The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-07
running O Loc0moJlve.

"Well I've had little experience In
running an engine" said long speci-
men Of the genus Yankee, putting one
elbow on the bar counter and holding
his whisky straight up to the light, land
if it would nmuso You I'll give you a
yarn or two
"Stavo ahead" said his companion,
"but Tye been there myself / used TO
run IN engine from New York to Phila-
delphia'
''Oh, you did" said the Yankee
"Wen, that just amountsto nothin'. I've
been n special engineer for the last ten
year, and there amt mile OF track
atween here and Frisco haven't travel
cd over You see us specials are obliged
to be ready for anything at moments
notice, and when we travel we just go
right over the ground, and don't you
forget it"
"l'vc made some pretty good time
myself" said the second engineer. 81
took train through from New York to
Philadelphia in eighty minutes"
"Oh, that's child's play" said the first
engineer. "Why, man, I've made that
run myself and with one piston-rod
gone at that I'd just got back from a
special run up through the coal regions,
when word came that one of tho big
guns Of the company wished TO start at
once for Philadelphia. / knew what
that meant so | jumped aboard long
legged jim hitched construction car
behind the tender, and drawing-room
coach behind that and reported for duty.
| knew my engine, and ran up forty
pounds of steam more nor she was mark
cd to carry When the word came let
everything slide and the old BOY just
jumped in the air. Then he settled
down to his work. Everything was clear
in front of us, and let him out for all
he was worth at the start. In less 'en
five minutes YOU couldn't counted the
telegraph poles they flew by US so fast.
| had two firemen un' | just made 'em
earn their passage from the word 60.
Old Jim must have eat up two ton o.
coal inside Of ten miles"
"Whatr calculated the second en-
gineer.
"Suren' said the first engineer. "And
we hadn't been out of the station fifteen
minutes before every blasted boiler pipe
was red hot, and we had to keep flood
ing the cab with water 10 keep from
burning the darn thingup. Oh wewas
Just gettin there, my boy, and | didn't
let up u pound, Every time we took q
curve the outside wheels would DO at
least foot up In the air, and once or
twice the tender jumped clean on to the
ties, and old Jim would yank her back
again, and"
"Ain't you kind of stretching apointp"
asked the second engineer.
mot u bit Of il" said the first en-
gineer. why, afore we was half way
to Philadelphia, both o those stokers
was down on their knees praying and l
had TODD the feeding myself until Iswore
'em back TO their senses again. Well,
everything went well the tirsttwo thirds
q the run, and | was just whistling to
myself over the record was piling up
when there came report like rifle
and / knew one of the blasted piston
rods had busted. There was nothin to
do but stop, and lost ten minutes fix
en- up. The big gun left the coach
and came down 70 see what was up
'W hats to be done%' said be. I've got
one piston rod left says !, and I'll
take you through on time He knewme,
and he just lit fresh cigar and walked
back to the coach as contented rs O
lamb. Well, ! just set those praying
firemen to work for all they was worth,
and had her up TO sixty pounds over
the limit in less 'ep no time Then Ilet
her slide. Lord, Harry, thought old
Jim would jerk the stuiiin' out Of every
thing behind him. We just played hop
scotch, and | don't believe we touched
the rails more nor four or five times a
milo. l knew it was 500 check or
nothin', and was after that check
Wen, those firemen got to praying worse
zen ever, and | had to swear I'd throw
ZEN overheard afore they'd come to
time. tell you we was just movin'. -
Why, the towns got runnin' all together,
olNA W. litiA nv ll.OiO Nb XIV q oINihb nv
one Station afore we was five miles past
the next ONE
"Hearl hearp' said the second en-.
gineer, "that's laying il on too strong"
"Iruo rs you're here" said the first
engineer. I'd introduceyou to the pray
ing iiremen, but they cut the business
after that run, and | kinder lost sight
of EN- Wen, we got within ten miles
OF Philadelphia and / begun to stop
her.
stop hcrP"
YES; knew ! couldn't do II inside
o ten miles, and didn't quite fetch it
at that; for when we ran into the station
we smashed in the bumpers and ripped
up about twenty feet o the platform be-
fore old long-ogged Jim would agree
the run was over, but got the check"
and the Yankee engineer thoughtfully
drained his glass, as his friend ordered
the barkecper TO "set 'em up again. ".
BroohlyD Eagle.