The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-09

danger; for right in front of us was the
extra, SO near that it seemed as If moth
ing but a miracle could save us. I
looked at Miss Lord. With that last eff
fort her strength seemed to leave her,
and she sank upon the seat, covering
her face with her hands, waiting for the
death that seemed SO near.
There was a moment of awful sus-
pense, and then we were safe upon the
side track, Just as the e. ira train went
laundering by, SO near that scarcely an
inch separated the engine from the
hindmost car The brakes were put
on, and the long line of cars came to a
stand-still just beyond the station, and
then slowly ran back to where the
crowd of alarmed and curious men
stood watching US. At the shrill sound
of the escaping steam, Miss Lord raised
her head, and looked anxiously around,
then. seeming to realize that we were
safe, she tried to say something. but
the words died away in q murmnr. and
the next moment she fell on the floor
of the cab like dead woman. But be-
fore / could call any one to help her, for
was pretty well shaken myself. one
OF the directors, who was on the train
came along in fearful passion. He
wanted to know what / meant by rum
ming the risk that | had done.
- Haven't you any brains? and don't
you care any more for human life than
a donkeyp' he clustered.
handed him the telegram | had
received at A, and which, fortu-
nately for myself, | had put into my
pocket, and then pointed to the floor
OF the cab, where Jim lay in drunken
sleep, and Miss Lord in dead faint
and told the story as well as | could.
tell you there was pretty lively times
there for a few minutes. The passen-
gers found out that something was the
matter, and they came pouring out of
the cars, and crowded round the en-
CINE, and had to tell my story over
and over to them. Well, some of the
men carried Jim off to the station, and
dumped him down on the floor, aud
Miss Lord was taken into one OF the
drawing room cars. and fused over as
though she was one of the greatest
ladies in the land; and, before she came
to herself enough to sit up, tn re was a
puISt lHdtl6 up 1OF u0fs OF more collars
than She ever had in her life, and that
WANT all, for Mr.. RuDals-t the director
that was aboard the train found that
she knew something of telegraphy, and
put her in the office at C---for awhile.
and in a few months gave her steady
job. So you see it want bad ride for
her, after all. =
But what became of herp' I asked.
"ls'she still in the oficeP"
"Oh, bless you. no, sir. She did what
mostall the women do, sooner or later
get married.
"Well," said I, such WON de-
served good husband; I hope she got
one
''Well, Idon' know; pretty middling,
| guess and then he nodded, with a
laugh: s'She seems to be satisfied, so [
suppose there's no occasion for any one
else to find fault. -
&. Just then there was whistle, and
the down train came into view, and,
putting his pipe in his pocket, the en-
gineer made ready for his homeward
trip, saying, with a sly smile, as he
sprang on the engine and said good-by:
eff ever you come to Concord / shall
be glad to see you, and you can ask my
wife what she thinks OF the husband
Miss Ford got. = -Ballott's Momtbly.