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

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20 earth in great clouds, ~ pulled ou'
o the depot ut with tie lasI idghi
express nearly two hours late, and wIfl
orders to rua her through 20 Gu
fast as possible. Somehow wasffI
feeling good that night Thore ~,
something whispered to mo That ilDu
was trouble ahead, but once clear Of d.,
city and dashing along the rail- I b..
gan to feel better, and - Ne danced
along, trying TO make np . htde 81 10,
lost time, ] laughed aud iJl,cd ,yl,il
the iiremnn about ti,c gsris
for he had one, that ieiler, ~ every
station on tho line, and they u&cl t.
set nl nights, too, fer 10 sfc him when
hes went by. IL were atong ~ dark a
night Hs ever seed. Lookipg ost tie
winder you couldn't see n foot aforc yer
face H. was worter tian 4 stack oi
black cats. The headlight 10 be sur,
! iit zap the track ahead for iwebtg ~
thirty yards, but.beyo1d lhr ~ cJnldn't
see II thing. We didn't hey many stops
to make ia that run, 50 there wasn't
much for De to do Lut to keep ny eyo
on tbs gauge and scc the steam dldu' Z
give out. Their wasn't but ono bad
place on the whole line, aud that was
the zig bridge leading Over the X
river, and ~ We went huify my along
to~nrl that and geG,in' iosrr every
minute, somohow got lcr thinking
what "a terrible thing u lid be fer a
train 10 60 through that bridge aud 3
wondering lao 4 many lives 'nli be lost
r IL did.
'rrhe more thought "f it aud the
nearer We got To- the rivsr the more
nervous bectmr. Aiy fireman noticed
il io), aud that made 1t woiar. Ngsy.
/ just afoic wn caine to the bridge, thar
wax big curve, aI. ~ / was a-iooi.ing
ont of the windei and straight ahead !
seed woman all in white landing ON
the curve aal a-waving he. arms at me
fer TO stop. IL diln't take IN more'n
"A second TOT ter whistle brakes. regerse
tho engine aud shut h,r o.l. bat whcn
looked out o The @iiil q !ain the
woman bad gone. 81 SIS -r csme 10
standstili, ard then IT, t. .uc,or and
the Passengers came aruauiug np Ter
10 see what waa the tf0u Il. ! told
'om what ! had seed aud taking my
lantern Istaried out with the conductor
ahead - aee what we had stopped for.
Thsr' wasn't single footprint Ga tie
SNOW that we coull find nor Il rail ont
of lace. and the briise MAS ali right.
The boyA laughed at ms for stopping,
and some o the passengers cssaed me
FOL, bat / lidn', c4rc for that. /
stuck to l. | seed tho wOman, but they
nxed me what ii a-i f3r supper Nov
them days didn't belle 10 ahasts. au'
Il Mt generally nov, bat this thing
kidd % beat nae. diia't aay much,
ia climbed ia t. ms lIlscr. aui il want
lat. .fac We he'd croea-i the bridge
slY Frre running f--t4.r 'h-.-
-i'ssg- 7sTsllI..- irfCet ~ Isi a. - c.,
% aralniu and talked !, pv,r, FIR he
sos'i j. as well a, me-, bus se c1ttlda'y
eIlns 10 40 agreement restriing e. fyr
he were believer Ia spo.ka an' spirits,
and | wat.
~ couple - nights af,.rwarl Wa
caught the same ran, aA', If ANYTHING,
no worscr weather than we bad afore.
remembers it were better cold, 50
cold that the rails kept a sufg;n' Ike
mad under the wheels, and ! bsd o.
run with the windows al, slut down to
keep from freeziu into Static an the
bootboari, The night were clear but
terrible windy. and runuiu. over sonle
o them prrsiries looked foc a gus 20
/ blow the train into the di'ca, engine
an' all. l. Just happened too tha. We
weie delayed ~ some a the stations
along the line, aud had to run ike the
devil ier q make up the i'n" JhHt We
hal lost The conductor. al. hy tile
way he were the same fvlicr hal hal
aforr, war "a cross old carm1i I-1n thar
had mo,c enemies than friends along
the line Of the road. an msn thar
hated for /, hc b~hindhani ih, worst
sprt OF way. II tell ti.- truth, h,
were little scAry, eud drln'a ike 70
ride on train that was rAc i,s for e
catch ti..le. At one Of he stationl
where We stopped fer water b. cam'
a walking mp to me ~ W., "i'ing, un'
said
! John, for Gods sake, don't see n,
ghosts oa the big curve Tonight xe'r
behind enongh already
"Alright, jim = says !, II i scc en-
I'll run 'em down, eh 2
lie didn't make no answer 10 that
hut walked back aud gave the sigma
for mo To 90 ahead The oll cir
steamed bully that night, and IL WASH
long afore Ne was tearing along th
rails like II comet.
"'rhat night Just afore we came t. tb
curve | were a setting bac'; in the ,
ner of the cab au' a-dreamn' ~ y nu
will that's lite gone on n cal, u
was young fellow then an heal owe
heels in love with AZ pretty piece {
: calico e2 ever you sot your eyes on
, when all of sudden seed that Irish
, man that was a-tiring for mo turn e
, white ez sheet, an touching me h
pointed ahead to the curve. Llokir
: out / seed the same woman that | ha,
seed afore, and she were a-goin throug
/. the same motions for me to stop.
was so light outdoors that | could Sc
her face pretty plain, aud the great tar
. giles % brown hair that fell about he
+ shoulders, an such eyes ez she had
t never seed in no woman Her arm