The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-21

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pearances of rain
| L was at Golosha, the northern terminus
of the road, looking after some repairs on a
defective boiler, and was going down to
! New York on the $50 train.
About there came telegram from old
| Nhately. whose summer residence was
| nearly midway between Golosha aud New
! York and the old heather had not vel for
! sakeu 1t for :he city. The telegraph oper-
| ator came into the house where kirke was
at work for he was always at work-and
! read it to- him. Kirlle made a note of it in
| his pocket-bo
| Pay train ON the line. Will meet Won
| Just west of Leeds at 1915. Shunt OH TO the
siding at Deering's Cut, and wait
WHATELY."
! kirke's watch hung on a nail beside the
| clock. Il was fancy of his always to
| hang II mp there when he was off the train
| so that he could make no mistake in the
| time.
| He glanced at the clock and from it to
| his watch. Both indicated the same hour
| --1:1j.
Seven Fifteen" said Kirke mediativelv.
| ''and we leave at 7:20, and the pay train
meets us at Deeriug's Cut at 1915. Scan.
! Time to make the run III this thick weather,
but it must he managed"
Aud he turned away to give some brief
orders to the fireman.
| strolling in and out of Che room for the past
half hour, smoking a cigar and swearing at
The bad weather. His train did not leave
| till near midnight, So he had plenty of time
to swear.
We all went TO the door and took look
| at the weather and unanimously voted it
was deuced bad, and then we walked up
| and down the platform and smoked our
after supper cigars, aud by the time we
oh WA fur he trai i'm
hands to be getting into their places. Boih
| the clock in the engine room and Kirke's
watch Indicated 1:fS.
KIrke was putting his watch in his pock-
| ct as he said
Garth. you are going with nae op the
Flyaway ~
No, thank ye." sai6 T. Il get enough
| of that sort of thing in my every day life.
| am going to do little swell business to-
| night, and take passage in the palace Cal.
| Want 10 res, my back. Good uig ht to you,
and hold her in well round Bottom curve.
! The roads a little shaky."
"Ayo, aye, sir" responded kirke, and
| lac swung himself to his position ON the
Flyaway.
The bell rang-I scrambled TO my com
! partments in the Pullmau, and felt hnrri-
| bly, out of piece among the silks aud broad
cloihs and smell of musk. But | was in
! for first class and made the best of itso
efiectuaiiN
who faucies I've owns all creation because
he has got a silver coffin plate on his breast
with Conductor" on 1t, bad shouted ''All
aboard - | was sound asleep.
What occurred in other quarters to affect
the !ate of kirke's train | learned after
ward.
Old Whately. the Superintendent of tie
road as guess have already said, had a
country residence at Leeds, on a mountain
spur, which commands view of the sur
rounding country for more than "A score of
miles The line of the railway could be
distinctly seen i'll each direction 10 miles,
and Wha ely was won't to say his lookout
was worth more to the safety of trains
than all the telegraph wires ON the line.
Whately was Iich old buffer, KIND
enough IN his way, but sharp as ferret III
looking after the road hands and de er-
| mined that every man should do his duly.
lie had bat one child, daughter: aud
! Floss Whately was the belle of the country.
! She was brave, beautiful and spirited, and
| more than once, when her father had been
| ,wav. she had assumed the responsibility
| Of directing the trains, and she had always
| acquitted herself with credit.
Old Whately was very proud OF her, as
| he had a right TO be- and he kept all the
! Young fellows at a distance. uutii 1t was
| said that he Intended to keep his daughter
| single till the Car OF Russia came on to
marry her.
This nigh. in November, old Whately
! and Floss were out on the piazza of their
| couutry home, peerng through the gloom
rnr the {; ;ol,,sha train, which was nearly due
..It's very strange it doesn't come IN
siybtr ~ said VIA ely, laying down ms
nioht glass in disgust. ''lt's hard on to
1O'uow They ought to show their IlBht
around Spruce Pond by thus 'lme
"Yo t. eg!a them her' You ie,
.t.o.s- i,,.,,, a, 81, Train " Is Tie ROAD
asked Floss.
..To he sure. And, good Heavens
there is the light of the pay train now
| See not 10 miles away and running IKE
,he deuce, as it always does !!
He pointed with trembling nngefs uo"n
70 the valley gorge, where, FAR away,
mere speck in the gloom, could be seen
light scarcely moving it seemed, but those
anxious watchers knew it was app oachihg
at lightning speed.
Father aud daughter looked al each 9th
or. - .o,,
The truth was evident. For some reason
the train from Golosha was ten minutes
i,aI,i,9 ti,,e. and il would not reach the
siding at Deering's Cut un i The pay tram
lad rassed beyond on to tbe single TRACK
Aud then? W by, to read under tue htau
or s.Appalling Railroad Disaster ahu
few more homes would be rendered des,'
late and a few more hearts would oe ma"e
To mourn. 81,
Father and daughter looked at each oth-
er ia dismay. "a ~
as there time ?'' asked the old man,
trembingly ,;ol,Iv
s.Se i'm can do it, said Floss, quictHy.
sIf can reach Leeds five minutes p,'p ,,e
the ttain-yes, two minutes-ah WIZ 20
yell DO not stop me, father"' as he iaid
"a hand on her arm Iii, oud
s.But you must not go! 1t is dark ano
5ism,liy lonely No, Floss y
II shall 90, father! Selim knows ony
me. and You could not ride h'm. l pavo s''
ridden darker night. Ana he is .ie 1n.'
horse in the stable f! Don { you ,e'pe ,,,'.' ~,
80. 1..i,ars ,,ete sent TO town yesterday
before old Whately could stop her, sue
had ordered the hostler TO sand'e oen' III