Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-03-16

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dy.yictp pf Western vrxinia, She. Fw
widow, with only one daughter. GvI1x.
VIII her in a Iux Ius. near I d. So.
cipisons gorge. SlNssed b lMNyhNki9s@
H5c s'ss coasrived tc 11p1,wni1ufn1mm
by raising aud sallis0- -aonl111 tltNosn,S
aiding berries ia.theia season. sn1 81 -
little articles faf tbe market. Skc hay
to make 7Asfch-.4 SenY wAr % No.
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hasa1 ssrsssduee. Theas.an0 tuu~s
by hen sstin 70 thiStawnS ~ 1heuriiy
woulI est too ppch nf fhe Pro6ts xof ker
small sales. 80 shG tfua ased i6n 'ess4iua ,
e,Ae Nwke o1 fsot .0iNe 6oa0AAS9
came finally to notiseshcr waking by ths
ssle oiklA line or between tho rails !; sud.
heinG0 good ns.urcd. bcneyolent man.
hs woa!d often give her ride to and frS
without charge. The enginemen 60
also good To thc old woman. aud fels4mag
were not vrongins the interest Of the raiie
way company by giving her these fea
rides. And. soon an accident oceurrI
that proved that ,hey were cute flehl
this view erf rho matter.s - ,'H Tss -
laa tAswad month Of March. the roo
descended, aud the mountains scus dSwH
their rolling, roaring torrents Of melta6
snow and ice into this gorge near the 5i0
wcman's hut. The Aocd arose ~gHaMe
darkness Of che night, until -Ase SesD1isiU
crash Of the railway bra2gAe4 il vasSvan1
from its nbu'rnen,s. snd 9'9,fd i, h1oke1
tmhers against the craSgy sides % ths
prceipice on either SideT. T.ie WGBsaeslly
midnight. Fac rais fen in~n1M::fiae
the aarknesAvas dsSnuenR ,Aoa1osus<siGh
the storm, in snotbes hall Aape Shs en-
press train would be due. What ooaU
she do to Win RAs saius( shes axfal IL J
struction it was approaching? She had
bardly whole tallow candle in her house;
and no light she conld make of tallov On
oil, fshr had il, would live momeat IN
that tempest Of wind and rain. NOT 3
moment was to be lost and her thouxo
was equal TO the moment She cut the
cord Of her only bcdstead, an sbquhlcped
the dry posts. side pieces. aud head pIeces
Her daughter followed h6f fr3IN their tw3
wooden chairs. Up the stect~eaAan1
ment they climcd, aud piledvall g1siD
household furniture upon the line. .fay
rods before the black. awful chasm. gurg-
ling with the roaring food The diAaRs
rumhhnG Of the tra1R hcamo . MN.f ,tifAA
iset as they hsl issl the wslkdkiuh ~m.
busibles. The pile blassd N. hts,khs
night. throwing IL res. aim, hQomas
high. long way up t,e Uaekfn flfccS
minutes Il would tseaS wrVine ma sK
coui8 ap>ucvsso6s wisksl slfs~rc@6Ueossd
Tho thupder Of tho train grew loa.lsr-~,
II was within five miles. Of. the 6r.H
Would they sec it in time? They misU
not put on the BRAKES soon enough. ~ 4
fui thoa yht: She tore her NAANMu1
gown from her in-s1SasAoDuoA e.
hto the esS " Atiak,s1pysn,iss1 s1uSQ
slsS ! i M sfTs: lid s,ss|,a .s
pcst~a7ittie before 7if0f'"no' snn 30
- The lives Of hundred unean sc;ous psN
sengers hung on the ISSUE ofthe ns1l1R
ute. The ground trembled. at<bsp|I1or
mans feet. The great, red eye o{ no
engine burst upon her as ~ SamS fUol.l
curve. =" lake huge ye'sharp-sish@NllsA
coning sudtlealy sPon q fire. il sent 6nrsl.
thrilling roar. that filled all tho wild
heights an! rayincs around. The train
was At full speed but brakcmen wrestIall
at their leverage with all the 'strerll 49, /
desperation. The wheelSy01RR -
ON tie heated rails slower - dhuon10
I'll the engine s;a4RS1 at AhodecauW6se
II still blazed enough to show them f6v
FbectfiHr edge nfthe black abyss into which
thetrain and all its passengers would hs~s
plunged, and in,n death and aAe<sruesio,
too horrible TO think Of, had il not hnsa
for the old woman's signal They'
ancc The conductor knclt by shts4dU9f
the engine; the engine drivcN auon12
brakeman came and knelt dsu0(oirR
all the passengers came and-kpee ~
by them aud there, in The cxpifin9 nae
Of the burnt out pile, in ths fii6 s4d ehe
wind they thanked Godslglt0 ~ asidh,
of their lives. All ihu1okM Aei kneclsss
and prayers sent upiuta the dark Asassss
such midniGh; yqjce Of tl,ankssiyipg .
seldom, IL ever. asceu'led from the, earth
m Him who Sch in darkness Is sSenls
| in secret. sns- E.iss'7J - >
Kindness is the mrizic of. - GilIo,
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