The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-14
LOVE AND \ NrEE

LOVE AND \ LANTERN.
Raratnw'a Siding " small aiatlnn ~ fho|
a 4. and Weetetn hallway. and located "h
on the prairie at The edge II h't ni a''u'hy
woods The little village u Raia VI about
Il mile from the station. anh ~ teach " ono
haa 10 take q rough road through tho wnoha.
The line nj THE point ia perfectly aslaiah,
and rpnehep ~ the horizon ~ both directions
These facta arc essential ~ a right nndni
atand,uu Of the eyputa Tint took place NJ tho
statIo., one night about yea, aRo
pid Ham nlittan. station master. cal IN the
atnva III tha middle uf the switch hnuae, ills
docking al The dull rod rnals IN tho ugly
atove. Hls daughter, about n'n"tenn yon's "t
nna. ant NV tho little telegraph apparatus
near tho window that locked nut down the
line nv the Md Of tho lantern al'o wac '"nd
,ns a STRAY nnwnpapar, the bon ltdfe icriGT
a arrange paper for 4 giil H. read. Int II ho
loured III a dear friend. mud some ninauai
ricturpa had lntereaed hor greatly. Sh" lid
more. ahe read and atened MOI u thing
st,rrel III the dull, bare little room save iha
raatleaa ao,uder Ill Nv, table. Ihn inncRaant
abe heard u not. Elm CITY waa talking 4"
Ilentreyilla, forty miles ofI. AMI every word
waa applied Oh the anundef. wv ahn heard Y
MOI. for her mind was on tho alert t. catch
another sound. Her father had lot fall the
papar ha was reading. H. could moi road.
IN, A bitter disappointment kept hla mind
harassed and troubled. How long waa thia
default Of payment to the employees Of tho
railway company ~ continue Tho laat
month'a wages had not boon paid. and
another month had nearly passed Tho line
needed repairing. Ono OF Tho signals was
hrpkan and there were two bad tiaa ~ thia
aaction The trapkmrn hal complained that
vary day that new and better tnola were
needed. and that more hallaat waa wanting,
Suddenly, far away on tho odgn If tho ana
tilts hnriapn nroar a altar. Tho yaunA VIII "A
pyea were on the paper, md Wv nhe Rnw "
siauu She looked ont the onrtatnloss win
dow and watched the atar grow bright. IT
did not Heem 10 rice, but to grow big with
hrtrhtnaaa III Ia not fSr lnvr ~ Rtt ana gayn.
III r,uat act She ruse. aud In silnnce won't To
pne Of the great iron awiteh-hars and nt~"i
with both hands elaaped ahou, the handle.
and EaSed down the line. where III" star
Ind become n lame.
Then camr 4 far away anunl through thG
might She pulled the han forward. fai down
the track the Rwitch moved III the dark, anu
n great green eye became red w the line ~
the opposite dtrntlonAnRthaf EtnNh aie Rha
denly bnCRmn rci.
Samaon Glider aat On hia high aeat With
one hand on the Throttle valve" gazing at"d
ily ahead A constellation 81 AFe"n and N"l
Inv staTa had sprung In tho hnlt1an Jack
tAnusr hts iircWau OH tho other a'io W thN
anuine had given Voice Ia tho monster ~ II
painted along It's way. Alb ono star had
dashed red. Tho engineer huNhch ana
amtiad In the dark, and pulled tho throttle
valve Then came push ami lar aa tht'
heavy freight train lumhlluE hchind pushed
against the engine, The motive power had
nsmsnd and the imlcnEe momentum 81 lh,
train drove tho ldlN engine RW'ltiN 'nrWa' II,
ThN whistle spoke ~ the MON behind, ana
they gladly pulled the brakes ami tho tram
uttered the siding. The headlight throw u
lurid glare on the swttehshnns". aud hy th"
light Samson saw young xiii standing ~
the track She was dressed i1r rough Nrai h1l.
and were 4 red hood that was not t9N")y ~
Samaan II was lovely IN the glow nj The great
lamn against the sky. II nay have boon il'
peculiar effect of the light Il may lAtN hNnIl
love for love has finer eyes thhR hnl1NlHE
martals,
They came into the switeh-houan together
she smiling and happy, liz plea sed ant Etatl
fled, yet with a shade u care upan h!@ iat@
In his hand he held nfW traGi>laNet N Iaf,
such IA may he uaed toifaw spikes nom tias
He spoke to sam hfitton pleasantly about
the weather amt then said
There's bar for the station master.
bought Ii myself. me company seems M n,
tn poor to give Its mou iittoa-
40 say nothing of ctr wages. added tht
old man, roughly, -,
"Oh. father, why dc YOU harm IN that u
COMPANY has Il great deal IA property N WH
surely pay us Our cues
The engineer placed the haragainst no wnt
hy the door and then turned 60 Mary. Sh'
he'd him away 10 her little desk hy thu window
and then they All DOWN together ifnoitlA
Jack Iindrr and nup nr two Gt tine tram iilef
came ana sat down ~ the stove. The CONVEX
sation among the men Tor the first few mo
ments had n local flavor. and needs Nc mclt
ton. Then Il hranlhei tN mn tmroFtaR
theme-the overdue wages. Even the lovers
discussed the matter. AMI after few words
they stopped abruptly. Fears were In tht
girls ewes, and she turned away and EaIet
out the window At The great glowing head
light
Then one Of the brakemen said
Ana the President Is racing around tht
country in q drawlng-room 9ar, IT, eonilAA
M the road tonight On special 9ai, ails
everything Eas to give WAY to hls tram
II wish he might get tumbiei iAto th'
ditch" said Il deep voice that started luel1
all ...
'sOh. Sampson. how can you say that sal'
MarS'S tremMl0u- TONES. ,
Because I'm mad. Here We can't y,
stopped. and the girl hiushed scarlet IL
president can make excursions over the llu'
and GisarEapEe tile timetables and yet "
are two months waiting tor oar pay.
think
He stopped and looked toward the door
hideous creature stood before them-a tramp
footsore. hungry and homeless, tad found th'
door unlatrhed and wandered i'm. looking Az
shelter The station master let the man COM
in and stand By the stove to warm hlmsell
for it was very cold, and the talk was col
tinued in whispers.
Suddenly there came the sound OF q distan
Ehistle, The station master looked &C ID