, 1877-03-17
" STOP HEB, PA.RD! STOP 29!"


)! We u10ue the Euu 1FOHl Il way SLlL1Ouy LIE n0I
e. OF which has escaped me, into Pueblo By nigI
p There had been heavy rains. Parts of the tra
- we're submerged. The darkness and the ru
u Of waters created among the passengers consi
erable anxiety. I spent most Of the night
,, the cab. The engineer was too much absorbt
y in his duties to talk. He answered my que
Il tfons with civility, but with breyity. did NJ
observe it at the titnc, but afterwards I recalle
!. distinctly the sudden start he gave, and th
:. look OF intense interest he turned upon MT
\ when l made some observation which Indicate
: that thy house was in the vicinity of Pittsbure
The next day he accepted my invitation to dine
2 We were alone at my room. had been recall
, in" the scenes OF the past night, when, taking
, his pipe from his lips. he began:
THE EsGIEEEK's STORY.
. Mayhap, stranger, you hcv run over tue Penn
sylvany Central Railroad. As YOU may say.
vas born and brought up on that line, first Us
fireman aud then engineer nigh on to twenty
year. It's alters excitin' to run machine, and
wen was Il fireman l used to think it was better
to be top Of ono Of them splendid engines than
to be President OF the United States. The day
they first put ME on the footboard and took
the lever in my hand and knew it was my en-
gine, reckon was the proudest man between
Pittsburg aud Altoona. kinder thought that
everybody was goin' to be out that day, to see
fiow tct Train made her run, ana you tan bet all
NN~Nt+ IT,
the whole 1T mile. But this kind OF spirit wore
oil, after white, IN settled down iuto a sober,
stiddy~go!n' man; n they did say that wor as
safe II reliable man as they Led in the ousi-
! ness hey to say it, stranger, as there's no
| body else to do it.; elsewise You wouldn't know
| it.
Twas turned % wen me and Mary was mar-
ned. lwenty-eight Years ago! You hcs wife,
haps it's just as we'll I he'd Mary some eght
years, but 1t don't seem like no time. now:
left her there in the old Keystone State, her an
tag boy. Sometimes think I'd like to go back
I,supposc never Shall. Don't seem Is Il i.aI i
the heart to do it. 1t wasn't in any CHURCH.
yard, you know; but a little way up the .noun-
ta''i there was green, quiet spot among the I
trces, ana they are there, mot MORN hundred
!ect, say above the track,-and often wonder I
Il Charley doesn't still dream, wllcu tile New
fork Express thun1ers By, that his old father is
Holding the throttle.
when | had small yearn', and bctwreu
whites used to plant my potatoes and things, !
enough to Keep us going, autl Mary had her
!.arden: Mary alters took to flowers, as used
70 icy her, jokih' like, COS she was one Of the
tatnlly. Then ne had COW, and Mary raised
eiitcsc1ls, aud never see no person could do as
1nuc!! WIN chickens as Mary could. jest seem
ea lke those hcus were always strainiu' Of |
1e lawn eggs You never see notbin'
pay str1ctrr attention to business than what |
thcy did. Never standin' about and foo]jn'
around, but alters at it. An' then they'll set
and harctl incredible. Mostly two broods year {
ind brought 'cln all ,1p.
Aary ralstd the COW. One of the neighbors +
slV IT to her wen it was calf, and she ,naie
much OF it. used to tic it to stake near the / +
abin wen it was little thing, for It to eat ! a
;rass' 1a Nary tian't know much about things n
hought she'd put the calf in the stable. told h
er she'd better not try it.-shc was lust a | r,
light girl Now calf you know, is The most RI
efe!'l , animal in tils worj It don't look as ii
rowu mall SO Mary untics the rupe and I !,
arts 1or the shed, aud the calf kicked up hjs "
ecls aud away ue went. Mary held on to the nj
,pe anu away she went,-thrown down, rolled L:
H., Gna a1i o tnete was 60 confusion Of calf and
Oxen, out Mary was the most amazed girl ill
~ ever saw. That calf grew up to b. I'll
1owln COW She used to run out on the | to
aeh ust on purpose to frghten people She'd til
ay IT,! ~ the traiu was close up, but never got da
I. Inc men soon all got to know her. and i II
dn't mind ltcr. But whenever new engineer a.
tnc along aud saw her he'd whistle brakes and ali
aS .ss M ruthpHs, o1tcn bringing the train to gel
al stop. But she'd walk off just at tile rirht | r.
