Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-27
IN THE TUNNEL.

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THRaMgRDER IN THE IpNNEL.
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A Tais Of CsrcSSml,ss stt6a sstt6antial Evidence.
"a story rom Gray. Z No*ssold afel-
lows out with it. You've gotan shonr
yet Hbefefe Eyour train startsf and ysH
haven,t yarned to us in an sages Yes,
yes, a story. from Gray, u "a z:s9
Such were the exciaIna ations that met
the individual of that name as he en-
tered the coy eordu rooh1of the
i, and G. ral1road at ----s Z ga ~ s,ns
.SstIWelIs boys, 4 am pretty near -dtafne@
of my adVentufe res, said Gray,.Is bait, If 1
haven't told you it before, don't mind
letting you hear about an incident that
happened to me, out West5, before 1
came among you boys here. Did I ever
tell gnolR Of sthbnmurCleEs in the tttnnelRs
Vel, then, here goes, y - and we VIII let
ham feHsit in hiss0Wns words : ssfsI,-s s-T5-1t
.xYoq see, wlfe4T wasAon the old W.
andy. line in Missouri T. ran what was
known asI Iathe DroFefsT Express, going.
Vest, hut which had the name. !, siip-
pose, M rcontFadi Etos shat titleaI0f,
the gentleman va gop - 7 EsL fi !;
EhessdROV6fS,s ,sWho en- teouaing EtOv markell
with stl1eifacattle, always Went kfyhsthes
beasts on the freight train, but going
home and westward they went with
no One abbSgabh Hight f8GEaR 6lhRaAgalRiSA 6hagdlais rough
crowd ebosrd.i They Eweres, ,gensrsllN,
rough enough, but this time theyzwereI
worse q iistlAt had their Cur for
the Of the train, and TO prevent
their frespassines ii into the other cars, 1of
Inystfein, or stepping OFF the plat tformyI'
had them look IN :, (. - ''s 80, -, -
esnstarteaa.a Qao,clocl1 in thel
night, and as I went through the drovs
ers' car for my tickets, found mischief
brewing already. Each man had pro-
vided himself. with a Bottle or two of
whisky, and the carousal had begun. in
real earnest. but few iii iiif any.of ,thedrov-l
ers being sober So ~, a s''sSN' 81
1Ona or two small fielts had, been Sbe-s
gan,s soneain particular bea1Aen a ~tali.'
Kentnekian and short, hickrsAt Miss
s0nFisns shspinga threateHed tosrlea4 to-
seyiods cciseq bAzing
dE3NR thHb kpiYes = hsiF fgiAnds bad. !.
hoWs1eEi sanparatedgs stl1eIn3a1aa .shgd
Htasa y 4. : its
seat near the door, in the frontNoR the
car, and the MissoaFiaa faaa'bachina Che
rear. The latter, when they were being
parted, had vowed that ne would yet
lktheformeR; bot as ibothiwbFe i4ehpt'
blood, the words were not I'd much
oksthoVgh fhAV helped % sentence him I
toEAeg hung aftertydF(l.- - shsu.st 49,
S4Sf took thss sGi ! ticIx t,I e xets
he repeated to meshissDtlIneAtS QSAfffsta
the life of his opponent, and proposed
q duel with bowies in the baggage-car
/ managed,0 However, % sifence the
halfneddanadss1aaas and "a Sriend Esit-i'
tingsi15, n z, the 6 San seat With, him, and
nsagesk theieisl ssot the ca, rOmiseLS to
see ti1at he sbetl!d mot leave 81 sSsest
attack the Kefithc q IsS II looked IN
found rhem all asleep in drunken slum-
Der. The Kentuckian sat in the front
seat asN4 h&a46RS hih, afa4 FRe Mis-
sourian awayiRO the, rear, and lalAeain
his peeHiousA ApositiOul nHT
ssrhste 6Ssihg no more, ,stopsstoA makes &
curl 1afself up N -ehairoftf the bag:
aegaay pap, and Siozetf = nopafoRta5
bly, till aWakener1 blythe pattlink of the
beh+ope ovef Cad, Ind the whistle of
the engine calling fer-the breaks to be
put dQYp,, Catching up nay lantern al
opened the car-door and looked out, but
feii4Itt mot hing but darkness the most
iItsnae.S The, train having stopped got
o4AUnd .faHatOs the dengineF asking aEhe
en&ineer Ia q half sleepy ,noaHnsr where
we Weres and why he had stopped 2:
'tMssSe IN the Grover T Ttnnai"3 he re-.
pied, SandII stoppeas because the bell
hs Gr04aSs Wa a5o.;S3s la X ia! 4
inalenethyset thFoui9n yl4ieFs s1baEsed'
nearlESaH The Way on haff-speed and
witIthsaSteanSsl slHt'0f from the cylin-
ders, there being a--dewn-grade at the
entrance, which was sufficient to nearly
give US headway to carry US through.
WhenAaS aSHe.sengiHeeIs saw the kshf al
tue ftfthas end Of III 6 tunnel, however,
he1Nasg aeonstoFne6 toput ON steam, and
it was just at that time, he told me,
that the bell was pulled, being the sig
nal for him to stop, .,,,,. =
sBy this ahS my esssnnal had been
aesdnd dtheE Nltslde ra9h the gtfaih7 and
finding the couplings ght, ana not dis.
covering anythingo6vrougi extsRHally;s 4
gave the siGna togo ahead, saasit WAS
oangerSas; so toss sstayain thetunneE ssAswe
capenpt oths dsyl light vas Just break
thfougtthe tSaip TO ind out. ff bossibie.
who mad pulled the beiLrope. - : :
Most OF the passengers were asleen in
the forward oars NE passed lthn@Srb hut
some few were awake, who told me tbat
th6 p0llinE o. 3h6 sbel II came fffofs, H.
hind, from, some, of the rear cars. / made
the trip through the entire train with
the exceptioRVef the drevsrS' EeAr, and
yet the account said the belf Vas pulled
nom stu further in the rear. 1t was
day1gnt as the bralxesman and myself
crossed oaotp the nplatform of the. last
car. After unlocking the door, we es-
saKeob Pnshsito open, sbut IsomeGA A~sielt
agAlnst ltREeEsAtsd rs, NTH eur united
strength, however we pushed. it, omen,
and found the cause of the Obstruction.
.sAeHfnst the'bott0m 6f.the door Nlay
the Kentuckian, his bodv twisted and