Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-06-23

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be Ioeti As ITohnpv reachoJ Tho hrjdge
he feli ,;Lo giy;ng mn. Int Tho tbomgh,
of what woSid hsnnpo,n %p, III n ho % shomlJ no,
oo gove Inn fresh courara ~ A'
,.Teli ,en at homo tbaf ,,ad n dr
tbe host I could ;fNN :" be sbonted I'm,
n cboke In HE yoice would NOT lot bim
finish And be @ was oT % '' ~ '
Tho loose boords rott,od and shook nc
tho wbeols snnn own, then, and where
tbe lies were ont tbev seemed to bend
beneath The wc;ght Johnny could
hear tho sonnd of The water far below
him. bnt be did not dare IN look down,
When ho ,vos hole ,voy ovor ho ooniI
hear tIie roor of tbe iroin as II echoed
hack from The hills and he was olmos,
afraid too look tow,rd tho tnrn of the
track for feor he should SEQ The head.
INF nl N
cnrye.
If he could only oct over in time,
Faster and faster snun tbe wheels
and faster and foste,. heat .Jobnnv,s
heart no he reached the end of The tres.
tle-work. and turned the bend
The HEADLIGHT of tbe coming train
shone brioht and clear m the track
"Ob why do thew oo 90 fast p, said
Johnny to himself as he stonned md
leaned from his bicycle To ligbt his s;o.
nal. He croucbed down beside liz
track and stmck n match AGAINST tbe
rail. but his hand shook 90 That tbe
head Of tho match f,ew off The nexi
one burned. and he sheltered the flame
between his hands until the hnv and
handkercbiefs were in n blaze n
seemed n I5rp time to Johnny. but Il
really was oniy n mopent unt;i bo wa.
nm and away again on n run along the
track waving the f,ominu bundle 6ocl,
and forth =
"Thev nust 500 r., Yes tbev ore
wbistling THEY'LL surelv ston" nowi,,
cried Johnny. half olond stili wavino
the fiery signal. The flames blew
AGAINST his hand. but he was too excited
to mind the heat. The glarinp eve OF
the engine Grew BRIGHTER and brichter.
But moi until the train was close enonol
for him TO see the anxious foce of t6e
engineer looking ont from his window.
did the brave boy iump from the track.
5 "Tbev,re stonning, was the last
thing he thougbt' for he heard them
whistle "dow5 brakes.'' as he jumped
off the track. and he knew NOTHING more
until some men raised him in their arms
and asked him If he was burt. Then he
.opened his ewes 10 find his head ON some
one's shoulder. and n crowd of stranpe
faces around him.
nHere. little chan. what did Won sion
us forp, asked an important man in blue
uniform and brass buttons coming mr.
to the uroup around Johnny.
Crock g iumbled down inst across the
bridce.n answered JOHNNY. wonderino q
WHY he felt so tired and weak. ..Wbere
il my macbinep,, he added trvinu to
look around
The condncior looked nuzzled
"Reckon this is it,, answered the on.
gineer. coming up with the bicycle and
Standing il against tree.
"Well. he's n plucky chan. sure's I'm
alvin, an | can tell YOU some of us
came pretty near gettin' dished,'' wen,
on the engineer, who had been taking
view of the situation, and had learned
from the other Whirligiggers what O
narrow escape the train had had; fol
the boys had run swiftly across on the
foot-bridge. and had now reached the
scene, out of breath from their rapid
climb up the steep bank.
% If it hadn't been for him, we'd al
"a been down there" finished the en-.
gineer, with an expressive wave OF his
sooty hand toward the creek, and nod
to the crowd of passengers.
johnny did not hear the words of ex-
PLANTATION and praise which followed,
for when the conductor tried to help
him to ms feet, he tainted away again.
Let me see--l am doctor. He
has had rough tumble, and am afraid
he has broken some bones" said q
passenger, stepping forth from the
crowd.
Inc doctor was right; Tor Johnny
ankle was badly sprained, and one arm
had been broken by striking against
stump as he fell.
But Johnny knew nothing more oi
what went on around him. until he
opened his eyes again in his own room
in his own bed. The first thing he saw
was his mothers face bending over him
and the first thing he heard was old DR.
Clark's voice saying: Hell do now.''
~ know we oughtn't to have gone
without asking leave,n said Johnny, al
the end of confidential talk with hi.
mother, few days later, when he wa.
beginning to feel better. "Pll nevel
go again, that way, but I'm glad / wa,
there then"
"rm not afraid of my boy breaking
his PROMISE said his mother. "bu
proud as we are of your COURAGE. tber,
are two kinds of bravery, JOHNNY, ant
il NAV be harder for yoH TO keen you
promise than it was to cross the bridge. 8
~ don't know" said Johnny. sRal,,
ing his head, doubtfully. II was badl,
scared, and my heart lust thumped aI