Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-08

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/ body to mourn for me If go
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!. dis resolution was a desper-
ate one one7-mpst must. be carried out
without the delay bof 3 single
moment, F 1Nant,jif # at at all, He swung swgggn 6
hhiiWgY5egl himself a9wn upon the plot,
(" twisted his feet within the iron
bar bars, an and extended his body a.
head ea1ia as rigid as if carved, from
oak, and stretching his. hands
still in advance = - - ~. -" 90 ,A.. :.
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4 }a Il q was YYaIstaIity q trying, situation, one
requiring E9Yq / the greatest eourage-
! q posiitii00Tn.. ooaly,9ne used tot feats
Of strength within S athcs arena
could have sustained at all: But
be, did, and bravely, aud the en-
gine rolled on nearer and near
er, and the boy, suddenly n be-
coming aware oflhis danger and
the impossibbility Of escapesssank
down upon ltthei ties,l and his
scream of mortal agony rang
out louder than jar of wheels
-and kissing Of team 1 /
"Father!I fatherI save me.
Oh, saye,meRotgs3 sdi jsa3
fs'SaFei him2,roJohn EI1athrop
was kneeling on the fioorsof the
cab, with This hands raised in
prayerGhis 1aeesWhite as snow,
and working 10 the most terri
Pble torture.l The fireman. had
taken hisa,place at the lever
throttle,s and Whistley and athe.
engine plunged with increased
speed Itpon1la downiFgradeatoI
grind into atoms all that dared r
oppose1its wayqqe aau sc tGl 6
1t Was upon--oyerathe9 boy!
No, heavens be praised; the.
arms Of ERE frampshad grasped,a
lifted, and dragged him upon
The pilot and to safety. before
he was touched by the fire
breathing monster; and when
it Paused3 quivering upon the
very brink Of the crippled c6l--
vert, John Lathrqp was holding
his brave boy in his arms, hug
ging hm TO. his heart, and cry
ing over him as a woman. iu1J 1
In The morn of a clear Sab 1
bath, No. 99r6lled into. the sta
.tion; and when Jobns Lathrop
told his wife Of how their boy
had been saved, and she sprang
to tot the strange. and kissed, him
from the impulse of her moth I
er2s heart, there was no jealous
froWn upon his brow. 30 %
a Comfortable Prospect.
1873 (ErOrnlthe Detroit Free PfessO uel |
Ts'A husband aud wife were llav-
ing one of those arguments which
occasionally interrupt the harmo /
ny Of married lite. He grum.-
bled because there was not a bel
er.frein the room, and declared
that she was always just so ssin,
gY in regard to. the use Of fuel. !
She rather Admitted her general
partiality for economy in the di
recion referred to, but at the
same time she .asserted that She /.
was the subject of a great i'm.
provement in the specific point 4
then 3 under sddiscussion. For
her part she went on to 4
state that when. her first husband !,
was very sick (he did not recoY--
err shereaIly felt some reluctance
to having attife Of sufficient cdpac.
ity to make things comfortable. !
But" said she "when my SECOND I
dear departed was in his last
sickness bad such FIRE as 30 }
reasonable man could find fadit
wilh3 9And,@S @Ssashea esntinge9, ID
"when your time. comesto lie In
that bed, With no hope Of ever
rising from II, I shhfl have a first
rate fire, as hot as-why, so hot
that you will hardly know The dif.14
ference when you're dead" J.