The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13

NOW black with smoke all9 DUST.
Oaly d bfaltenanI NJ; ll better
the condurtor Of a ireieh lraip.s-
/ A gear ago Re had been lalIto take
the place ofa bra emdA'ar already
l;he ha 5pen promoted did ii
SlIs 6ad met and. iosed sdi4 IN thu
tdays Of his foolish idleness Ana She
had insisted.that he 40 nething
lnanlyIor she could not-ye heconld
and did love him; but be- Iistshov
himself worthy her love ready ID
lhad aaxanced, and dslie was flf pleas
led with his progfess a'ld had
lbecons engaged
A grimy,. dusty man in naloyely
garments; but, in her eyes, he was q
man made for better things. AS lie
stood beside her onecould see in his
clear eyes and sensible face that he
had good stuffin him, and was worthy
of her love.
1t comes us not tolinger while they
talk quietly together beside thctrack.
The train moved slower and slower,
till, finally, it itstopped with the last
car just beyond the switch The iron
horse was moved on, the station mas,
ter signalled with his arms in a cur
ious fashion, and each Of the four
brakeman repeated the motion in
turn. White puffs ofsteam rose high
in the air from the farther end ofthe
train, and the last car backed down,
turned aside, and entered the siding
The station master left the switch
and came hastily toward the lovers.
"Good day, Alfred. Light freight
to day only one CARLY the way, the
break chain is broken, you had bet
ter drop the eur at the repair shops.
The freight can be thrown out with
out leaving the car"
So saying, the station master went
on into the freight house, followed by
the rattling and rumbling cars
They gradually lost their speed and
then came to u stop, with the end Of
the train lost in the deep cavern Of
the frGght-house. There was ashout
from the building, and then one of
tR6 brakomen began to move his
arms as q signal to go on Again
the white putts of tho steam shot up
in the distance, and with d Jar and a
culver the train started as,,in.
Car after car rolled past them
There were hurried whispers, a warm
hand shake and perhaps kiss, and
then the young man sprung forward,
graspcd the ladder ON the last car,
climbed quietly to the top and sat
down. She stood gazing after him
as he was drawn away from her, and
smiled and waved farewell to him
with her handkerchief.
"Herc, Lydia, you must help me-"
1t was her brother who stood be-
side her, with Il bunch Of keys in his
hand.
The passenger train follows this
at once, and | must go to the station.
Will you please close thc'switctr af-
ter them?'
She took the keys mechanically,
and then turned again to gaze after
her lover seated on the last car of the
retreating train, 1t had passed out
of the switch and was crossing the
great Vladuct and moving more and
more swiftly away.
To close and lock the switch was
neither difficult nor dangerous, and
she quietly walked toward the end
of the siding until she came to the
switch post. Here she leaned against
the wooden frame for little space,
shading her eyes from the sun with
her hand and watching the train
1t had run round the valley, and was
turning into the great curve that
crept upward in a long grade over
the hill beyond.
1t was now u mile away, and she
could no longer distinguish any one
on thecars, She turnedslowly away,
seized the iron bar of the switch, and
easily threw it over into place, so as
to leave the Main Line open for the
next train.
She looked back down the road
and saw that the passenger train had
entered the line from the branch, and
was pulling up at the station to dis
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