The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-09

Aunt Rachel and the boys had not yet
left their berth.
Suddenly they all felt q great jerk;
then . number of jerks one after an
other. The people that were standing
were sent reeling up against the berths;
the engine gave several sharp shrieks,
and the car went bump, bump, bump.
like wagon going over an old corn
field. 1t was very plain that they were
off the track. Now. crash went the
window-panes, the timbers creaked and
groaned; ladies screamed, and children
cried and clung to their parents.
Then, with great roar like mortal.
ly wounded lion, the car turned upside
down, and all the passengers felt as il
they were jumping up to the roof. But
they did not come down again, for the
roof was now the floor, and the floor
was as roof above them as they lay
hnddled together, haf-smothered by
the mattresses and bed-clothes that had
fallen upon them. @7- - Hi
Mrs. Mack's first thought was for her
children. Roger and Willie had beer
shot out of their berth clinging to one
another, and, as they fell all in heap,
Roger heard a deep bass voice close &c
his ear saying, a. You would have been
better of in a hammock, eh, my boyP''
But just then Roger could think of moth
ing else, and see but little else, than his
own nose which he had struck against
something in falling, and which had
already swelled 10 such size that he
felt as if he were all nose. - | es
Fortunately. except for bruises and 8
good shaking, the Mack children were
not much hurt. Little Rosie was, per.
haps, the worst off; for, as was found
later, the large water-tank in the dress
mgr where her mother had left
her Just before the car turned over, had
split all its contents over her and soaked
her through and through. Julia and
the nurse-girl had banged their heads
together pretty hard, and Julia's
bumps afterwards grew alarmingly
black. @ s' 20
But where was the baby all this time
the poor. good little babyP
+ Alast the baby was not to be found.
I When Mrs. Mack once ecomprehended
that fact, she was so much excited that
she could do little but call upon the
other passengers to find her baby, and
several of them became very much ex-
cited in looking for it. Old Aunt
Rachel. half crying. and half praying,
snatchedup the blankets and mattresses
ono by one, and shook them rs If the
baby was a moth that could be hidden
in their folds. As for Lou, that tender
hearted nurse rolled about and cried SO
much that her elder companion lost all
patience with her.
"Rold yer noise, yer stupid. good.
for-nothin' nigger," cried aunt Rachel,
shaking the poor girl SO roughly that
H;o~ xvbtfa faafh oafualItT ff1aI
"D'yer think that all yer hoIlerin' and
carryin' on viii find the blessed darlin'
or bring her back to life again, il so be
the Lord taken herp Oh, the blessed
angell Oh, the precious dead little
lambT' And aunt Rachel became al.
most as useless rs the other girl in hel
grief. g--l lu-
"Are you sure YOU brought the baby
with you at all, auntie" asked gen
tleman who was evidently bachelor,
and thought that baby could be a
easily forgotten as am umbrella or 6
bunch of Keys.
brought her with mer' exclaimed
the old woman, turning upon hin
furiously. Lord sakes, didn't / NUS
her on my very own lapa Didn't thai
bawlin' niggar gal thar sleep by the
blessed lambs side jist fore the pesky
thing turned bottom upp Brought hel
with me, indeedm And aunt Rache
seized mattress and shook it will
such a will that, had the baby been OF
it, It would surely have been jerked NJ
to the roof-or floor, rather.
But where could the baby bep
Already three minutes had passet
since the car turned over. and no baby
had been found 1t seemed to havl
yanished-as IL its guardian angel hat
snatchcd it out Of harms way.
By this time the conductors ant
brakemen had helped most of the peo
pie out of the cars, and a doctor. win
had fortunately been on the train, wa
attending TO the wounded.
You'd better let me get you all out
ma'am, !" said kindly voice. ''We'l
find the baby; don't you fear"
..Oh, Kit, Kitr' cried Roger, for tn
voice belonged to his friend the brake
man. "What shall we do? Oh, t0ter
is little sister,"
"Pll find her, Roger, if you all ge
out of the car. Now, ma'am, please t
let me help you out. I'll find the littl
one, or my name amt Kit Dexter"
Mrs. Mack was taken out in faint
ing condition, and the two colore
women. who fought like tigers, wer
tumbled out with little ceremony.
"Lost baby, have they" said th
conductor, as he and Kit began to tur
over the mattresses and pillows. 1T
be mercy II some one hasn' trample
on the poor little thing already. so tn,
it, d be q poor comfort gtog its mothe
Why. I'm blest il all these here berth
/ -. II rat koxron
But here the brakeman scramble
Ehastily over the conductor and Roge
lWho had remained in the car, and mad
flor berth which had only been pr
vented from shutting mp lightly by
corner of a pillow that had been caugi
in it. ~ :. -. --.i-.i, =
"Come and hold this thing u,
quick, - he called. hastily.
The conductor seized the shelf an
kept it from falling back, aud then X
thrust his head and shoulders into Il
hollow space - .,..---...--
. Lift it up higher" said Kit. :.
can't get out. = o.gls asszs.-5 81 ua-.t Z
The conductor forced the heavy she
up as far as it would go, and there
Kits arms was the poor little hal
suffocated baby. ssst s..ss.-, ba=
huo ~ buO AOoe Dooy WoS ACOAe-
course Mrs Mack went into hysteri
t when it was brought TO her, and huggt
| it so closely that it.was in danger
being suffocated Rssecond time; al
after the doctor had seen that it was 8
) right. Kit was called upon for an expl
nation. a, --.--- So -,
4 .You see, ma am. - said Kit, "the
I upper berths opens down from abov
: so when the car turned bottom up al
Q sided down the embankment, the she
naturally fell down or up. as you've
q mind to call it, just as If it'd been sh
b up by the porter. Luckily for the po
baby, corner of the pillow kept
{ from shutting up quite tight and so le
9 q crack for breathing. It seems SO
r of miracle how it happened so, al
r lucky we saw it when we did, for {
9 baby couldn't have lasted much longe
u 1 reckon"
"Yes, mamma" put in Roger, "al