Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-08-25

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81 don't know screamed the woman,
without taking her eyes from the hori-
zon, where the rails met the sky. ''It
may have been two hours or more. They
were playing in the empty car"
SLOW did she get out Of the siding ?"
(He meant the cary a.1 @
ats one of the new switches" said
the engineer. Gears can easily jump
out upon the main line"
All something ahead. Was it the
runaway car? No, the next station.
What terrible pace. Twenty miles
already!
"oh. don't stop !'' cried the woman,
as she saw the 12s.sgg engineer put his hand on
81 must, marin. We are getting out
of water, and perhaps we can learn
something of the runaway"
The sudden arrival of solitary en-
gine, containing two men and woman,
startled the station.master, and he came
out to see what it meant. He seemed
to guess at the truth. for he said:
"After the runaway car %
"Yes. yes. There were three chill
dren inside
"Oh, marin, I'm sorry for ye. It
went past here. going twenty miles an
hour. 1t came grade all the way,
but the upgrade begins about two miles
out. | was inside when it passed, and
didn't see it till it had gone past the
door,"
How long it took to fill the tender I?
The engine stood hot and smoking by
the water-tank, and the water came out
in a slender stream, while the poor
mother stood looking on, fearful and
impatient.
"Good-by! Pll put up the pipe
Heaven help e!-the upgrade
The rest was lost, for the engine shot
ahead on and on out over the open prai-
rie. The water-tank seemed to sink
into the earth, and the shining rails
stretched longer and longer out behind.
Ali What was that? A cloud of
steam on the horizon, far ahead. The
engineer took out his time-book and
studied it carefully.
"Freight No. 6, bound west, stopping
on the two-mile siding.
How swiftly Freight No. rose above
the grass and grew big along the way
Listen A whistle. The engineer whis-
tied in reply and shut off steam. Their
engine quickly slowed down, and they
could see men leaning out from the 9TH
er engine to speak to them.
"It's ten minutes back. Running
slow on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
"Thank Heaven p said the woman.
The engineer said nothing; but at that
instant the engine gave great leap and
shot ahead, at the rate of fifty miles an
hour, up the easy grade. How long the
minutes seemed, and yet each meant
almost mile
All! A speck-a black dot on the
horizon The car? Yes. 1t was the
car. 1t grew bigger and bigger. Now
they could see it plainly. But the chill
dren Where were they? The fireman
sprang out through the forward window,
and ran along the engine and down
upon the cow-catcher. The monster
began to slacken its terrible pace, and
in a moment it struck the car with a
gentle jar and stopped.
The fireman thought himself lively
man, but the woman was before him and
sprang up into the car.
/ There they lay, safe and sound, in the
corner of the car-Mary and Tommy
fast asleep. and Kittie watching over
them.
"Oh mother! I knew you would
come. Mary and Tommy cried them
selves to sleep, and FL"
Nobody could say word. The fire.
man tried to rub his eyes. and only
marked his face with black streaks.
The mother laughed and cried all at
once. The engineer picked up the little
ones and quietly took them into the cab
Of the engine.
There, now, my hearties. you have
had a risky ride; but it's all right
Come We're moro than thirty miles
from home, and it won't do to be late to
dinner. Fire up. Jack"
''Aye. aye, sir" said Jack.-Charles
Barnard IN July st. Nicholas.
INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE Marriage
has great refining and moralizing ten
dency. Where a man marries early
and uses prudence in choosing a suitable
companion, he is likely to lead a virtu
Gus, happy life. But in an unmarried
state all alluring vices have a tendency
to draw him away. The State peniten
tiary reports show that a large share o
drunkards are bachelors. The NOR,
married men we have the fewer crime
there will be. An unmarried man i
but half a perfect being, and it canno
be expected that in this imperfect stat
he can keep straight ia the path of rec
titude any more than a boat with on