, 1877-03-16

l:cnutIful. md tile r.wka 70 ursnI, AZ any other
Way; II thy ;lon't Tel! Us that the Creator wl,o
naic nia,s e al T. powerful; r. and goo loo, shcro
You wcnt Mp . the top of plkc's Peak tt.e
ots'cr tlay. I've t,ccM thete t'D, n ia like tu
k,,9w ~ IL chap e:,t' 90 l,p t'ers, among tl'osu
e'n1Ery ur q li1n1rcl ,ntes. nil see tl1e noun
| tatns aru,,ni, mud the paIus 'wav off IN ironl,
tilai Io'',t scc To have no cn1, mil then look
an,o,nt 10 row II ilns. % Yo,. scs &C. n ayer aep was
any Cl!ristlan. amtl never. give Charley ITO sich
ira't,in', and sonlctines think meloo tlt1n't
20 ttlto right by him. But, Lord love yu,i,
tcst certain there wasn't nu,ic VI 'cti Ind my
cleAncr soul IAN shat he had.
There wits n place, about tllrec.qunrtcrs Of
deal san'lars, s!sl Aiary would read tg nit|u 10
i!s nt,d hlng. HlIu was Il good singer, Marv was,
We usrtl to cali tho place t.ncyji's. Nusi." II
was aors a q crssk mud .lIt1n't have no water
i was steep rs coal bc. Wcn stoFm snms ms!,u ur
I've known tt IN hall M hour 10 lare six feet uf
water IN T, Ar ,l'en IL wuutl bring down blk
l1gs, trsnks Of trees, anl great stotcs, routing
TINT way you could hear 1t Tor miles.
Il 1ot Its 1,a'ne lGraasc It was such an lnfor- |
: heavy shower, md I'd lear Devils aun i'owi.
There couldn't DO no worse rlavc Axcd lnr tiIs
,Gsl, th,ey hal %n.ed t,,e w1Ee eapsr
curve. and On thu outslde pi Il VII 1 ,.1
utlaMldown prcctpicn fnr l,urS ...~is,Io ..fatp
g that i tEalp vent N{f .u,. atfFdYg.t ~ YSgat
H,t yrnt ;i,,HomrnEaSs TIE Nv *Ollltl lso smashed
Of tl,u tI'rys' t ~ .snpenny nails. DcviLs
tiInrn rs HI e. al the track, llenF the pufht
III ia = ,.Ungh barrel cnlyctt, md once
lp- n lIarl storm, N tho trccs n stones,
~ ii, choskcl up the tuycrt, which wnsl't
r. enough! n tl,e walcr DAMNED up and rose,
| fil l,y'n hy tho Wllnle clnl,n.knctt Eaye wny,
antl twenty feet of the road went rIppIn' tl'Nn
tho mountain. They found out tho treuk le-
fore any accident inppcued, aud Tho culyert
was REBUILT go,sl tleul i'rer ti!t1i leiorc' but
AZ VIVA tc1lin'. il It mdn't been ssrll q wick
cd pIaec, DEVILS 1!un w..s tle trcttlcst ono on
tho whole mountain. Tho bctl u tho stream
there III tllu hottest DAY IN tllc sun could never
lind flis way through the trcca overhead.
AZ WIS tsilin'. Cl,aflsY W. was burn to 10 an
years uld he Knew the nn,uc Of ,1gtl all pasls Of
tlu tuachnc. He'd lcar,!t all The sgnals tint
was used VI, the roMI. lie knew that 4 rcd iag
ora rcd light meant da.luer. rl,at lantern. at
night, SWUNG backwards n forwards, slowly,
aefuAs tlIr truck would hrtl1g te1tn up, Ill
stat.tn'. Al TINT aor. o thing ho'1 lest pick
p ss,i i H. psw r to ,onnh u to, 9l syery
ingin they t,conKul to, nnd bclEcvn he knew
tic tfcad !f No. - Wunevcr bl1u went by, night
oIdny NJ. 20, tllat was MY fnganc, RIM ller
|
uosis worldl coul.ln't gcs out ot ler w1irn. sllo
w.ls III good huuos. We surt o. ,,.ne1stood ono
anotlltr, aIHi SHE hlr1iy ever wont bnck IN 1e.
