Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-09


his kerosene, and took his place on the
cab.
II heard the conductors 'All aboard
and then wo were off.
81 was busy with levers and valves,
for man who drives n train holds the
lives OF hundreds in his hand, and one
careless motion may send them all into
eternity. So you sec | hadn't much
time TO think of anything but my ma
chine, but | noticed that Jim was
pretty talkativo At first l thought
Il was because we had woman
aboard, but by and by 1 began
TO suspect it was something worse
than that. His voice grew thick
and his movements uncertain, and nj
last could no longer hide from myself
the fact that he had been drinking.
Still ] anticipated no trouble. We
were al eady more than half way to
Fairtown, and thought he would keep
up till we got there.
"At a - the station master handed
the conductor telegram. He read it,
and then handed it to me. 1t ordered
us to go on to N---to meet the special.
had expected to stop at the next sta
tion, and N was ten miles beyond,
but orders are orders and must
he obeyei. So told Jim to pile
on the wood. and put on all the steam
L dared, and we went spinning over the
road at rate that must have astonished
the passengers.
ave had gone little more than half
way, and was beginning to think we
trouble, when jim sat right down on
30 hn nah nl N
whimper.
a.. Get up, you fool, and go to work,
/ cried
"'I can't he whimpered. I'm
tired. an mus 90 ter sleep
"Get up, you rascal' ! shouted.
Don't You know we've got to get to
N in ten minutes, or meet the
special trainp'
a. can't help it, let ther OF train
come. tell ye Pm tired. Now, look
here, Seaforth,' nodding his head vith
drunken gravity. You're workin'
too hard. Why, man, you won t
live out half your days, if you dom t
take some rest. tell ye what It is you d
better take things easy. I'm goin' to.
anyway
"And he laid down on the floor of the
cab, and shut his eyes, mutter ng:
lake 1t easy, easy. Jim IL take 1t easy
! - suppose ! must have acted ike a
wild man, Tor knew that before could
let the conductor know the fix that we
were in, and get help, it would be too
late to save the train, and I'm afraid
used some pretty strong words, as a
man IS apt to when he gets in tight
place. Not that the words help him out
OF it. suppose they only let oil some
OF the extra steam, and make him think
quicker. So stormed away there, all
the time trying to do my work and
Jim's, and knowing ever moment that
we were losing ground. The steam was
going down, and the engine slowing up,
spite of all could do.
~ tell you," and he passed his hand
over his forehead, :" it makes the sweat
start on me now, when L think OF tha
run. 1t seems to me that lived life
time in those few minutes. It's an
awful thing to have so many lives de
pending on you. In the cars behind mt
were hundreds of human beings, ant
the other train had hundreds more, ant
only a step between them and eternity
All this time, the girl March had put OF
the engine had been sitting periectl,
still, watching everything that went ON
and now, when everything seemed lost
she threW on her snaWl' anu s.ePPeo iu
TO Jim place' saying qu,ety mr.
II Jake that man Pi"ce' Mr
oea'oTeh. ut.
our anu ioohtu u. ,mG ss ~. ~
ailnosy gi,lish, hSele ia as.oh,sniiion' sai.
les she saiu. nn stioh9e Il,
lhan looH' anu I We peeil h;, Waro,,i'S n,.i, 'h
man, SO l KNOW l can uo us WIN.
III was ioriorh nope ou. oul oiii
one, ano' ailer one pflci. hioiiieh'
hesitayion' s;'io' H.,
very WELL you can p''' 'ry' anu
you iaii A., .o to
ana NOT iihlsh tIle sehtelce, ior:
lhe 'hoeShI vi lniiuie' ,;e Ine ;oiiioie ;oa P;os
ure oi niansiu'' pieeunSs , es
orusneu ouS Vi ali sono"oe i T .i y. h'.a, I..n,
ny. rose peiorc ,lie, anu = .9Lnoi 9In awa.
WIN Sroai' si'She snul9et Pasae'
over the girl, anu sue seelheo w Slo,,
Paier; out' Mi.nous "2.u' t, SUI sno .oo
her place. throwlhS on 'me Moou as
uirecleu, anu uoliis sJ vel InuO h,,. p;a epia
Oh my anMiely, 1 couiu hoS ~, ouI To n1S,o
the ueN.erlty WIN m Which , sne hanuie an,s !.
leavy sllchs. Ing s1lon VI y, ia -. Ia
| Il /. nf of
slehuer , arms put; spa.I a,' ~ nd n1r 1Noi'
we naruiy seeiiieu W gam s'ounu'
looked at my watch, anu lairl
groaned aloud as l saw lnat IL wante
ten minutes OF slx' ana at SIX we "er'
expected TO pass tle extra aV
Ihere was no tlme NJ, 10 pu. oach, anu II
chance TO stop M we reached "
. There was nothing 1or us TO 40 pu
TO go straight on though ielt that W
were gong 10 destructlon' As Ihe mann y.
OF the watch crept round teilihs on IN
minutes. l watcheu them WIN SORT 9
iasclnatloh, leeing as snougm ,S, ! @ Wer
turning 10 stone. wen, IL you II peiiev
, me, that siri, instead oi lhak,hs row
as most women wouiu nave uone, @ neve
saia singie word though @ sue seeine' GENE
TO Know Just now INNS we're w gong
,, put atter one look at my iace.aha
suppose must nave looheu ~ pretIy pa
-alm0st py insplrallon IL seelieu 10 m,
! she ana one OF those tnihgSa man woal