The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-08-25

tWico - ohnsorOus Is pOrpeQOlng IN tne
lawful way, and it wasn't long before
those three fellows were blown skyward.
1 wasn't bit surprised, for when 8
men get& Sown1sR bwsasrto @ into
moonlshhng WHEN he can make good
wages Ct slegitimAfe business, 4 natural-
ly look to see his death announced be-
fore q great while in the papers.
- ssWell, thaE left justtsvo, Tom Bailey
and ], of the original nine that went into
the business only few years ago. One
by one our boys have dropped OF, until
To-day Il helbed to bury whatremained
Of poor Tom FPoor bid boy. &Ikno&it
wasn't his fault, for he was the most
careful man 1 ever saw. There was
nine Of us whenw we started-al banded
together to work for one another's in
| terests--snds now they are Al gone but
me, and Z FaInAthe-iast-of nine.s -
His unsmoked cigar slipped from his
nerveless ffugers and fell to the ground.
He trembled violently, as with the ague,
nameless ahorror and fear looking out
of his eyes into vacancy.
s.John, saidf, genhy touching his
arm, "come into the house; it is chilly
out here" -y,.r
Sa Yes, yes, let us 90 In! But tstay II
strangely. 2 I never thought
of 1t before,n nbut If -Asny wife- should
should see me as I saw Tom Bailey to-
t7dayo IT. wonld AitS woult-would kill
heri" and the strong man sank into q
| chaiur ely.oyerpowered with the
/ s1fnI though. . as3 ses IL ID
Business called me away from Brad
| ford and the oil country the next day,
and I did not retnrn, for some weeks.
Having business at Smethgort, the
county seat Of McKean County, passed
thralgh Sthe village, yand started for
Bradford by way Of the Bradford, Bor-
deii & Kinzus Railway. When within a
few miles of Bradford sn accident hap
pened TO the locomotive. which, would
DELAY the train several honrs. Being
anxious 10 reach the city az soon as pos
sible, four of the passengers, including
myself, started over the pnnountains
afoot uhUping to reach our destipation
bythree O'Clock in the afternoon. We
walked along quite briskly, and while
following the ridge otamountain were
belonging 20 the torpedo snper1ntehd-
emit, hayingin charge the district belong
ing to John McWi lliaIns. sh
s sHafioi come over herepn the man
shouted, accompanying his words with
4 ~
lbHCuriousiyi wondering what Smonay
Ycould want, We went toward him. Two
or three men were, leaning against the
stump of a tree and merely nodded as we
approached: Sfnollay was searching on
1.-THE ground for something ct some dis
tance from his (companions.) 10 ti5ihc
l. srsWhat,s the trohble, Smollay pr and
as I spoke the glycerine man raised a
ipained-looking face and mutely pointed
] his finger in the direction of the men
around the st6fnp. M
r I looked md saw q strange sight. The
wreck of an oil derrick and its machine-
ffY lay scattered over the ground I'M srnall
pieces. IN nan instant 1t all came 70 me,
there had been an explosion of nitro
gfycerinee. The derrick had beep blown
/ to atoms and scattered far and wide !;
| the BON nderous bull wheels were dfsman-
! tied and broken into thousand frag-
ments. On every, hand was ruin such
as only rnitro-glycerine can produce.
The thought came, was anybody hurt
I glanced inquiringly at the three men.
| One of them pointed silently at small
baking powder box lying at their feet.
1 stepped forward. .9TGI2 9ni
aMy Godi John-John McWilIams p"
and I would have fallen had not one of
the men supported ameaB .IaV9os.B BiiW
The last of ninei i stood and looked
down into q, little wooden box filed with
ghastly flesh and blood and bones-all
that was mortal of noble hearted John
sMcWffliams.- A SIDE of the head and
face remained as noble and handsome as
in life, but what remained of the body
could have been placed in ten-quart
pail. Smollay came and leaned his
arm against my shoulder in silent SYM
pathy.
allow did it happen, Smollay P"
This after q long period of silence
I I" The well made q heavy fow of gas
and oil as John was lowering the torpe-
do, and when the she'll came to- the top
of the hole John stood there and caught
it in his hands, and as he turned to take
the thing away it Exploded in his hands
with the result you see- There never
WAS q more careful man than John"
For years and years John McWilliams
had laughed at nitro glyeerine. and had
toyed with it as with shackled mon
ster, but at last the monster, waiting
patiently for years, had sprung upon
him and avenged its wrongs Sorrow
fully we lifted the little box and carried
it homeward. Along the mountain ridge
we moved, q melancholy procession,
and when on the summit of Mount Raub
we rested and looked down on the clus-
tering buildings of Bradford. In the
glory of the afternoon sun even Brad
ford's shonely bnildings we're beautiful,
! the city presenting the very picture of
the loveliness of life, while over. and be-
yond the hills, looking down in silent
grandeur, were voiceless witnesses of
Gods immortaiity.Nr,HN ,HNS> lsx,ZzyN y
One of the passengers who had come
with me from the train produced pow
erful field-glass. Almost mechanically
turned and looked at John, McWil-
iamsf hillside home. A door was stand
ing wide open and a lace curtain
streamed idly from q window. In
through the open door could see the
tea-table set and waiting. On the lawn
q handsome, graceful woman romped
with two children, frequently shading
her eyes with her hands and looking
down the street long and earnestly. II
was Mrs. McWilliams, and she was wait;
ing and watching for the loving husband
and father who would Come not again
on this earth, never, nevermore.
Slowly, the sun crept behind the west
ern hills, and with aching hearts we
took ND our burden again and prepared
todsscend into fhsecitys my brain ring
ing with the words of the il-fated John
that night many weeks before: " If my
wife-should- see me, as I. saw
Tom Bailey to-day It would AAitA would
would kill heri"-Brddford (Pa.) Corr
Philadelphia Times.
A locomotives Race with Reptile.