The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-10-04

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regular habits, and such Il bold
request struck him as something
extraordinary. Take the engine
Oft and leave the train Vi pass
engers waiting at This lonely
station ?The idea W preposter-
Gus. Some Of the passengers gath
cred near and asked what was
the matter.
Three children lost, blown
away III an empty car. Some
one SAID, Yes, go at once. We
can walt Aere ill the engine re-
turns.' The conductor said he
must telegraph for instructions
but some one said, 'the wires are
down. and the people only cried
out the more. Let the engine
go = 81 the another Hau to The ten
der and began TO pull out the pin,
that tht. ougllie might start.
| Hold on marln, said a brakes
man. 'Ill cast !ier OFF. You
jump aboard, II you want to go
too. Fire uD Jack, and make her
hum.'
1t was ali done in a moment,
ana away flew the engine, leaving
the conductor and the station mas
ter starring i'll surprise at this
singular proceeding.
'l'ire steady Jack, said the en-
glneer 10 the fireman. It's no
use to get excited, tor wcr're in
for d long lace.'
| It's enough to make Il fellow ex
clteu to see That woman, said the
ireinan.
| The engineer turned around,
and there by Lis side stood the
mother, her eJ Jes straining ahead
down the line III search of the
missing ones.
Oh, sir ! open the throttle wide.
Don't try TO save coal at such Il
time as this.
'We must keep cool, marin, and
go steady, or we shall run out of
coal and water and come to IA
stand still Oh the line.'
The woman said not q word,
but nodded mournfuliy and lean
ed against the side OF the cab for
, support, and then the fireman
gave her his seat, where she could
look out over the liiie. How the
engine shook and roared The lit
. tie hnger Of the steam guage trem
bled aud rose higher and higher
as the steam pressure increased
over the raging fire. The engine
, seemed to be eating up the track
, i'll front, and, behind, the rails
l spun out like shining ribbons il
the sun. The station and trair
5 had already sunk down out o
; sight, and the grassy horizon Oh
5 each side seemeu to tly away in ;
| gigantic waltz. The wind diet
a away to a dead calm, and in ;
few moments a little breez'
], sprung Up and blew III at th'
! windows.
we are beating the wlnd,' salt
9 the engineer. If we can keep al
p this pace We shall soon Overtak'
s Them
a GLOW long have they beel
\ gone = shouted the fireman abov
D the roar OF the engine.
t i don't know, screamed tn
f woman, wlthoUl taking her eye
off the horizon, where the Fail
Ii met the sky. 'IL may have bee
u two hours or more. They wer
playing i'll the empty Carr
r.. All! something ahead. Was
i the Runaway car? No, the mex
le station. What d terrible pace
% Twenty miles already!
oh, don't stop = cried the W
s man, as she saw the engineer pu
his hand on the throttle valve.
- Unjust, marin. We are gettin
~ out of water, and perhaps we Ca
~ earn something OF the runaway
;fe The sudden arrival of d soiital
T. engine, containing two men an
~ ~ IL woman, startled the static
~ master, and he came out to 81
- what it meant. He seemed
guess at the truth, for he said:
m.r m after the ruuaway car!
u Yes, yes. There were thr'
- children inside
y. 'Oh, mar!n, I'm sorry for y
It, 1t went past here, going TWEEN
nd miles an houl. IL came dow
off grade all the way, but the I
grade begins about two miles OF
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