The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

oiluI' IHVy were DOln Wcll wrapped up,
for the night was chilly; and the slim one
carried small, square leather case in one
hand--judglng by that dim light, it might
be either dlspatch-box or small port
mantcau.
You are waiting hero to take out
some train, young man p said the stout
gentleman interrogatively.
"1es sir-thc mail for Rippinshurst.
"And that starts-when ~
"ln twelve minutes, sir, from the plat
form.
'Ay' Just So He began to wall,
slowly around the F0rRy with his hands
behind hlm, looking at her admiringly
from every polrt Of view, talking to me
all tho tine
81 suppose your engine is cooked and wa
tered ready for the journey y
es, SIR
"And how far do you run before ta-
KING IN fresh W ter
." always take IN water at Merry
VALE imrty-elght miles from here We
nave 10 stay there three or four minutes
on account 81 the letter-bag'.'
'liut Suppo-lng you had no train be-
hml you, ,hcw many miles could you run
to-hiSlit3 say at the rate OF forty miles an
hour, before being obliged to stop for
coke or water y
about seventy miles, SIR
about seventy miles Just So
Really these steam-monstcrs seem to me
the most wonderful of this or any preyi-
Gus age
As he said these words. he mounted
cooy on to the engine. Then felt
more certain than ever that he must he Il
director or great railway functionarv
while the slim gentleman with the dis
patch box, standing 50 quietly on the
ground, beating his chest with one hand
to keep himself warm, was probably q
clerk or amanuensis.
No sooner had the stout ccntleman
clambercd up beside me than he conf
mcnccd another rapid cross-iire of orcs.
tons, and made me cxplin to him the
method Of working the engine. show.
ed him how to start her, how to stop her
how to put on the brake. and how TO
sound the whistle lie expressed him
self as being immensely grali'ied with it;
and when his list Of questions were cx-
hausted, called to the slim gentleman TO
get up beside us, In order that he might
explain to him some more interesting
point than common.
Tie 'l"" Sr"drnan' sun ho'Iing Ine
dispalch box carefully, had hardly com
plled with tins request when the bell
sounded winch summoned me to the sta
ilon' ana at once started with the en-
glne.
1--WE VIII ridc as Tar a' the platform
with you, said the stout gentleman;
watching my moVcmetS attentively'
Inc ordinary programme OF proceeding
was as follows on hearing the bell to
run Inc engine slowly icrward to the sec
ohu poln'Sin'h 5 poS' where Il man was
IN waiting 10 turn her on to the nam line
alter r"hhlh? on Whlth lew yards, she
was reversed ana run bacK, tender ilrst,
INTO the station, taking up Sam Preston
at the ilrst Polntsman bog ON the way
N.
On the present occasion, as soon as |
heard the bell sounded my whistle AS
notice to polntsndn numbor twoi and
on seeing hlS green hight exhibited, ran
the engine forward over his points TIL we
were on the main line. l was just about
to reverse the engine, Tor the purpose OF
running back into the station, when the
stout gentleman spoke to me.
GLOW for - it from here TO the june
ton where the line to Rpp'nghurat sepa-
rates Itself from the north line 2
AOUu' ,''li "i''e' S'r'
ana "na' means li''S 'he Po'h'Sm"n
~ '''.' Ju.'o''oIi Vi ,'''''''i1.i'"a one se'
o' '''i", from t''o o'"er, or 0, showing on
10 wnich me 'ney ou@ht 10 oe turned
MS ''oc7 INFORM nun "t W''a' ''i4e
eacn 'r''n ought 10 arrive or DEPART IN
aad''ioh TO w.''l'' al engines gong north
give Two d'S'lnct wnEt,rS' Wh''e those
gong Sou'n 10 hptla3hurSt ana o''cr
p''''T' Wni''io 'nrc' 'Il''e' before reach
NJ Tue Iu"'t'on' anu mus hol"y TO 'he
Po'nI',h'n "n'cA rou'c 1t Is lltehueu 'hey
s"o",' ''Ne' 49,,
Jus' 80 TWO whistles "heh you 60
'Ior'''' anu t'Fee "hph you 90 south
A1e "''"'''l ''f "''"f Hc''Tcely hau the
slOuI 1cIlllSilllh, WHO was Stunning bculll