St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-08-20

u ""out an hour alter Us. and we WCr
gradually working back into its time
We got near FiShkilI, and, lrviu,
: made an awful bad shot at u depot,
said to the baggage master: "Macl
: has bad luck at making his stations To-
l day. Wonder what's the matter =
, The baggage master turned round ur
me quickly and said:
''lf you want to know what | think, !
: think Mack is drunk :"
1T can't be-" says l, - never saw
him touch a drop of liquor or smell of il
in any way"
''Thats So" said the man, ''but
think he's drunk to-day. He was in the
car here Il little while ago, and picked
up the brakcmen's lanterns and slune
them in a bunch at me. l dodgcI, and
they went out of the car door and smash
ed. Then lie chuckled and went back
to the engine.
didn't like the idea of drunken en-
@iEcer, but had to laugh at the fate of
the lanterns. Ii | had known how |
was TO groan over their fate soon,
When got above Fishkill, | thought
I'd let those who gut on at one ol the
little stations ride free to the next sta
ton. while | rode on the engine and III
vcstigatcd.
50 | got on the "Corning," and Mack
looked black enough instead of civil -
usual. joked him about his bad luck
IN making his stations. and he growlcd
out Il curse. asked him if hc knew how
nearly lie had got into the lightning cx-
press time. The man was evidently
drunk and >urly. | happened to put
my hand down under the cushion OF the
seat and felt a bottle Pnlling the cork
out l slnelled whisky, and quietly threw
it overheard. But Macf saw me and
cursed me for destroying his property.
WHAT dld you throw that bottl, away
for 1t wasn't your rum ,' he sad, At
the end OF an awful swear.
ILL tell You why" sad | : I'm con-
Iuc'or OF this tram, ami you are too
drunk to do Your business rl.h., and
you'd get worse and worse if you had
bottle"
lH''' lie ErI''hyi a ~"V!@' sort "i "
-rin, and quictrI down into Il -...nr
state, but lie looked dangerous abou, tic
eye,
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stopped at before. | looked q, Ia,
watch and determined t. ~,.,o' :. ,.Aee-
u.4n back -. Il lantern and stop ,uc
express Just then 4 though; -;ra.a ur
tl.u made my hair stand up ou ouI.
Tim, riur" " iutIu o, I'll, ta.-.a..
druu>cn beast had mashed tH,.n all
there wasn't a .oul AT Tia. station. n......
Ms mics away lrnm IL ll.,aL.: iu,rN- .
rrc-~ didn't stop before it Ictrnci rau.u-
kc,u-ir, - th:,i | couldn't leave. wu:.i t..
cauliua il. and iu-, then heard ..-
"a
nccr Lrlr, it too, AMI l..u-hcI I...ao.,- .
cal laugh.
That decided me cau.h; up a .
wrench and struck him back OF the ear,
and he dropped like dead. | DRAGGED
his body Il didn't know then whether j |
was handling u corpse or no,) oil the en-
zine, and threw it down 10y the roadside
and ilnurd on the engine.
...immy." said |. .thc express j. utirr
rs. Mack smashed all the lantcrn.--oy
", can't stop her Our only chance !,
runuin. away from hrr-so cram in the
wood, and iii open everyt,,ing."
knew, by observation. how to open
and how TO shut oil. but of course
couldn't graduate the speed like a pro-
,cssioual ..onened eycrvtbino..' v,u
NAV h, .ur,. and AWAY we irmnrI II
was curious chase. To be hunted by
a locomotive don't fall TO the lot of every
one. Our enoiu, was NOT So uov,rt'nl :,
ono as tine rxpress enoine. and our train
WAS unite lonr. so we crammed in The
fuel and dependcd upon hirh pressure for
our salvation. OF course. never thought
for 4 moment of stopping that side of
popchkeep-ie 50 we specdcd past the
station. all liuh,rd and filled with won-
derinu fees
Inst after passin, the second tbc como
on the cnoinc struck k-some one had nuli-
al III, .otet,, r,rn Tn. Gremon's h,pJ
wcnt ;nstinrt;lrlv to the wbistI. ,o
..hlnw brakes" bnt I rau~ht il II wa.
the most anxious minute Of nv life. II
I J,J NOT mind the sioraI and gomcthinu
was wrono and an accident shoull orrur
I .honIJ liam, myself But il st,n-