The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-10

inquired skepticslly.
"Dslnt read about it next day in
the SsapIeton paper. I Was kind Of
thankful that L was mt worse. The
mas only had his eollsr-bone broken
and couple Of ribs smashed. and the
marriage had to be postponed. Next
night she killed her FIRST man. You
know Mather Hollis :"
"Yes. a half,witted lad"
ST. they said he was. but he was a
human being all the same. Never
was known to have done such thing
beforehand. pour fellow, he never
will do it again. It was pitch dark, a
raining. storming. and laundering. !
Wa keeping a sharp lWkout "a We
came t. Cross hollow about 8 o'clock.
Ho~ that hoy was killed the Lord
only knows. He was either hall
asleep or dazed. We never saw him
neither I n"r keef. the fireman. until
he stoh right up IN the track before
us. He might have got If but for
his fish pole. That was driven clean
through him. got d"wn-hearted
then. I felt that something dreadful
was in store for me. One thing abou;
81 that was strange was that. from
being q tidy engine. all Of u sudden
she got to be dirty, alwavs splsshing
herself with oil, and accommodating
cinders. A week passed along without
anything happening. only she kept
burning more coal than she should, 81
that l was grumbled at for waste.
Then came Friday. two weeks ass".
Right of on starting she showed heI
spite on . little girl that had crep'
almost on the track. So help me
heaven, / think the cursed beast IF m
engine tolled children on the track.
We just grssed that baby. Every
thing went contrary that morning.
Denny keef. who Was a merry fellow.
would keep a-cracking jokes. but
couldn't laugh. First there WAS a
bother about a freight train that had
broken an axel ahead If Us. Tha,
kept u back. At Crolev's the station
master got orders for me to make ~
some sixteen minutes ! had lost. be
cause there wss an excursion train
hack Of me, wanting to he on time
for a rowing match as was to take
place on Lilly lake. Well l let her
have it. and she just took the bone in
her teeth. and kind Of shrieking and
howling. her whistle keeping a-m"an.
ing. Every now and then | had my
hand on the throttle 70 be certain II
her. 1t hadn't been raining for some
days. and I knew M sleepers could he
loose and that there were no washa-
WAYS. But had kind If present
iment. / .eed the face o: the old man
and Bub Harrington. Poor Bub was
before me waen -. All I remember
was seeing poor Denny Reef manglei
by my side. could hear-mv God
his bones crunch! All 1 knew
after that WAS that vas in bed here.
with poor Jenny a crying over me.
They say il was broken rail. Now.
in freezing weather rail can break
hut in summer mostly never. 1t was
35 that had made up her mind to eo a
killing. The only thing | am glad
about Is that 3S Ina. gone To hell.
When Mr.. Malcomb, that's the boss
of our repair shop. came to see me
this morning, ines lee" mighty k;"d
his wife ascending me jeIIies and
soups he asked me 1t ] had no ill.,
quiri-s to make about 5S.
80" said he, IS gr,ulrl up int,
fine bits. Just a LIT of smashed up.
tangled. and battered iron. Her he'd
frame even is cracked
"Only fit for the scrap pi!e?" l
asked.
That's where most IF her is now p
said Mr.. Malc"mb.
Then thank God for that. SAYS l.
for a more mur.lerous engine the hand
If man never turned out. She was
accursed before she started"
Poor Tom had bad relapse which
ended in a br1in fever which set in
that night. Poor Jenny is a widow
now. Tom raved about 333 until ex
haustion came. Then he passed
away.
As it was easy for me To have access
to the machinery account and accident
book Of the road. I did L~k up the
history Of 33 snd ann forced Z" say
that poor Tom Massey's story. as far
as related to that particular engine,
was true to the letter. Have. then,
machines certain idiosyncrasies!
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