The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-18

extract, has Just lett Perth to Gl,,s-
gov.
II. the bright red glare OF the fur
na,e lire, stood Blackjack and Camp
l,ell Blacklock shorelled III q utlail-
fity of Goals. and stained the iron
door.
IFS like wei hae u scowry night, :"
NC said IL he looked up into the dark,
portelitous sky.
Like cnouSli," saidl Campbell,
slliIeu!y.
Campbell had had another test of
:iae Git OF God ut Perth, AMI was
unusually morose. and more inclined
10 sleep than talk. After one or two
more unavailing attempts TO get mp
y conversation, Rlacklocl drew fur
tier into shelter. and sat down on one
of the sliding seats u:lder the storm
board resignil2g himself. we may
suppose, to pleasant thoughts of
.Jeu,iy. aiid feeling happy at her
being so near him. Campbell remain
<a standing sullenly Oh the footpath
20 attend 70 the engine.
They past Forssndenny and Fort
ssyiot without stopping. Tiey stop
Ped at burning, where three, or four
l11oH'Ns AAt1ItCt GAl II u ~ HEO26Cb
themselves from the night air, We're
waiting for the train. They stopped
again at Auchterartief, where the
station lights looked CHEEKY by eoil-
'rast with the darkness of the night.
Here they shunted on to the down
line, q little beyenG the station. till
the night Mail for the west should
pass. 6s# as =
'.'he mail came up about five min
7ites after, sharp upon lis time; stop
ped for Il lni:lute to take iii the bags
and tiaen. with an impatient snort
passed OH in the darkness. Campbell
AID Blackjack there,lpon prepared to
resii;rnt to their proper line. They
Is;t Oh tile steam and reversed tile
ei,gisie: but there was Il Slight incline
Oh the spot the train was heavy and
they could not get it to move. After
one Oh: two attempts, Canlpbeii-Speall-
ing with thick voice, for lie was
half stupid with drink, ordered Black
locL to get a crowhar and put it to the
wheel to give the engine IL start. j
= VIII Sinclair liaye one - said
;.n engine they had passed on the
siding nearly opposite the platform.
He had better go and see.
Campbell sl,lggishly continued his
to start his engine; while
Blacl,lock went back to Sinclair's.
ss.s.iicing up as he passed. ut the Win
do"-s Of the carriage where Jenny was,
isl hopes Of seeing her face and getting
a smile. He told Sinclair what he
wanted. Sinclair who WAS reading a
newspaper by the light of an oil lamp,
had no crcwbar, bat thought there,
vas one IL, the Shed. As he said so,
lie looked c11reles,siy round toward the
train which Blackjack had Just left,
and saw that it had got start already,
lplt was moving in the wrong direc-
ton. He continued watching it for a
few seconds, expecting TO Sec it stop
ard come back; bat sill it kept
moving away and away sHs5
Hello! what does, tlae fellow
nean?'' he cried. jumping to his feet.
:. He's going of on the downline..''
Blackjack looked. and turned white
us deatil. The awful truth flashed up
OH him. Campbell was drunk, and
did not know what he was about. In
An instant, kaping from Sinclair's
engine, Blackjack ran swiftly along
the line iii pursuit of the retreating
train. 1t was hopeless. a fill head
of steam was on. The train WAS
luicke,ling its pace every moment.
The heads that had been popping ont
ffomsome of the carrih gni Windows to
sec what tie cause of detention was.
we're drawn. i'll. and the windows pull
I'd up again, 1snder the impression, no
doubt. that the train was again on its
way. The guard in the break, rs
SOON as he found that the train was
actually. setting of on tlIei wrong line,
began to make bis way hurriedlyt from
carriage to carriage toward the engine.
but missed ll1s footing, and feIl I1eav-
iiy so. the ground. Before he had re-
covered from the stunning effects of
the fall. and got upon Ills feet again,
the train WAS off. ,I sst
Tie other guard had been standing
or the PLATFORM, With the station-mas-
ter. waiting, Till the train Should come
back alongside THE moment they
saw it WAS moving away olthe wrong
track. they cried to the pointsmaii,
.lia tile guard rushed out upon the
Tine. t' s's'5s -
Tie poiiltEsna.r shouted. waved the
rod lump. izllfllml turned on the dis
tance danger signal, which flced
aosfi,, so that Campbell cotnd see it,
No attention was paid to these Sig
lsais, and away the long train Went,
tiiniideri,g into the flarKasess. lls.l
4 Blackjack ran .nladly along the line,
ia Tie desperate hope that he might
s)Yertalle the train. and i'll lis agony
crying to God toSstoI, it. But the red
lights along the4 linefwere growing
smaller and. smaller. aid hope was
gone Biackloek stood for i. moment
like Ole hareft of his senses and
tlleii- starting. ran back.
sinclair stood iii his engine, await
ing him. .sll7t1.1 81
Are they off ?''
-sOh yes Off. Ny God.' lie. cried
il agony, i.svilst are we to dos'' s'S.ss
Sinclair plttekeel out his watch. and
instantly atl PRESTON of. horror came
Iito his face.
The night express from the South
Is coming on tliatiline.:' he said. hnr-
riedly.r 'slles il due, here in sixteen
minutes She must be passing black