nc and seemed to understand the Joke.
our Ittlc cabin was among the mountains, a sIe
od WAYS from any otner house, and used to the
uctnncs think that Mary must be lonely. with he
away SO much Of the tine< You sec, WINS hir,
ers cut three nights in the week. went IN | firf
the daytime. passing my house ut noou. and | hca
" aas eatn aa iat nfSht passing at midnight. fort
= G aaaEts suHoat. lAc place where we lived in
Wild region OF country, and the storms tie
used to have up there, SO high in the air, that
ai5l,. IN his
Well, do you know, I took to him tie poiu
! Hrst moment AM that's a very cur,ous / sras
e about babies. Now I never fancieG ZEN ! from
r 49,. @ - ~ YOU, stranger, 1t makes all the zeal
=; an.t, s -! 'uc "osiu whether IT'S Your baby weat
I'M 1bf,1r AZ IT,. L
! . gicat many OF ZEN III my time, and ac- all d
ing TO their parents, they the most un- the r
i'o ,1 1@oeS, ouA never could see much Of We 81
!. o1, usea 20 tauSh good deal when people look
" ft f too's " tuG1tse!fes over their chii- neVe
- ne ~ "no" ea'etts noh !t IS now, for ses Il
IS ,rt eyer lived. Mary named him Charley scar11
vas alter me- Seems to me that boy took 'i1n q
oeo!Iloll9c rom lne tl1ae he vas six Jake
=. .aS Uu Is mother would set out in front alters
e house With him in her lap when was up YOUR
'on. and she'd kiss her hand and waye the BOYS
M, at me. by tue time be was y years I'M in
~ ~ so tnat USED 10 take lin tc
spp,1. @ ttae n4ln lne. 1Ecrc Was man c
fotank near the house, and when I SCENE
'eu to water he was alters there, and I'd Son
III ~ ~ esffS IN gu ten or twenty before
i "ar ~: toenel tlal'i' anu some OF the kin
thora a. .s.'a uaeA nolie. 'i~asn't long Prcset
''ete 'an WIS scarce man on the roaa as but II
IN, ~ ,,Gs n,as.'a9ns = oapy: They'd seems
;n,ss ,,n3 he a' enes souio f'nd i'm, and folks
,odv CT in. oe gone nearly an day, but 1t. E,
f+tl7i;.r 'n,,a h.. Wv aloee nisnt n he'd us tt
hc,r tho 1nns & &ouinetnhes think It's growli
Thore w.s iii f,ii.1 usSu 70 take to that when ]
,cncn tht, 1I 49, as rough as bears boy in
a'd cut or Shoot man Quicker'n lenin': did o;t
taon fncu--up in them mountains then, ons ~
! ! men were mighty hard cases. What for thesc -
cre was,,.t nn. - TX pcat San HILL an thugs.
! ! gross WORT to my baby. They wns nil With y
IN, and It Anybody took to imDosin, On thara
l,t. "9s qu1chern Tue drop she ftc
G. was Bill Walker. You didn't tnor Gouldn you'd
a1ker, did you? No! Of course yo" , and ~ =
run off. Never srota s"aten 1. open on I'm We KEEP
Bill hc VAS crps,r ~ Iittr lucy picked making
II fcl|ers ~ .., .tust5 osd nacheior-one He was
n i,issrif IT, S;t,. sess hoth'h', II he the cab
was so sot ar; asa., nase no relations, worked
f1cy din,t bot;o,o ~ oouy the poys used fng;ae
like other fnis ~ s,gF nag luther or loose til
form fnct and - eu ~ hau hard lines Ingines
-, Ycst tha.;s ae :, t'n "nat 1hey call @ thing
led tn hov N-a m'senthorp. they jcs
had crrr Sax p .,S Etuuee Tor every Mebbe
cytryhody 10 Io,.s, 2ot1en general dis The rain
fur ri,1c ors da, ~ ~ DA4 picked up comm d
ext Station II" w.: .In;1, .eh nc stopped down th
I'd tn. jitt1n ~ s.n Iouud oiitn' his runrin'
III to his .s;a ~, ~ .aEefing after wind was
over with ri an'a i'a @ Acthn' n'sself all through
ngi11ecr. and thcra E.s"ee Je>t IKE this cout
), rs didn't like Bill nohow. and he see re at
1tullo, Bill! is that a 1eftehnnIer ~ t tl,u mo ~
ay Bill inst turned ashv, He sets dov es u =
nQ reached fur that Fnl1.. N1"A opCutu u