Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-25
A DAY POSTPONED.
An Escape from Death.
From the Philadelphia Progress.

From the Philadelphia Progress
The train rushed through the open draw
| The slaughter was fearful, some twenty or
thirty of the passengers were killed instantly,
while double that number were injured more or
less seriously. had been pleasantly chatting
with gentleman about this, that and the
other. and though we had touched upon one
profound subject, he was evidently man above
the average ability even of newspaper CORE
spondents. for discovered he belonged to the
brotherhood from remark he made laugh
ingly. This is Saturday." he said; 81 never
| travel on Saturday if can help it. for it would
be Just my luck il there was an accident" Are
YOU sup4rStitiouS about SATURDAY." | asked i'm
surprise. tor everything he had said previously
showed anything else but man Influenced by
Such Jolly. "Superstiti0uS, not me" he re-
piled. but hate to be beaten. You see nv
paper does not publish on Sunday and if must
experience araroad accident want to get out
OF it all can. II have a smash up on Satur-
day 1t is an opportunity thrown away What
good does 1t do me in a professional sense? The
Sunday papers get the cream of the sensation
and il do anything l can only warm over the
cold dish" just then over we went.
cIaWied and was helped out of window.
My friend for the moment in the excitement
and confusion. was lost. but when seated my
sell in the relief train there he was as cool and
| as smiling as if nothing in the world had hap
pened as II he were not hatless, and as if his
coat was not hanging upon him in tatters. His
greeting was peculiar.
"Another post ponement" he said
DISAPPOINTMENT! what do you mean?"
asked.
We'll" he said. they tell me that bravery
differs rom courage in that man who is brave
has no sense of danger. while the courageous
man recognizes the danger and still defes It.
The nature of the brave man. for instance is
such that in battle the flying balls do not alarm
nm IN the least, while the courageous man is in
reality scared out of his wits. but screws his
courage to the sticking point and fight like hero
l envy The brave man aud honor the courageous
man. and l would give a lot to know in which
class | ought to be placed, / am not a brave
man Tor know danger when | encounter it.
am not courageous man. for nave no trouble
In Keeping my self calm and cool in the presence
OF DANGER l know it is there but simply do
not think it worth while to let it annoy me-
Many courageous men. after such an accident as
we nave just gone through. with the dead and
the dying all around US. within hearing of the
means of the suffering and the cries of the
friends OF those who have crossed into eternity
would be all of tremble. 1t does not effect
me one particle. Now you, | take it. have
courage. yet your nerves are shaken, and for
the moment you are totally unnamed"
i"That is true. and it is natural, is it not?"
Natural, yes. But to me every escape from
death is only pOstponement. And therefore
no danger alarms me. Without either courage
or bravery kgO my way through the world ut
terly regardless of danger. Death comes to us
all, We meet it to-day or tomorrow; what
matters it which? An accident such as this is
bore to me, because was here and it is Sat-
urday Otherwise l would welcome it. The
poor fellows lying over there dead are lucky In
that they have escaped sick beds and long
tuSSes with disease. The wounded will get
we'll or die before long or will die now and so
END 1t; tor you and me it is only pOstpOnement."