Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-07-10
MEfeMane,ns.
SEVEWYFIT.E NILES AN
HOUR.

had spot night in. stage, {
day in sadie, a night in :slespins
Car, half a DIV doing busines, half
day in bed, All was after supper en-
joylng a cigsr ad a newspape in tn.
reading room olthe Redwood House
Fayette, Ind. he newspaper was
unlnteresting, Or else | was rather
sleepy-and | CUES 1t Was a little o
both-so that | SOC neglected it, tt
watch the fantAsti curling Of thu
smoke from my fnelavored cigar.-
| didn't feel much Ike talking, ane
felt still less like reaing; but | die
not feel as if would Ne exceedingi,
well to hear good stoy.
! had barely come to tis conclusion
nd commenced Washington some on,
my acqualntances to sause me I'll
tt time was up to take M to Indian
ap!is, when | recogaized,'n the per
sorwho sat next to me, a falow trav
eletn the sleeping car of he nj 5ht
befo,.
H.too, had laid aside lis paper
and US apparently, like me, watch
ing th'smoke of his cigar and wish,
ing Tor ,bsent friends to keep him
compan.
lie wa very agreeable looking
llttIe Inan,lth a clear gray eye, light
halr, SAND Whiskers, and smiling
mouth. lhed, he had 50 much the
appearance the man that | would
like TO hear u story, that | though,
Dame tortnnha | smiled upon me
when h1 reCoAzel ms with a genial
"lIo~ dye do,ranger?"
returned hialutatior, and asked
him some conpn-pIace question,
about how lie h. enjoyed the ride
We had together.
He said solnethr in ren]v aboot
the running being fast for the oor
track, aud from thil,e conver ;atio,
ran upon fast travell in general 70,
some time AT last remarked that
sixty miles an honryas the most
speedy travelling tha I had ever
do le. Whereupon ny End informed
ma, with a pleasant ut KNOWING
smile, that he had travel considera.
bic faster than that, and fact fast
er than he had ever hear,t bos;1os
OF course | was anXiouso Lno,
where, how, and when he d done
it, and after the most mode ossnr.
anCe that he feared his talewon)G
not be interesting, my friend reveC
my anxiety by relating the folwine
story:
i am a railroad engineer. Aa,
long in 81, during the great rani
was running on the +. & G, r. R
The railroad companies were goi.
under in all directions. Every d.
we heard of new failures al
quite often in a quarter where ,
least expected it. Our road was ge
orally looked upon as one of the nc
substantial in the nation no OF
seemed to have any fears that
would fail to survive the gener
mash-up. But yet | did rot full.
share in the general confidence. WI
ges We're cut down arrearagss co
lected and a great many other littI
matters seemed to Indicate to me ths
the road had got into rather depe
water than was agreeable all arolnc
Among other things, the master ne
chanic had told me in the spring tia
the company had ordered four fir
quality Taunton engines for the ia
business. The road vi
put up in the very best condition, ar
other preparations were to cut dow
the time, and put the trains throue
quicker than ever known befor
wnen the new engines should com
Il said there was but one engin
came but she was in my opinion, al
together the best ever turned out G
he Taunton Works; and that is lay
ng as much as can be said in pals
Of any engine. She was put in chrg