Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-08
out the fireman from the iute-
.inr of A i4 rater tank - y

out the fireman from he iute
|rior Of the water tank.
"Thats nothings new" wa
| the answer. They were a
: plenty an summer as blackbef
! Eries::" R.TAaH
"But the poor fellows bal
stssFsd and frozen, and begs 81
hard for.afide.''ss ~ rs IS, s e.: s'a 2. !, :. :
sRide? Humrh! And ge'
sent up for thirty daysif any o.
the 'big-guns Of the road find i
] louti'' 4.szs. 50 ss.lssss'l lsss 81 .ssass
The light from the open furn,
ance door shonc full upon the
face ofsthe tramp as he stepped
from the desoiate, !. icy tanl
where he had@pansed to gain
semething Of shelter, even il
Little Of warmth, A rapid sign
passed between him andathe en-
Igineer, and theIlatter continued
sCome aboard. Filtake the
chancesss / don't think the con-
dactor will give me away, and
mighty clear of, the brakesmen
showing their, faces more than
theyscan possibly help such a
night as this, Anyhow, I'm
not going to leavea a fellow, be-
ing to staryes and freeze, to
deathi for all the railroad com
panies this side of Canada.
Blessed ifI dol Come aboard,
old fellow.'p' : > ]. I :, l.sss.s ~. 8; .;'zs
The tramp obeyed the sum-
mons, and his=-scanty clothing
and'numbed hands and feet and
pinchcd-up face told how. sadly
he was in need OF warmth and
food:s The roaring furnace
speedily supplied the one, and
the dinner pals Of, The engineer
ard ffeman tIis othef, though
they would haze to last until
morning and would sadly, miss
their hot coffee. .ss... s. ,gs. :. 80 :. =.
Two shfieks of the whistleya
tug at the lever, and Ninety
nine staited and shot ava J with
theslengtrain AoWings behilitl
like an immense black serpent,
over airline and around cprvcsa
and through tunnel and across
bridge. : Then AJohn Latihop
had time to more closely scru-
tinize and talk to his unpay.ing.
passenger. The mystic sign.
that had passed between Them
told Of brotherhood and paved
the way to his thinking well of
, tgseE1El $50 r % Z
him. 2sslsssr galV 81 aaga5s .nT
"You aren't use to tramping,
and haih'tlbeen long at it" said
John, laughing quietly, at the
rapid manner in which the sup
per of himself and fireman was
disappearing. ,kNI5 Iau9E
"Not much, Gully" replied
the tramp, pausing, with Bis
cult ilr one hand and the. half
picked-zlegi of a turkey in the
other, to answer. 9v.g =
sOullyl" repeated John, eye
ing him still more sharply.
''Y on are a. showmah?"
''Was, and another few days
like the last and I could play
walking skeleton to perfection,
and he glanced up at. the, engi-l
neer with a pair of the blacklist
possible eyes and a face marked
with resolution and bravery.
ea."What Z. biz?" qucfied John
Lathrop. saot'ebs-uasss1 hasa = s
Bar and trapeze." !" '.a
sIfe did did not appear 70 have
time to make lengthy geplies--
onlyuttered the -briefest between
mopthluls; and, noticing this,
his questioner paused until he
finished bis almost wolf-like
meal, and then resumed: -, -
-sI used TO kick up my heels
and strut over the saWdust once
sisas9aagz ssfSei---s Y p
INt'4sg g Sc EaN lf~T.ass
eyes, but Igavesit up years
ago had a. little settle withthe
Tiger, and got nearly chawedi