The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-08-01
THE Wn0NG SIDE Or TIE CURVE
M EX G.Gt>E~u 5 STORY.


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10y buslnrsa mi.e Gown oi rnn,n,.,I,rI !
was II, last nh,iI l., st,,t tnr lyLn,r,,,,
wncu learned hy ,lisn,,ch ,h,, ,h i
was occupied below Ilnrn,rs Frrrv v 4,
force OF rebels and iho,,tor,, 49,, ~
pass
This proved to bc true !, r,f,r,n,o T.,
dinnry trains. but y ..sp,ci.I" vii, wI;nn
naS the lion Mr. pirrnnnt u,,i , ,, o,I,
notahiiiles, had passed hotnrc ,h,. r.n,l.
cut the track. and 'w,S thrr.r,rn ,n,,r,,,,,,
ing Or inouiry. | found m, ,u,,,,,.r nr
the coming train had been onc ~, my nwn
chums ere had discarded cnpiur Jriy,n,
Ior II more profi.ablo business Nv ni.ni
joe Nj was cool, bold, skiitul en-
g'neer ana rs generous us reckless OF dan
ger
As expected, no sooner saw him ani
stated any "'Sh to go up the road, than he
s"o'o !ha speclnl or no special, should
r'"e WIN h'."' II Tor nothing bur 10 see the
las. '''nc ms engine "N lldiiro' could make.
AS We dashed rapidly along and went
'NS''''',
'ookihb tcilowS IN citizens dress fired at tie
engineer, but doing no dnma2o. merely
Pro'okco la"gh OF derision from hm Tor
the w"n' oi ihhrksnhnShIp. On arriving ut
C'"'"hu "" VIC were hSrHrnh'E surprised
W 'c1ciSihS htcloGrtm major niuE rs u
P"r'y o' reoris were making great lmsicio
rrach INC '"'iwny at n point many miles
"nea" ol U.S. Also, they seemed e. know
mn' S 'ne Sp'c'', contained. aud would there
ior" use All endehVors to capture ~ XII WS.
mere was PM one car behind the engine
anu III II was pfI'uy discussed the question
TO (" OF stay, while Joe MAS haviug the
tender rrhlied with wood ami water.
MI l'erPoh' Hnsine y was too urgent
10 "h'' oi any possible delay; TWO or three
o'hrrS coi'cI"dnu TO RISK the "trip. and i
m",', II nor 10" "~HL 's''""i - 49, 81
"u 'oh flsNs Q" fAilways too oltcp to back
wv oecause mere was danger aheAd YhilI Yills
."e resi- cohciuaeu TO stay - ,yav tFss.i .s.
ahe Ht ~ II.
s ss,CsTp On tie runn,na
bonrd, icll to t!e ground with such force
as 10 break his arm. Joe lu,rirlIy n;cl.l
up the poor fellow. but time va prccipus
just then, 80 leaving him in care of the yrn
llcmcn who had accompanied us, he started
directly toward me, asking me 10 cnmc nnd
''run" Tor him. as havin. no fireman. ne
would nave more than he roull 4, | ,,ll
him, however, to considc. ne his fireman
for The rest Of The trip, as he wn. hos, ne
utininud with the roal 40 with.ui ,n
more ado duIud nay coat. We iumprd nn
and away we went. past hnnIcis. lhrou,h
wilder e$ScS of st"nicd bushes. up rrpdr
and down hili, nj n speed rarely cnunIi,I
Dnr lgh train made firing an ensv II; t,,
M aud had frequent lcismc 10 sean rb.
hr.u,ifnl ranges OF the Allrfh,ni., ,lorr
whic!I We skirtcd Joc was sirinr rs usual
wiih lnin. With his Lett maud on Tie ,hro,ilc
icver. and ;.i> body half out /, . side w,uI,v,
OF ;hc '.Gah hat ht might hcIier sean ~,
track ahead.
y iow mics south Of the famous ,,hr,,
river b,idpc ~ Il dccp porrr with ,r.c,,i
tous rocky sides.
II is snHp,l liNe nm hour = -. wide NJ
cLcE enu, hui tnpcrng cnc. ,ay tywardi r
mid,:le. ~ track runs toi ui!.ir n uisin,,. ..
along one .s.b. Of the porgr -. ,,..
abvup iurn t,n,nsS the cna,a ...c
onr, ~ -iraig 90 line nearly p. ,lni ,,l,f.
track or IL, opposite SIDE ln. ..,. .t,.,r
OF l..
W werr .iiching along with lhnIi,ru,.,,.
rocking bounding ut.un, 50 differ NJ ram
the jan Il ordinary fast speed As wr ,y.rr,
to 'nr g.nIc around the side Of n nll ,hn,
Gonmtnicl II view of .h. r,rpc-.Jo, md
both nc ooN,ut--@c s,w i, n ,roncn,, )
glance o"oogn 80 make us onc'u. e n,,,
l.,iuSlng i.cui,,, =, aud nc, il, a .ury WIN,
e'"r WAS hest h' done.
'fhcra "n the ,rnishi track. .t. thr
near end OF the gorgr. lot OF g,,, ,r.y
uniform were hastily p,ling up some old lies
logs, etc v lie NJ the point whrrc Tho
curve was tnc sharpe si-.bctiora reaching
The gor;c were several more tugginy ru.
riously nj a ra,l, one end Of whcn seemed
to battle them n they pulled i. ontvo,ds
We were wi.hin Il mile of III N when we
discovered them, md rs wer,,i,pd ,nc,n
We shout came simnllaneou.l, from both Of
us--rhc wrong sido of the - Tne
miserable fools were pulling OUT The inside
rail instead OF the outside In the latter
case nothing could have saved us from RIM.
ming oil the track, ard probably INTO the
gorge. Our single brakesman seeing thc
dangcr-I suppose from hnbit-was com
mcncng to tighten the brake, Lul look
from Joe, | signallcd ''oif brakes" Joe