The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-07-09
TIE BRAVE ENGINEER.

AT (ne etatlon III syracuse, New 1OrK, tneft
is assigned to Mr. Glenn the duty of arranging
each day TO which of the engines the severa'
trains are to be ass gned, so that as the hour o.
departure for each comes, the engine will be
ready to take it's bnrthen.
He was for number of years an engineer in
active service, distinguished for courage and
prompt resolution. There are some instances OF
This, which, by their incidents, ought not to be
omitted from the roll of the truly brave deeds
done by men. r- s,l sd. . .o. #..
He was at his bar, his engine careering on
with the speed that only steam's strength cal
give; the road was clear the busy wheels KEEP
their regular roll; the hinge drivers beneath his
feet made swift circling, and, they who in the
cars were borne onward, knew no obstacle il
their journey. Everything moved on according
to the card, and they who were by the roadside
found the car marking, by its passage, the mo-
ment as accnrsiely as If It was the hand of
great dial Suddenly, he discovered small OBJ
jcct near the rail. The human vision grow.
sharp beyond the opticians art in such on in.
s'snt. The object moved, Assumed furm, be.
came only TOO apparent. 1t was little girl
playing wi,b the Dirt between the rails.
0ue may in the rece pull the blooded horse to
his launches and in brief space control his
movement; that springing muscle has but .
light weight TO control; the backward paddle
soon changes the course of the steamer; bu'
this large engine, with its rather rush than roll,
poudcrous, powerful, in earnest in its motion
that it must have great space of change, hoN
shall this stop before il shall crush out of all
form Of life the feeble child? The play with
The soil is of such Importance that the little one
does not hear the roar of The wheels, or if sh
does, it is the child OF cabin proxinate 10 tn,
ra |, and the sound is familiar one - it con
tinues its play, and nearer by an advance that l.
the very step of death, the train comes toward
IL. Mr.. Glenn determined iu test accuracy o.
judgment that his train could not stop in time !
What If it was checked, and the speed that wa,
measuring the mile by the very few minutes, d.
minished, the death-blow by the swilter would
blow by the swifter would be mure mere full -
destruction was certain - the little one mus,
meet the force that would crush it from the rec
ord of the living, and its play went on as It were
at its mothers fee.
The brave man read the realities of the scene
in an instant! lie left his BAR The fireman,
heart forgot to beat; as for the passengers, they
were acting out the every day scenes of com.
mon place peaceab'e journey perhaps the check
ed speed caused somebody 10 lay down his news
psper; of the intense scene without, he knew
no hing.
lie left his bar, and walked firmly over the
top Of the locomotive, ovyr the boiler; past the
smoke stack, he climbed over the front aud down
the step like framework OF the pilot, and grasp
ing that with desperate strength, he leaned
over The bars of iron seemed to glide dizz ly
away beneath him, and now the struggle for the
child was one between death and bravery, and
as ever in this mortal time, the King of TerrOrs
seemed to have all the might in his skeleton
hand. He leaned over! he reached forward !
and at the instant, at this period of time, (mo-
ment is too long word to express this) as the
rot the locomotive, struck the child; II ever
there was a bold love touch this wss one and
the child laid between the ties and on the fast
train darted. Then down went the brakes, the
strong arm Of the brakesman strained the wheel
lever TO crowd the delaying surface against the
speed then passengers aroused TO find the train
coming TO halt, while neither station nor tank
was near; then this brave man trod his locomo
tive top bsc k sRain. and as soon as the power o.
the advance could be subdued, jamped from hi'
iron step and ran down the road the wonder
vas that agitated limbs could move so fast, and
here there was the child, living, nnharmed moi
a bone broken. not qni'e recovered from It's as
Ionishment at the liie-givipg blow which had
| turned aside the dart Of death.
/ Restored TO It's parents. who thronged around
i. delive'er, the liuIe one TOO young TO resllz'
that II had quivered on the very verge Of an
otter world. vas taken home, M. Glenn return
I'd to his engine, al d The locomotive careered u
It's grand progress with not a stain of blood Up
on I've barnished metal.
Aud is not 'his the record Of the deed Of ths
highest ord Of bravery, The coursge tha, save,
iies
ALErrER from a reliable CORES pondeot In Ten.