Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-10-28
MistellamenMs.
A ROMANCE ON THE RAIL.

Say, comrade, have you such a thing
as u chew of tobacco you could spare a
fellow that's pretty hard up?"
1t was in the twilight of one of Cali
fornia's most delicious evenings. and the
writer, absorbed in thought, with his hat
drawn over his eyes and his hands thrust
in his pockets, was leisurcly treading the
cross-ties while taking an after supper
stroll on the Central Pacific rails near
the pretty little village of San Lorenzo,
which, by way of explanation, is only
eighteen miles from the Golden City, or
"Frisco," MS it is called on tho Pacific
coast.
The writer started from his revcrie by
the abrubt request, pushed back his hat
and saw II young man, stranger, but
whom, by that strange tuition for which
we have no explanation, he knew at once
to be brother printer
Tobacco Certainly, llow's work in
Frisco 7"
Then the traveller, whose thrcadbare
garments and weary look plainly showed
that it had not been very brisk for him,
told his story
Filled with golden dreams he had in
vested his every cent in New York for
Il ticket TO the Pacific Arrived in
Frisco" he found hundred applicants
waiting for every vacancy.
"Pm tired of laying around loose and
waiting for something to turn up" he re-
marked Last night got an hours
work aud enough money to get break
fast and bring me over the bay.
well, what are you going to do
now p
"Going to New York "
GLOW p
"Afoot, when can't steal ride "
From San Francisco to New York,
three thousand three hundred miles,
through deserts and mountains, on n
chew of tobacco.
An expressive exclamation escaped the
lips of the writer as he gazed at the de-
termined face Of the worn-out youth,
with u wonder mixed with the most pro-
found admiration AS he slipped his
last dollar into the hands of his new ac-
quaintance, with the lie that he had
plentv more he wished Il was n thou
sand then he concluded IN 500 him n
few miles on his drenrv wav
A trcstle work was roocIod Az tho
two pedestrians were directly in the cen.
tire Of the trcstle the thunder Of an ex-
pross train was heard inst around the
curve. bv which thc Snnrooch IN tho
BRIDGE was made and IN IN instant tho
hcodliobt flashed in tLoir oyos Undor.
meath the bridoo wcrc iaogcd rocks and
n hmm = distenoo NJ i;c,n reot w,s cor
tain destruction On;ck "a l;ab,n;n, tLe
youno mon tbrow thomsoIyos 70 onn o;Jo
and Crashed t,o onJo ~ ,ho oroos., ;os
with ibc;r hands 40 tho tr;on want nas,
With cr,sb tbat shont ,ho ,;n,Lars ILL.,
roods
~, 49,.
INC "a'u was very ione one anu
5 5I 'no"ien'' elhpseu ~ i's paS'age'
siurS'ng. 'ne "riVcr co,hpanion' was
,as' iooslug MS no'u On inc cross-tles
n'S hanus were sliPPing ana III announcer
moment nc wou'o nave oeeh i'St' 'uS'
az ms laSt desperate grasp was re,axing
INC ihSt cur PhSSeu' anu nc succeeueu ID
Keeping nis nola' ana oy the ana OIL
some o. 'u9 IRAN men ('he PerlIooS
SlIua'ioh had oech hotlced ana Tue train
stopped ne was rescued me writer
escaped attention. Cut succeeded IN saw
iDg himself iart'ng was severely huri
ID Deing Drawn up upon inc pridge.
ihough parely conscious when taken
Oh ooaro inc 'ra'n' nc 'nSIs!ou tnat a
s'oP Sno"'u Do r'auE ,or nls un'ucEy
co'nraao' VINO Ior al nc Knew, m'gn'
DC uaSled 10 pieces among the rocks IN
inc raVine below Inc writer, however,