Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-07-27

the short time which had been allotte,
him. he had the 'Thunderer' already ToI
the outer track, when reached the en-
glne-house, with strong fire roaring il
the furnace, and was busily engaged il
throwing aboard goodly SUI ply Of WOO,
and coal. .era.5 la-
YOU'RE the new fireman, are you {?
cried, springing up aud throwing off m,
coat for hard work. auH
-Yees zur," said the man, very grufiy
speedily taking his position on the irol
horse. ~ bees Tom, as the Superinten
dent said was to fre-up for the Ferry
Coal, wood and water all right, zur."
hailed the switchman at the turmoil
Twang went the switch as we flashed by
and in o few seconds we were whirlin.
through the mountains at a wild rate O
speed which l increased at every instant
until we seemed to fairly fly along the
track, while the steep, rocky mountain
sides reverberated with our crushing ad
vance. "Hooray, hooray!" shouted the
fireman, casting the dry fuel into the fur.
mace in great quantities, and every now
and then pausing to wave his hat ovel
his head excitedly. "Hooray, hooray
Now we bees goin' to hell on the short.
cut. Hurry up, ye iron devil Faster,
faster, faster, | tell ye!" And he again
began tossing in the fuel, and raking the
fire, at rate which babe fair to make
the engine red-hot in few minutes; while
the dancing speed which we now acquired
was so furious that | could with difficulty
retain my feet on the narrow floor of the
rocking and reeling machine.
| looked at him, at first with more Gu.
riosity than alarm; but soon observed,
with a sinking terror at the heart that
his eyes cleaned with the fierce light of
insanity; and his whole demeanor, as he
continued his shouts, vas that of mad
man.
But in this extremity, my own position
was too critical to permit Of any display
of terror, 50 | spoke to him boldly and
harshly, ordering him to desist any inter-
ference with the furnace, until receiving
orders from me. IS %.
If had any doubts regarding his men
tai balance before Necy were now speedi-
y a:aa;roted; for with wild L. -.o
answered me by iingins billet Of wood
at my head, whica | had just time to
dodge.
| never had sud, terrible feeling come
over me as at this moment. The locomotive
was going, as wei as I could judge, at
the rate of fifty-eis,t or ffty-nine miles an
hour, and | was confronted on the very
verge of fate with a furious madman, with
murder written in every lineament of his
ccntorted face. L was, however, prepar-
ed to sell my life as dearly as possible,
and SAVING q stick of Wood. stood in nv
defence. aIH
With hoarse cry more like the yell .oi
wild beast than the voice Of a human
creature, he leap,d over the narrow bar.
rier between US, and was upon me. !
gave him three terrible blows IN the face
which he seemed to heed no more than Sc
many taps of a feather fan and then fell
myself rolled up in an embrace, which
felt | would not long be able to resist
But i fought him with the energy of'de
spair.
1t has since been matter of wondel
to me that VIC both did not roll Oft th'
engine during that brief and terrible Ell
counter. Over the tender, against th'
frail guard, down upon the iron hoo
again, we struggled and battled like tw'
iends, until at length his superhumal
strength oyercaule. My club droppc'
from my nerveless grasp, and, as he knei
upon my breast, he almost strangled nj
with his bony clutch. He then hercel,
suppressed breathing, drew strong cord
from his pockets and bound me hand am
foot. o- nE sIi
During the contest he had not uttere
word, but now when | lay grasplng an
helpless before him, he sprang to his fec
with yells Of diabolical slee. $50 l
"IIa - he cried; "what mutinous i'm
is this who woald dispute the soverelgnt
of HcIl's Railroad Klpg2 -Four thousan
miles to the Ferry of Styx! and only rhre
hours to make it in! BY the furies, v
are heavily laden We must tighten II
train, to make the junction at the Had'
cutoff! Overload with this useless luI
gage" ie 7asin r
! He seized me in his tremendous gr
and bore my frame on high with apparen
,llv no more exertion than he would ha'
swayed an infant. !. l closed my eyes al
gave myself up for lost, asit felt my boz
swung to and fro, as if to give impetus
the fling. f1 si't ? ~ . =
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