0mrc In d while SHE did, atu thrn slc WIS per-
! feet Cuss.
few days before Christmas. Aitrr Churiuy got
| Tcar ur old, n'tcra iunlo lnilell OE Christ
nlas. Mostly euntrIvel to lay oil that day 30
buys was alters ready M1lh wllt!n' to take my
run that .luy-tllrHl is didn't hrv no wyes u
eldli!un rfcy,.i .otnu u,'d wy, ..'Now, Latham,
yec WV With f1 /. % chstaa. Ss 81 ri #
Jest taku YOUR rltn down. An' this 'cro basket,
sa's of 1914 aa;! %si send NJ ills il % aions 70 to
The i'r"t i!uo they it'd that was took back
si!at way stootl anl gapetl, iookin' around
Ill., M t,I,.,t. natural, ana soadnt say word. Aud
ioss sy to o sew W. caasty ona Gh,ssss as
they sent I'm asilycr ring. Oh! strangcr, them
nays was stc!l tItuea rs I've neyer he'd since.
There wasn't NJ other children around for
all llo scetncl to caro- for IN we'd carry on tt,-
gctaher al day Just US II mono Of US was morc'u
Charley he'd d little room by l.lsself, where ho
| The tEnek. gayu hlE railroad lantern, which
~ trimmed and called hisself, atter showed
lin h9ss, II Wen Il was my night down he'd
1lght bis lantern y put L In Thy window ut tho
head Df hts bed. could see It u long why ae-
fona rot to tho house, u yul. don't know,
stranger, wf.at comfort. It ~as wen was n com
tc boy was lyan' thrsu fast asleep mud .lfeu1ntns
that the roar nf Tie train was tho footsteps Of
h'f o pnrl ayin; II te,rty .%llo ~ hour:" IT,
goa e ss9 5 R ~ IL 0T a oEa xn iii axes Wss
was to take my train g99!n' buck. We startrd
ueal behintl. 1t had been warm day. Thu
weather had l,:ct, warm for souls time buck, und
It egah to ruin IN the lnorI'n', mud lied safncd
nli day. by III Ett thu wind chopped rounl to
thu north, n It bcgan 10 turn co!l, so that w'un
look for heayy, storm. A ,!arker night |
never saw. y viii tic conductor pulled thobell
| an ugly run.. My nrc,uai, was q w1II haruu,:
10 "Craxy Jake" tut tl,.y SOON dropped ii,u
Jako N Left HIN Crazy, and thct's the ,in,ne he
| alters went ay. So 10 rs to inc. Boss. guess
Sss c a sSte We: cs{ s{d. s Ss asss e s
I'm In dcspcra rate tight places. but never knpwd
'!n " show the white feather. don't believe
tan or asyll M sosl sease ,t but this night lo
5omctt;nes ttcEc'a something makes you think
beforehand TINT sNneth!I, IL go!M' tp fappen-
= kind of-of@.ll-escntinlcntt Ycst that's It.
but II there y spcs rts III accidents 0r disasters,
| folks Know III tAnv, uiu euuidn1 qujte do
IT. ET'Styt,S ;',sfy m. 'eenSa i TO- &C. wso'E WITH "
gTowll.' cos wo hurried 'cui up 1T stY,pur; ard
when pltllc1 ont my lnachinu hal the very old
10y th her. No. y, ls was telItn' ~, was oHu
nt the surcst engines on tho road, but wen slo
did tit ito her tli,loa sl,c was nuru oi,strcpcr-
| ons ots n y Gosern,neit mule: Inginc.. u 'lko
| tieso scwin' MRcltInts Or planners, aad them
thlnga. 1l.cy git out q kilter wltlsou. no
reason. AMI yer csu,'t tell watts tbs lnntter
with 'cn, only they jest won't, Antl that'a nll
there IL ab0ut it. bhe wouldn't steau,
she frcttcl, au.l sportotl and foa,nctl, aud
wouldn't lo her work no ways nt all. Mu aul
Crazy fused with lltg', aud worked with ,scr,
anu eo01tu and cussu.1 her. hut It Wstl't Nse.
We kept funuin' behind all thu tlne Instead of
making up. II thu con dnctos awore like pirate.
l!e WIS engineer hlsals, anl llo catle out into
thu cab and for tisG ur tei, miles 10 fused ari
worked uEL coaxcd aud cusscd. t,elIeyu that
insine knew Just ~ well that Satan was out
loosa that night as II she'd been u real hulnau
lngtncs IL like wonacIl--tllcy can't tell yon why
lhIng ~ 50, and cN,'t give M reason foF It, but
| tAey Jest know It IL 50.
| MelIbn we'd Maku thirty miles, or ach matter.
Tho fbftl. md S1eef. AMI hnIl and Gt,Otr tynS