The Red Cloud chief., 1883-11-30

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s"c, o Questions from Dan. IgYaba~d
ny lantern and rushed up the srsck 10
D bridge and walked sfssy the sSsdd3e
plank until ] reached tn osbAr saie,
ana then back again Nys . shisg was
ON on place. every rail secuue. and the
up,
"Idios!' cried I. so much for your
FOOLISH nonsepse. This freak will cost
you your Job
could see Che lights Il ske con
d,ictor aud brakeman, who had xi,h .
nhe OF passengers coas- ON io see
wha, was the matter. How the boys
would laugh. ] thought. 7 shonh ney-
err hea the last of H. I VA, sseakin'
bark to the cAb. when I came 10 the
switch oa sisset siding that hsd b~n
iaid. on which to nm gravel car. d
warnt . very long track. not more than
a hundred odd feet. and ended within =
couple Of yard. II the precipice. Motto
tn somethin' peculiar. I held up my
lantern and found n large tree ma, had
Just blown down and fallen aga ms, the
switch rod. brcakin' the fastening and
THROWN the rails Of the main line into
the siding, t
81 tell you. boss. IL mad Ms hsis
stand IN end. In two minutes that
whole train and them directors woulda
gone of that cid. and not . one would
have lived TO tell about IL
Whats the row.. Bob SAYS the
conductor.
"'kow enough saws I. look a, that
switch. reckon ! pulled her up jus, in
time
Great Heavens exclaimed a fat Iii.
rector who was stihding by. where
does that track lead top
ITO the other world saws I. and
we came almighty near maxim the
trip
"'Well. YOU never see n more CRATE
full set Of men. They made up q pur~
OF live hundred dollars on the spot, and
when We got 10 Fabyan's they tcic
graphcd the Super rs how | was 10 STAY
with them during the excursion. and !
went 10 all the sights in Montreal with
'em just as though l had been one Of thu
regular party. Not content with that.
they gave me an elegant gold watch and
chain. the President Of the roai. who
happened to be- among 'em. making a
neat speech. tell you = peep into the
jaws II death will put rich and poN
men ON the same level. nothing like il
to take the bigness ont Of them.
"'Well. the boys all made n lion OF
me when ! got back u Portland. and
Nell seemed so glad To see me.
That nights work was the making Of
me. for the Super gave me a good show
and finally l got this job. never told
the boys why | stopped the train. for ]
knew they would laugh at me. AMI
don't know rs | told my wife for a long
time. One day, however. she came to
me and says:
Bob had n queer dream about YOU. |
the night Of that affair nj the franken-
stein. dreamed l was ON the engine
with YOU somewhere and We was agoin
mt a frightful rate. Way in the distance
| saw what seemed % be q big gull. and
You thought by gettin' good Roadway
YOU could Jump it. knew. Of course.
you couldn't. :" when you started TO
open the throttle ! said: Not Tint one. |
bra'c" then 1 woke up"
IL told her then the whole story. and |
gentlemen whenever. ] hear n similar |
yarn. AMI I've hcarta Number of 'cm.
! don't turn up my nose and say non
There's more in ones feelings
than most people think. for. lcastwise. |
minding my feelings saved my neck
night ON the Frankenstcin ~trcstle.
There m the express; goodnight"
-EdWard H. Crosby, ~ Boston