Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-08-10
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IwAs riding en- = night train Of tie
Penusylvauia Central. iron New York To-
Washington. "a a mission a. Newspaper
correspondent. We bai Ia-se,i Bait
more. and. within al hours time. would
be at our place "f destination. The con-
ductor ha finished collecting the fares.
and, seeing vacant seat 10y my side, hal
dropped iuto il rs il for little Test a;
the end OF tire-ome days work. He
made an entry in his note book, closed
it, placed it into his breast pocket, but
toned his coat. folded his arms, and then
turned to me with friendly remark, as
if now he felt at liberty to lay aside all
official dignity and be sOcisble. l was
glad to while away the time, as the train
was rushing along in darkness which
concealed all objects of interest without;
and SO encouraged the conversation.
"You must have met with some inter-
esting experiences, and perhaps with
some great dangers, in the course Of your
life," said /, the conductors grizzly
beard, showing that he might have seen
. long service.
"Well, perhaps the most exciting ii me
in experience was the night was chased
by an engine-a night which this one
reminds me Of" said LIE, looking out into
the darkness.
"Chased by an engine!" said I, getting
interested. "now did that hapleni"
"Well," said the conductor, settling
down in the cushion and bracing his
knees against the back of the seat in
front, "many years ago was running the
night express on Long Island, from
Brooklyn to Greenport, a distance Of
ninety miles, the entire length of the
road. The Long Island road was then q
one-horse affair, having only q single
track, with switches at the different
stations to allow trains to meet and pass.
On the evening to which l now refer l
started from Brooklyn at ten o'clock
with the old Constitution" long since
broken up, but then the crack engine of
the road, with baggage or freight car
and three passenger cars. The night was
Just as dark as q pocket, or, if any thing,
perhaps little darker" he added, a. if
be had accurately tested the internal OBJ
security Of that useful portion of the
dress.
at must have been very dark" said L.
1--WE were the only regular train up the
road that night, with the exception of
the GreenpOrt express to Brooklyn, which
was to start at ten o'clock and meet us at
Lakeland station, in the middle of the
island, switching off there to allow US to
pass.
"Well, we were perhaps six or eight
miles on our way when stepped out on
the back platform of the rear car to see
if it was growing any lighter. We were
then going over a part Of the road which
was as straight as an arrow for distance
of four or five miles. As was looking
back over this stretch saw behind us at
the distance of three miles or so, what
knew was the headlight of an engine, as
it was too bright for anything else; for
OF course did not suppose the Govern
ment had been putting up any light
houses along the road"
"Probabiy not" said 1.
"You may be sure was little sur
prised," said the conductor; "for there
wasn't an extra train once a week upon
that road, aud knew there was none go
ing out from Brooklyn that night any
how. l waited for a few minutes, until l
saw that 1t WAS really an engine coming,
and what vas more was gaining rapidly
on Us, although ne were going at our
usual rate OF speed. When VAS salts
fed of thi, TACT I hurried forward and
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