be in
the moon in pw and, twenty, tours
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