New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-11-17

they thought they could stop that az
easily as they had brought the real horse
to stand-still.
"It's some rasoally boy" said the
fireman, hopping up and down in his
anger, while the engineer shook his
brawny fist toward the train and shout
ed until he was hoarse: "Stop! Stop!
You young scamp. If ever 1 catch YOU
III take your head off close
to your shoulders The long
legged conductor, however, gave
chase to the engine, and ran
as far as the car-house after it, followed
by stout old ladyp who kept waving
her parasol and screaming; "Wait a
bit, wait bit!" until she puffed almost
as much as the locomotive. -
The track for some distance was
steep down-grade, and Jocko, delighted
at the tremendous speed at which he
was going, felt himself of considerable
Importance, and jabbered and grinned
with Joy. The people in the car thought
il all right until they reached the first
way-station, and the train Numbered by
without so much as warning whistle.
Then they began to put their heads out
of the windows and wonder at the I'M
usual rate of speed.
"Can we be late?' asked one of the
stout old gentlemen, rubbing the bump
on his red nose, and looking rather anx-
iously at his neighbor.
"Perhaps the engineer has fit," re-
marked a fidgety old lady, as the cars
gave sudden lurch.
"What does it mean, Patrick?" asked
lady of the coachman who had brought
her to the third way station in time to
take the train.
SLOWLY saints?' exclaimed Patrick,
with q white face and big, round eyes.
"Shure, ma'am an it's the divil HIM
self let loose and a driving the ingine.
Be me sowl, saw his tall"
The locomotive Stacked its furious
speed as it pulled its way up the steep
ascent just before the long level stretch
which lay between the branch railroad
and its junction with the main line.
Then, Jocco suddenly remembered that
he had seen the engineer push in the
Unbelievable, and he did likewise and
the train gradually came to stand-still.
But just as the passengers were starting
anxiously for the door to find out what
was the matter, the mischievous mon
key pulled out the handle again, and the
locomotive nearly leaped from the track,
throwing the passengers violently
against the seats. A few rods beyond,
in went the valve again, and two or three
times these strange maneuvers were re-
peated, while the passengers, in white,
terror stricken faces, sat holding on to
the seats, expecting every instant some
awful accident. Just as the train was
nearing the junction, Jocko pushed in
the handle of the Unbelievable for the
last time, and in moment more two of
the station men, who had been watching
in utter surprise the queer movements
of the engine, sprang into the cab and
backed the train down to the side-track,
just in time to get out of the way of the
lightning express which whizzed by on
the main track, leaving thick cloud of
dust behind it.
"There's tho new engineer on the
Valley Road, your HONOR" said one of
the men to the Superintendent, who
came to see what the trouble was. "And
he's rayther green hand at it," and he
pointed to the monkey, who sat there as
solemn as a Judge.
A telegram was at once sent to the
Valley Station, explaining matters, and
the Superintendent, delighted with the
monkeys smartness, bought him for his
two boys, paying the Italian a good
round price for him. The engineer and
fireman came very near losing their
places for leaving their engine, but when
the Superintendent found out that the
runaway horse which the engineer's
strong hand had seized was his own,
and that the lady and two little girls in
the phaeton were his wife and youngest
children, he let the men off with mild
rebuke and some good advice.
Jocko led happy and peaceful life,
becoming a great favorite with the rail-
road hands, who petted him, and took
him by turns to ride on the engines, and
always spoke of him as the "new en-
gineer of the Valley Railroad.
But the smart little fellow was never
after allowed to be alone on the engine,
as on the day when he made his first
trial-trip.-Enanaa W. Den,eritt, II, ST.
Nicholas.