The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-23

speciai run up through the coai regions,
when word came that one of the big
guns of the company wished to start at
nee for Philadelphia. / knew what
that meant, so l jumped aboard long
legged Jim, hitched a construction car
behind the tender, and a drawing-room
coach behind that and reported forduty.
| knew my engine, and | ran up forty
pounds of steam more nor she was mark
ed to cary. When the word came / let
everything slid. and the old boy just
jumped in the air. Then he settled
down to his work. Everything was clear
in front of us, and i let him out for all
he was worth at the start. In less zen
five minutes YOU couldn't a counted the
telegraph poles they flew by us so fast.
/ had two firemen UNI l just made 'em
earn their passage from the word 90.
Old Jim must have eat up two ton o.
coal inside of ten miles,"
"Whatr" calculated the second en-
gineer.
"Sure! 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 to keep from
burning the darn thing up. Oh, we was
just gettin there, my boy, and l didn't
let up q pound. Every time we took a
curve the outside wheels would be ut
least a 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 apoint?"
asked the second engineer.
''Not q bit of it," 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 todothe feeding myself until Iswore
'em back to their senses again. Well,
everything went well the first two thirds
o. the run, and l was just q whistling to
myself over the record l was piling up,
when there came q report like a rifle,
and l knew one of the blasted piston
rods had busted. There was nothin' to
do but stop, and l lost ten minutes fix
en- up. The big gun left the coach
''What's to be donep" said he. .Pve got
one piston rod left says /, 'and I'll
take you through on time He knewme,
and he just lit a fresh cigar and walked
back to the coach as contented rs a
lamb. Well, / just set those praying
firemen to work for all they was worth,
and 1 had her up to sixty pounds wei
the limit in less ZEN no time. Then Ilet
her slide. Lord, Harry, l thought old
Jim would jerk the stuffin' out Of every
thing behind him. We just played hop
scotch, and l don't believe we touched
the rails more nor four or five times d
mile. l knew it was q 500 check or
nothin', and 1 was after that check
Well, those firemen got to praying worse
zen ever, and l had to swear I'd throw
'em overheard afore they'd come to
time. l tell you W. was just movin'.-
Why, the towns got runnin' all together,
and we had no more 'en got a squirt at
n station afore we was five miles past
the next one"
"Hear! hear!' said the second en-
gineer, ''that's laying it on too strong"
"True as you're here" said the first
engineer. I'd introduce you to the pray
ing firemen, but they cut the business
after that run, and l kinder lost sight
of EN-. Well, we got within ten miles
of Philadelphia and l begun to stop
her."
''Stop herP"
Eyes; | knew l couldn't do it 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-legged Jim would agree
the run was over, but l got the check,''
and the Yankee engineer thoughtfully
drained his glass, as his friend ordered
the barkeeper to ''set 'em up again.
Brooklyn Eagle.