The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-10-14

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swoTe 1t was not made But have found
it. knew it this morning when l sew it
at Dantzic, aud was determined TO have
it. Aud I've got ii! Ho! no. ho! we're on
. the wag to the moon, l say, By the Virgin
Mother, We'll be In the moon in four and
twenty bours. Down, down, villain. Ii
you move, I'll shoot you"
This was spoken to the poor fireman,
WHO at thai moment attempted to rise, and
the frightened man sank back again.
Heres Little Oseue just befole uSr'
cried out one os the guard. But even as
he spoke the buildings were at hand A
sickening sensation settled upon my heart
for | supposed that we were now gone.
The houses few by like lightning. l knew
If the officers here had turned the switch as
u-ual, e should be hurled into eternity in
..esse 90 81 fesi.i'. / ss.N. ea-1--it VS.
ano her engiee,-I gesed l.g eyes; BAT
,i,li se rtuliera1 osi Tie uEi,ers uad saeu
cur spsed, aol, heawias STAT We e auls
no' head Pin sLat dsanss, taey had
CHAR zel tae swit-h, 80 tia: We went for.
Nar
But there was sure death ahead, if we
did not stop. Only ffreen miles from us
was tie town of Schwartz, on the Vistula:
and at the rate we were going We should lie
there IN few minutes, fer each minute
carried US over mile. The shrieks of the
rails, and more terrific than all else arose
the demoniac yells of the mad engineer
"Mercilul heavensm gasped the guards
mar, 'ther'r not moment to lose; Schwartz
Is close. But hold" he added; lets shoot
Tim"
At that moment a tall, stout German
student came over the platform where we
stood, and we saw that the madman had
his heavy pistol aimed at US. He grasped
a huge stick OF wood, and, with steadi
ness of nerve which | could not have com
manded, lie hurled it with such force and
precision that ne knocked the pistol from
the manlac's hand. l saw the movement,
and on the instant that the pistol fell |
sprang furward, and tie German followed
me. grasped the n IN by the arm; bu |
should lave been nothing in his mad power,
had | been alone He would have hurled
me from tie platform had not the student
at that moment struck him upon the head
With stick OF noed Which, he caught as lie
c,rne over the terdcr.
KroIlcr settled down Ike deat. man,
and on the next instant shut off the steam
ami opened the valve. As the freed steam
hrieked aud boulcd ia It's escaped, the
peed began to decrease, and in few min
ntes more danger passed As | settled
Lacl entirely overcome by the wild emo
tlGns that had ragged within me, we began
to turn TIE river; and before | was fairly
recovered, the fireman had stopped tue
TT In il the station house at Schwartz
Martin kroi,er, still, insensibIe, was ta-
ken from the piat'orm; and, asawe carried
hun to the 1u,rd-ronm, one Of the guard
recognized him, and It'd US that he had
been there about two weeks before
lie came," said the guard, "and swore
that an engine which stood near by was
his. lie said it was one he had made to 60
to the moon in, ard that it had beer stolen
FROM hlm We sent for more help TO ar
rest hiEI. ard he fed"
Well", replied with a shuider, Il
wish he had approached me in the same
way; bet he was more cautious at Dant-
zic."
At Schwartz we found an engineer to
run the engine to Bomberg; and having
taken out the Western fail for the pext
Northern mail to carry along, We saw t! at
Kroler would be properly attended to, and
then started on.
The rest Of the trip we ran in safety,
though | could see the passengers were
not wholly at ease, ana would not be until
they were entirely clear of the railway. /
heavy purse was made up ty them for the
German student, and he accepted i with
much gratitude, and l was glad oSit; foI
the curgtnt Of gratitude TO linn may have
prevented far different current oi feeling
when mis't have poured upon my head
Tor having engaged Il n,adnan to run q
railroad train.
But this is not the end Martin Krollel
remained insensible from the effects of the
blow nearly two weeks; and when be re
covered from that he was sound again, his
insanity was all gone. | saw him about
three weeks afterward bat he had 10 re-
collection of me. lie remembered nothing
4 of the past year, not even his mad freak or
my engine.
: But remembered it, and l remember il
still; and the people need never fear that
shall he imposed upon again by crazy
; engineer. IL "A H ii H Il u E
Ugly Sam and Why He Reformed.
r He haG been missing from the "Potom
ac' for several days and Cleveland Sam
, Port Huron Bill, Tail eh;cagoan the res
; Of the boys who were won't to get drunk
with him couldit ma ke out what bad hap
0 pened The7 hadn't hen I'd that there wa
a warrent out fer him, bad never know 0
r his being sick for day, and his absence
5 from the old hauuts puzzled them. The,
i were in the IIole-in-iLe-W saloon tn
other morning, nearly dozen of them
f drinking, smoke and playing cards
when to their great astonlshment in walk
t ed Ugly Sam.
{ There was deep silence for a mcmen
d a. they locked at him. Sam had on a ne,
hat, and bad been shave clean shirt, anC
!, they didn'. know him at first. When the,
uoS Sam thnv uttered a shou