The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-01-04

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luck at making his stations to-day.
Wonder what's the matterY"
The baggage-mqster turned
round 70 me quickly, and said
If you want 70 know what I
think, I think Mack is drunk.
ST cant be- says I, Il never
saw him touch drop of liquor, or
smell Gift in any way''' s
That's 50, said the man.
Bat I think he's drunk tq7day.
He was in this car a little while
ago, and he picked up all the
brakesmen's lanterns and slGng
them IN a bundle at nc. I Idodged,
aud then he went back to the en-
gine.' daea .4l8a@ $50
~ didn't like the idea of
drunken engineer, but I had to
laugh at the fate OF the lanterns
III had known how I vas going
to groan5 over their fate soon. ]
should not have laughed at him.
2 When Z got above Fishkhl, I
thoughtFd let those who got on
at one of the little stations ride
free to 1taef next, while I rode on
the engine and investigated SOL
| got on tie Corning and Mack
looked black enough instead of
ieiva as usual 1 jol1ed him about
his bad luck in making stations,
and he growled out a curse. 2 I
! asked hin If he knew how nearly he
had got back into the lighting ex-
! press time, and he said he knew his
own business. The man was evi-
1 IDENTIFY drunk and surlys / hap
pened to pat my hand down under
the cushion Of the seat, and. felta
bottle. Pulling thea,eork out, I
smeIled wilisl1ey. and quietly threw
it overheard. But Mack saw me
and cursed me for destroying his
/ property. sCaEa 5nf 4 loIie2H
/ 1i''4Ehatdid you throw that bottle
away for-it wasB' t your rum!'' said
lie, at the end Of an awful swear.
f5d TsTil tell you why, sa1d i sl'.I am
I conductor of this train, and you are
toodrualzto do your business right,
and yoa would get worse andseorse
sif you had a bottle" rEai e-s
l. ,rFhen, he .groaned a. savage sort
of grin, and quieted down into q
silent state, but he looked danger
Gus about the eyes. ihaE $50 J
i y 'fYOu are the conductor Of this
train are youi I'lh show you how
Irnuch you have to do with running
it, 2 says he, and began to slow up
and VIC behind time already you
know. I didnot know exactly what
to dove were getting dangerously
near the lightning express time and
while I was debating he suddenly
blew brakes, with flendish chucllle,
anb stopped at station that trains
/ never stopped at before. 1 looked
at my watch and determined to
send a brakesman back with alan-
tern and stop the express. just
then thought strurkme that made
my hair stand on end. rhere wash t
a lantern on the train-the drunken
beast had smashed them. There
wasn't a soul at the station, which
was miles away. from the village; the
express didn't stop; before it reach
ed Popghkeepsie, 50 that 1 eouldn' I
leave word to caution, and Just then
I heard whistle a mile or two back.
The engineer heard it too, and--
Tlaughed a.diabolical laugh iFsu
That decided me, I caught up a
wrench and hit him back Of the ear,
and he dropped like dead. ] drag
ged his body q did not know
whether was handling a corps o.
not) eff the-engine, and threw il
down BY the roadside and cjumptd
on the engine. ztaragT
jimmy said I, ethe express is
after US, Mack smashed all the Ian
terns--so we can't stop her. oui
only chance is running away iron
her--so. cram in the wood and III
open everything
! knew by obseryatien how 5tc
open and how to shut OF, but o.
course could not graduate the speet
like T. professional ] I"opeHed eve
, rything" you may be sure, and away
We jumped. It wa5a curious chase
To be hunted Is a locomotive den
fan to the lot Of every ope, Ou.
engine was not So po&erfal a one a.
the express, and our train was quit,
as long, so We. cFammed IN the fue
! and depended upon high pressur
for our salvation. ! never though
: for moment Of stopping that side
of Poughkeepsies some speededspas
the. stations all lighted, and fne'
: with wondering faces.
JSst after passing the second, thi
gong on the engine struck. Som
one had pulled the safety rope
The ireman's hand went instinct
lively to the whistle tO1lbl0w tht
brakes, but caught it. Itwas tn
, anxious moment Of my life. II
, didn't mind the signal and some
thing was wrong, and the aec5den
should occur, I should always b
blamed, if 1 didn't blame myself
but II Tstopped, the express might
, probably would, run right into us
The pull did't souna professional
t like brakesman's. It probabil
] was a jerk at the rope by some pas