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

that ~o"idn'e br fooled ib4i va
again, aiiy hnv.
"Of c0nrr, lieu we reached C.
ana the cor"'Go'ar made bis Ielart H.
mentioned 'pr matter, and The r4svl
vas .hat J sjt o,ders fyr ts visit tb.
Office. Oh K.rIaI T. w.. on,
snl'etintehdeit, nnd mighty st,ict one
an ! rather expected that / wa. a
goiif - gct the i,oupce. bgt diIn':
t"id BAN j'f-l what / bad reed. and ia,
lrisi'mai 'oid biu tbe same t;,iog n,
liid - 3" oor imagination. nnt / couic
beo t''at .he were a ltLt,. pat out li-,elf
.honsi he told ms mighty plain afn.
left that # couldn't make tbe tim.
on that roa ned have 10 pat ON some.
body that would.
as you k, imagine. ! wcut o,,
mad, aud swore that wbctber !, .,,.aa
%ohIan, ebost or devil, III rfo il d.,,r
the iir7t time {. showed NO ter give ~.
=. ch.faee 81 wisat. inaie 10 w.,,s.. ,y..
that my being stopped by nothin' was
told nii along the lane, aud EVERYDAY
-'f+f - tftNFf@+h AAAii " tf4e.
Al last they made it 80 bot G,y,,c
with their joking that COULDN'T gam
II, and ] asked f,r two week,' le,,v. .
absence, holiag hat by th. time I ea,.,.
back tie bal t"ltk @ould have Lio~a
over. Wall, / c3r IL. an' was a oo;p'
p start The next 'norin2, y hen one II
The boys was tassii aick and 1 vts ,,..
dersd iyr ~ ta.e bis rus. af, asa;n r.
were the cns>ed night express. an tL;s
time four hours al Il baif late.
when climbed into the e,l, that
night ] found nea fireman. fAr tb..
lrisiiinan hal refused 10 =" Girnt
Cod. what night !: were L. had
been lha"ing Tor two days. sni lust
aiore we pu.lel out o the dri,ot j, ha1
starfed 10 rain. The water ram.. Inv.
10 bucse'sfal, just as IL some .;e.ll hat
Knocked the whole bottom on 81 COR.
cistelsi ; and TAX tbou. it, l,..lts lark
young fel!er, j. acre the darkest ,Isbt
J ever aa~, a'i II the blackness ih.f
Moses sent dosn over Egypt we're eu.
worse nor that I'm sorry forold Hsroi.
that's all ] want ia very COOL hninor.
an when oil jim passed M on The
platform and muttered something about
ghosts irs. ripped out a. oath az
s~ote would stpp foI notlin.
Things went wrong from tie start as
they generally do when a man loses hi,
temper. Tbe oil 4 jtx wouldn't make
steam, an' rs result we Jest kept Of.
losing time The fireman was a ere.n.
horn, and s.. h-d - d. the most - th..
work myself Than ;lat darn ehs4t O
mine kept a s~itln' inio ny head. spite
. q II ] could da, aul The nearer We
came 20 tie rissr fb. more | were R
~oudefin' cf che ~ulli sLoe ip. It
warn't no use lo9..ia oat the winder.
cause yon coal,ia't see n0thia' ANYHOW.
except right "a i.e giar, . the head
light. couldn't eel where Nc were
.,.i.. - ,.-----;-as -itt : isrsFat.-rssr -sisye
f1slse nrtjs bs tae sssg'ue. ta.s roaring
o the river, aui tls-p | knowed that I
must be ropn,lsa the big csive.
hadn't seed nothing yes Cf the woman.
an ] Was hopn I ~ouldn't, though
! didn't mean u Say no attention u
her cf d;d, whrh suddenly gIAncins
out ahead, -esd her n standing right
IA the g,ace o tbs he.lish "A moving
her base arms and paintiu' ter the
river.
"lu sHten all Ia sad al af,te
kRuWd what / we're a dlia' | he'd re
veraed the eli Altx aud xhistlsd for
brakes. Thea - tie train slowly came
to Stop stepped ont with the lantern,
but iast Is afore the woman had gone.
don't kuow what It waS. but suthin'
whispered 10 ne TO take look at the
hrIj-e. an | started down tie track
lamp in hand FER - do 50.
'-AfJ reached thar, however. old
jim had caugh. me and asked what
~1s the tlouhle toli him the salns
OH story, a',' he cu>sed as usual, bui
| Jest as he were on the point o callin
me 81 fool We came 10 the river, an'
we.l tlle bridge VAS gone an he didi.
| inirli the sentence.
Il was pretty WEE, but in spite o
that | jest kuucklei right down, be
tween the raiis and thanked CD fo
giviu' me warmin'. Ez fer old jim
he turned dead white, and went u cry
Ing, but the first thing he uid when h,
could speak was 70 beg my pardon 10
the cusSins he'd give me. Ii ys eve
seed a thankful set o passengers it wa
them / was puliia'. Some cried, som
prayed aud some laughed, but tha
warn't man on the train that mad
any fun of old jim"
Was it a ghost, old man :" ] queri
cd, as lie bit the end or fresh cigar
at waIn't livin' woman, that's ceI
tain,' he answered, ''an' We can call i
ghost or nat, Just as you like. On,
thing sarsain, whether it were ghos
or shadow it saved big wreck OF
the Air line, an the queelest part {
the hull thing is that my hair was
dark brown when left T at ll:4
P. NJ, but the nrxs mornin | were a
gray as badger, and Pm goin' t,
insist to my dyin' day that woman
was the cauae OF il. That's my story
an as | said at th START you can believ
it or not, jest as you like"
Reader, dld.-R. L. Cary.
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RAILROAD JOI.