The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-05-27

SAVED ByA GHOST.

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ftr ule, aud ! hate tetef t.iei It watch.
iug s whu.ius ehe.is and listening
- ils regular s. ii.ns es il hes passed
me U.s. $50 essfinis Iu tay fancy, II
seema living lueayt.atso soa vi tie Fl4tit
of pgosrt te, herald seat feom tho
court q Time a. announcer lhe march
of the wonderful ages yet to come, and,
clad like II knight IT Old ia a coat 81
Il. ring mail, the ycgg wheels that
ar crushing out gle miles beneath
"a it l0udagoHa inns hun ia an under,
tsua 4 song II .aamph vhisli, ere il
5tfs. asaY urea the atr, IS hurled back
lu o.Ukci oeliocs ifom tho slender rail
ysct which lhe monster runs, aui
auii tie noise Of the steam escaping
from its e. finders | almost fancy that
can hear the whispered word Excelsior
-ahich is the motto of the country.
There - something almos. human in is
cries Of rage as it dashe4 pell-ncIl across
ths iryel plaius,or iab9rs with smothered
gt0aua up the mountains. How many
times ] have watched 1t as II dashud
by ute ike au arrow, and wo.lcsed al
! the genius of the mnn who dared fate
with such al inventions.
At such time the smods.bogrimed d
driver, too, has come III ior 40 ANAL
share Of my attention. Ie il hero,
even though he does rip ont f.9Sgc
oath now and then, and wears a greasy
blouse instead Of a broadcloth coat
Leaning cut from his cab window az
ho rushes along in the sunshine and
tnc darkness, hc can almost touch hand,
with the pale hoiseman riding 10y hi'
side. There is nothing between hir
and tile gate that leads from life save q
slender rail that breaking beneath th,
hurrying wheels Of his chariot woulr
usher hins into Deaths court in the
twinkling OF an eye, and yet he whistles
as cheerily as Enough he were
were seated upon the steps OF his cot
tace homc. "Ahl but" hear you Say
"it il his business" Tue, my dca
sir, 50 it Is; but the man who looks
death cs0lyl in the face day after day
whether it be for gain or glory, from
the open window OF an engine cab o
the wheeihouse of II river steamer, j
after all hero though the heroisu
may be Of so common a kind as to at
tr&ct but little attention from thei
fellow-rnen until it is brought forcibl
to their notice by the report Of som
terrible accident So mach by way 0
! an introduction.
II was one night in the latter part Z
November in the year lS7-, that
stood in the depot at Buffalo, n. \
waiting to see Uncle Sans new hobby
! the fast mail, come in over the Centra
road and take It's departure west ove
the Lake Shore. For some reason
was nearly an hour late, and therefor
had plenty of time to look about m'
Walking slowly down through, th
depot, / paused by the side Of the 81
: CINE, Fl. L. Lansing, which was &
. take the train westward in its figh
! and stopped for quiet chat with tl
. engineer, old John NJ, great pc
I sonal friend of mine, aud as Wild a RAJ
+ ner as ever laid a hand upon a throttF
> TO use his own expression, be you
: '.iest as lieve 60 into eternity at ski
niles an hour as thirty-ige ez long
!, he'd got to go anyway" and jadsir
! ! from some of the fist runs with whic
r he was credited the saying was i tr,
!. one. We had been chatting but fe
moments together when he asked lneho
/ would ike TO ride to Erie with hil