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


neafer; d stsesm ran brawlfng aud foahsi.
Ing through tSs pass iii sTstes IIill can.
on, making music with che songs Of the
.birds and the gentle sighing Of the au. /
spmn breeze, and his was s.smithers
Crossing long got ready 10 autieipatien
Of ahes% and the s'babby." 1
'That thar train fiom sTatcr Hill.
must be tioughty near ON time,0 and slr.
smithors looked east. Nothing t;at TIL
long line of track disappearing behind
the hills in the canon, Ard Mr.
Smi.hers looked west. Way up ips the
mountains he saw wreath Of smoke,
which he knew was ths mornings up
lumber train coming back, Eand he.
watched il as il rapidly came aore in
view. II. ls,ft - 49,
Dir. smithers, as he looked, thought
Gone can see very far, in those clear,
mountainous regionso he saw Something
Unusual about the train, and, as il came
nearer in view, he. saw that the long
line of cars loaded with lumber had be-
come detached in some manner from the
locomotive, aud were rushing with all
the speed their momentum could give ON
tho down grade. Bounding from side to
side, the immense cars, loaded with luna.
Der, sometimes almost seemed, to lean
from the track, followed By the losoBtisc
at full speed. ;sf9
Suddenly Mr. Smithers turned whhs
''The train from Tartar Hill is due on
time, and they will run irto each other,
and her and the baby are on the train.'' =
Mr.. Smishers was man of act;e..;s .:::sst
words. About mile on, where the two
tracks met, was a brake to the turn the
cars from pHe track to The other, and
MMr. smithers knew tthhaatt IL If he could gel Gel
there in time he could stop the train and
save cher" and The baby" - $50
So he started at full speed J. never
pausing or needing, even when he heard
the passenger train from 'Tarter Hil
blow its, "whiatle to land her amp Che
baby thought sm5thers, as he arrived
breathless esfhe brake. This he seiaes
1 with both hands, and held With an hi,
strength, but he found lie could do notn
ing except by standing on tie track
right in front of the descending trsir
which came laundering on.
Fir. Smithcrs could see the men, will
blanched faces, waving their hands t,
him on the track, and throwing off thu
rails to tighten the cars Mr. Smi,her.
looked east and saw the traih from ,Tar
ter Hill coming round the curve 70,
her aud the baby"
The ground trembled-thcrc came :
flash "a roar-a bright light, with F;
sudden darkness, and an inanimate mas:
hurled from the track, and the cars raj
of into the switch and stopped, as tn,
train from 'Tatcr Hill came in safe on
time.
= x
Mr.. Lmithcr seemed to himself to b.
asleep, and to hear, as We sometimes dc
in our thoughts of OUR far-oE chiidtlbod
long dead, voices os OF people talking
vague and iadistinct as in drcam--and
| lie Awoke.
rs she and the baby safe ? God
bless them!" He felt pressure of a
soft hand in his, and then hot tears
"Jennic, is that you? God bless you =
81 heard man once say in our sec
tiou-he was a preacher-that Cod
loved little children
"Was it true'"
ayes, lt4S."
"Weii, lie will take care of you both
thon-lst's-let's-. SEQ the baby"
Mr.. Smithcrs saw q lhrgs pair of Gu
riOus Blue syes look Sondciingly into
his, Il chubby little face and fair hair.
$50 lie her. said Smithers. "JsAn-
ME, if that preacher man said true, he
must take care of you both"
Hold my hands, darling-are you
there :? | can't see you! l 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 tt.ih for the other world
having arrived before timo, Mr.. Smith
srs took the through ticket on it.