The Newtown bee., 1878-12-12


 ia charge of my fireman, and went over to m eating-house, to see if could not spend the time more pleasantly than on my en- zine. The hours dragged themselves away slowly 1 was playing game of dominoes with the station-agent when in came Roberts, the president, in a state of great excitement.
 Harry, said he to me, I want you to put me down in C. at twelve o'clock
 ''As it was nearly eleven o'clock then, GAd the distance was seventy five miles, thought he was joking at first; but when we got outside the door, he caught me by the arm, and hurried me along so fast that 1 l saw he was in earnest
 :" Harry, said he, if you don't set mo down in C. by twelve o'clock. I am 0 ruined man, and this road is a ruined road. Allrieh is dead; but he told me, before he died, that he had embedded from time to time, five hundred thousand of our moaey; and his clerk is to start with it, on the twelve o'clock boat. from C. for Canada. If We don't have that money on Monday morning, to make some payments with, the road goes into other hands; and if you put me down in C. at the right time, so that l save the money, you shall have five thou sand dollars. Understand it, Harry2 Five thousand dollarsn r... --.az ''Of course, understood it. I saw now the reason why the wages had been cut down; understood it all, and my blood boiled. I felt that I would save the road if lived and told Roberts so. " See that you do it, Haryn he replied, as he climbed up on the steps of the coach which was coupled to my engine
 T sprang up into the foot-board, got up the switch-tender to help my fireman, opened the throttle, and just as she com menced moving, looked at my watch-it was just eleven o'clock so that I had one hour to make my seventy-fve miles in.
 From Y-- to C. there were few curves on the road: but there were several heavy grades. I was perfectly acquainted with every rod of it; so that knew exactly what had to encounter; and when I saw how the engine moved, felt very little fear for the result.
 ''.rhe road for the first miles, was an air line, and so smooth that my engine flew along with scarcely pcrceptible jar I was so busy, posting myself up, as to the amount of wood and water aboard, etc., that we danced by the first station almost before was aware of it. having been five minutes out, and having five miles accom- n'5i{l "T:.e cuaCn. l IouKeu arouuu, "nu there stood Roberts with his watch in his hand.
 [ II knew very well that we would have to increase our speed by some means, if we carried out our plans of reaching C. by midnight, and looked anxiously around, to see what I could do to accomplish that purpose She was blowing of steam fierce ly at one hundred and ten pounds so I turned down the valve to two hundred,e for knew we should need it all to make soma of the heavy grades which lay between us and C..
 1t was three miles to the next station. With the exception of few curves, the track was as good as the last. AS we dartsd around what commonly seemed to be rather long curve, at the station, but which was, at our high speed, short enough, looked at my watch; and we had done 1t in
 two minutes and half.
 "'Gaining, shouted back to Roberts, who was yet standing on the platform of } the coach ) ''Look out for the heavy grades he replied and went inside tue car. } ''The next six miles rose gradually from ! a level the first to ten and half feet grads
 the last which lay between us and the next Z station My fireman kept her full; and 5 now she began to get hot. The furnace i door was red and the steam raised con- - tinually: 50 that she kept her spaed, and !; passed the station, like streak of light, in t five minutes.
 d Now came nine miles like the last; over e which she kept pace with her time, and 5 passed the station in seven and half Il minutes
 II Here, for ten miles, we had twenty 1t foot grade to encounter; but the worst of il Ut all was. at this place we would be obliged te to stop for wood I was just going to spsal CT to Roberts about it, when looked around d and saw him filling the tender from thu ic coach with wood which had been placed ly there before starting. while he was gone h. after me-
 he T believe we would have made this tel Il, miles with the same speed as before; but ut through the carelessness of the fireman gh the fountain-valve, on the left-hand side 0 en the engine, got opened, and the water ros .re in the boiler so fast as to run the stesr
 down to one hundred pounds. before dii ne; covered where the difficulty lay. he 'At first, Roberts didn't appear to notic Ks; the decrease of speed. and kept at work | In the wood as if for dear life. But. presen my ly. he looked up; and, seeing that the spec nd- had decreased, he shouted: Harry, we al
 stoppingn and then coming over to whel ot was. he said. Why, here we have bee ain ten minutes on the last ten miles, and b up Eeve we will come to dead stand if som or thing is not done. The speed is contin her ally slacking What isshe matterF age T explained the cause. He was appa
 ently satisfied with my explanation. an rty after having tied down the safety-valve, Ian- climbed back over the tender. exhorting T 7ers O pat her through. for Gods sake, O. | the are all llheggars together" slat- '.Just then we passed the next static feH. having taken nine minutes for eight mil he We were now more tIAn half over the rns | of but ve had lost nearly ten minutes hn
 and had left only tventy-seven minutes ons. do thirfy-four miles in ine. T had shut the water cf from both at . pumps, s little distance back, when |
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