Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-01-08
MIScELIANE / o.U S.
lTHE MAD BNaINEER.
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The speaker ,was' 'as young man, and
as ho spoke he leaped irom his chair. 80
Two men had been conFersipg in the same
apartment, aud the young mans exclamation
had beep caused by something which he had
20, yes, u said one, ''sbe is to be married
to morrow night aud it will be the most ex-
cellent combination Of wealth and beauty
ever seen in this part of the world"
is..But Wiggles is such numbsk uli'' =
"But WiggIes is wealthy, and what more
ought young girl Ike Irene MaltTayers to
desire % - ii'H os.,si2osss .i57eSt
BY this time the young man had passed
out. One OF the speakerss touched the other.
t'f'Do you know that young man p m
"No, indeed, not /; who is he 7" .,. d;
That's young Ned Aliord."
!. 1.-THE dickens !" 500 = - =" 'ita4
You know he has been uIlove with
Irene for this ever SO long. He comes up
fIom New York every quarter to see her 4
wonder how he'll take this 2" t =
"Why did her father turn the giIl over
to Wiggles if she was engaged 2"
"Oh, he wouldn't give fg for engage
ments. ne's sur!y, cFusty old fellow, aud
don't understand anybody's wishes but his
own" AS the men.spoke they went out.
o Mr.. Wiggles, the bridegroom, lived in a
little stoyn connected by railroad with Bains>
ford, and not more than fifty miles away.
Early on the appointed morping be might
have been seen vending his way to the rail-
way station. AS he sPprSaohed an engine
driver camo up. g-tnrl5 e-.fl az si..1srltI
Or "BOund to Baipsford, siEH'qu,i.sao-l dtr
iu "Y es, slF. 20 Ere aaltBsuI sHzrrJ
no passenger train to-day. sir--7 Won't run till
midnight, sir. Thedirectpr Of this road told
me, sir, TO be sure and get a locomotive ready
for you to take you there" s7s -sas,e .,isl
"Why isn't there carr said Wiggles,
as the man pointed, to the putting and snort
ing machine. 4sl-,l -5sd aai8fi
lt"Please sir, DO sir, there are no cars, only
this locomotire."' .s. a. eve 7,lgs-a
"Humph !" exclaimed Wiggles, solemnly,
Il suppose must gols----Ei - 6y4eK
The man put his carpetbsg in, go. in him
self, tonched crank and with a puff and
snort away went the engineyass5 ssfd ai4s !:
Mr. Wiggles at firstyfclt aolittle furried,
but after few moments he grew accustomed
to the novelty of his situation, ,7aDd amused
himself by watching the scenery. As he
looked at the landscape aud noticed the tel
egraph posts one after the other flashing psst,
the strange thought occurred to his mind
that he was travelling at q most fesrfully
rapid pace. he, therefore, touched the en-
gineer's arm, and prepared to speak, What
was 'Wiggles' surprise at seeing the engineer
turn and make hideous grimace. Hc laughed
in sickly manner. =
ifnFriend," he cried cain going rath-
er fast?" ~ II Ff}
The friend rolled up his eyes till only
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turned tho lids over so that hideous red
margin appeared over the whites.
''Go0d Lord !" cried Wiggies, "the man is
crazy - 1f111'j 55zs Id -
Suddenly the man commenced dancing
violently Then he sprang on the back Of
the engine, and standing on his bead he put
his heels against the funnel and stared at
Wigg'es. After thish he came back.
s 'Ws'lI soon be there" he said. -
sli"Where 2" gasped iggIes. z NJ .1ia-
''In New York" 80
New York w
They've got an air hue from there to
-Raunsbury!4 1t goes through thesair. We
go thump against the depot, and va vanish.
Last time went to Raunsbury went straight
on the regular track this time I'm going to
try the air line. hey 2" '7'''
He pOked wiggics in the ribs wigeIes
was SO paralyzed by feel that he could not
utter word. y 2 v l-,T
perhaps, though, we had batter not wait
Till ne. get into the Perhaps We had
better run into the next train, or go of the
track now So" /" Suitipg the action to
the word, the man gave a tremendous pull at
the crank r -si 41ara. 3 80 -
WiggIes did not wait for the catastrophe.
lie tainted
That night the.bouse of sgnire eMaltravers
was crowded with guests. Invited to the
wedding they had come, ,ezpeeting TO enjoy
Isths most brilliant marriage festival ever seen
in this part of the world.
But the squire wore no smile on his face.
The bridegroom had been expected atznoob
BE had not only not come at noon. but at
dusk he still was absent. Unable 70 contain
himself, the squire rode out TO the station
To his horror no Wiggles caineI