The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-06-14
THE ENOlNEER's slOaY.
ny rpES s. nExroRp.

~" ~ SVt uVWu anu listen. IHlRt vefl
much to tell, but It was a good deal /.
see, you can just bet your life, ard
never 80 by the place when / see /
without feelin' kind o scary.
Lem me see. Twas in CO. wa,
jist begiAaih my work on this road tha,
year. I'D been on road cut West
but friend got me the position her,
that I've kept ever since
II was a rainy. disagrseable day when
the affair I'nl going TO tell yau about
; happvned. jest une o them ,laya thu,
makes Teller fetl blue ia. spite Of hia.-
self, an he can't tell why, neitLer, less
he lays itRll to tho Weather.
| don't know what made me feel 50.
but 1t seemed as If therb was danger
ahead ever siAcs We left Wood. Staten
An what lnads il feel 50 curious was.
that feeliR o danger came en- me all At
once, Il WAS Jest about o'clock. as
near ss can tell. Anyway, ieat about
the time when the down express must
have got safely ~ the place where what
I'm gSiag to tell sou aboat happened. |
was ssandin' with one hand on a lever. a
l0okin' akead through the dri11Iin rain.
feeliA' chilly and kinder dowhheartei,
as I've said, though didn't know why.
when, all of = sudden, the idea come 10
me that somethin' was wrong some.
where. 1t took hold g ne an could
not get rid Of it nohow. / knew that
all was right about the engine. But
that feelin' that there was danger ahead
never let up once after il got into Ry
head. Queer, wasn't iti But twas 10.
| couldn't account for it after I'd found
nut there was danger, Jest as I'd felt, an
haint never been able 10 account fer
it Fence.
II got dark quite early en- account Of
the fog an rain; it Was dark as pitch
afere We left HOlhreek, which vas the
last station we passed afore We come 70
the place where | see the ghost.
II never felt 50 queer in all nv life
afore," said Jimmy, the fireman, to lae,
all Of sudden.
As I Was feelin' queer mvself he
kinder startled me, sayin what he
did.
why What dye meant" said 1,
without lsitin' On that felt uneasy ny
self.
Do know, answered Jimmy, "can't
tell how do feel, only as if suthiA was
goin TO happen"
That WAS jus it'll felt the san.
thing, an | told him 50. and we talked
about it until We both becs1As real
Hdgety.
There's purity sharp curve Absut
twenty miles from II ,lbrBok. The roa
makes turn round the nnoantain, su'
the river runs below We, about forty
foot, or such matter. It's l,okerish- |
loOkih' place when you happen TO bs |
goin' over it an think what ud be If
the train should pitch over the LlufF in.
ter the river.
Well, we got to tho foot o the noun
ta;n jest where the curve begins. The |
light from the hsAd-laap lie MP the
track and made it bright as day, about |
as fur rs from me to the fence wonder,
ahead . the engine Outside . that
spot, Rll WAS dark a. you ever aee it, IN
bet.
All at once see suthiA' right ahead,
in the bright light. We alters rss Slov
round this curve, so / could see dlatiae,
My hair Iis right NJ, / tell ye. for what
/ sse was a AaaS stanein' right IN the
middle Of the track wayia' his hands
an | grabbed hold o the lever an whis-
tied down brakes, an stopped the train
as fast as ever could, FOR yoa see l
thougbt twas a hive man. An Jimmy
he zee it too, and turned round to me
with an awful scsrt fscs, for he thought
sure he'd be run over.
But / began to see that 'twant any
fesh-and blood man, afare the train came
to stop, for it seemed to glide right
along over the truck, keepin' Jest about
20 far ahead ei us all the time.
"My. God! it's ghOst!',' cried JiAmy,
: gTabbin' me- by the arm "You can
See right through him"
An we could
Yes, sir, We could. When cosae to
notice it the fgger ahead of us was a
kind of foggy-lookin' thing, and only
half hid anything that was behind It.
But it was just as msch like q man a.
TOu be, an you'll said the same thing
f you'd a seen it.
The train stopped,
An then, sn. what dye think hap
oened.
: Well, sir, that thing jest grew tain
ser an thinner, till it sssnrd to blend .
light in with the fsg that ~as all 'rOund J
{. a-,3 'Se Srss sc knew twas gone
''Is ecas = s,kost = said Jimmy, in q
whisper. Il knew somsthin was = :
,Oin' to hap. e, cause l felt 50 queer
ike"
They come c'S din mp to find why
I'd stopped the tr%nh, an' / swear nov
II felt so kinder queer an foolish as I {
lid when told 'en what I'd seen, t
cause / knew they didn't bflsevs in !
hosts, most likely, an they'd think
Eas drank or crazy c
"He see it, soo,' seA ], pOintin' to !
@Yss, 'fors God, / did" sex Jimmy, q
s solemn as if he was a witness on the
tand
This is pretty hsw-d'ye-do," seq
he conductor, who didn't sleeve we'd 7
zen anything. I'm surprised at you,
jonncIl; thought you were man Of
ense"
Il thought so, too, seq I, '.but 1 can't
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