The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-01-07


nearer, 4 stess.n ran bfawliag a.nd foahis u \
lSs siireugh aSs bass III sTstos Ifill can
on, raskiug music with the songs n the
birds aad che gentle sighias Of The an.
spnn breeze, and his wan essmithefs I
Crossing, long got resdy ii anticipation
of aher" and the ababbyo & /
tsThat thar train from sTator Hill
must tie motigii.y near Oh time, aud sff.
Snithcrs looked east. Nothing Elt fiisi
long line Of track disappearing behindl
the hills in the canon, And Mr.,
Smithers looked west. Yns IN q theil
mountains he sew 4 wreath ci smoke,
which hs know was the niofniags q up
lumber train coming back Eand he.
watehsd i as it rapidly came moreiin1
view. ..;.,s,, - IS
Mr smisiisss, as he looked q aassll. =.
Gone can see very far in those clear,
mountainous regionso he's fsomething
Unusual about the train, d, as itcauis
nearer in view, he. saw that the long
line of cars loaded with lumber had be-
come detached in some manner from the
locomotive, and were rushing with alI
the speed their momentum eould give ON
tho down grade. Bounding from side to
| side, the immense cars, loaded with lun,-
Der, sometimes almost seemed to leaf,
from the track, followed by the losomtiSc
at full speed. &. .s.5S faisS:
| Suddenly Mr.. Smithers turned wkiIS
'crhe train from Tartar Hill is due on on
time, and they will run iEto each other,
and hor andthe baby are on the train, 3
Mr. Smithers was man Of action, not
| words. About mile on, where the two
tracks met, was a brake to the turn the
cara from pne track to ibs other, aud
Mr.. smithers knew tRat IL he could f.et
there in time hs could stop the train and
save "her" and the s'baby.e 9p asts
So he started at full speed !, neyel
pausing or needing, even when5he heard
the passenger train from Tarter Hill
4 blow its, "whistIe to land her amp ca,
baby thought Sm5thers, as he 3 arrived i
breathless at.the brake. This he seixes
1 with both hands, and held With an HI,
strength, but he found lie could do moth
ing except by standing on tie track
right in front of the descending trair
which came laundering ON.
| Fir. Snithcrs could see the men, Will
blanched faces, waving their hands t,
him on the track, and throwing off tn,
rails to tighten the cars. Mr.. Smither.
looked east and saw the traih ffuth ,Tar
ter Hill coming round the curve ..fo
her and the baby"
The ground trembled-there came (:
flash "A roar-a bright light, with /:
sudden darkness, and an inanimate mas.
hurled from the track, and the cars raj
OF into the switch and stopped, as th,
train from 'Tater Hill came in safe or
time.
= r.
Mr.. Lmither seemed to himself to b,
asleep and to hear, as we sometimes dc
in our thoughts of OUR far-0F childtbod
long dead, voices os OF people talking
vague and iadistinct as in drcam-and
He AwoRe.
lis she and the baby safe ? God
bless them!" He felt pressure Of a
soft hand in his, and then hot tears
"Jennie, is that you? God bless you =
81 heard a man once say in our sec
.ion-he was preachet-tha. God
loved little children"
"Was it true'"
"Yes, lt4s."
"Well. he will take care of vou both
thcn-lSts-let's-s SEQ the baby"
Mr.. sm!thcrs saw lsrgs pair of GU
rious Blue eyes look Sondeiingly into
his, Il chubby little face and fair hair.
$50 lie her." said Smithers. "Jean-
ME, if that preacher man said true, he
must take care of you both"
Hold my hands, darling-are you
thereY can't see you! 1 might have
lived, but you see the train from 'Tater
Hill came in too near on time. Kiss
me, you and the baby"
And SO ths ttaih for the other world
having arrived before timo, Mr.. Smith
ers took the through ticket on it.