Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-26

standln' here, my wife's voice whis-
pered M my ear not .thdt one, BOO, tts
6rdke! -
lit gave mol SuOS : stStfth before
] knew what l did had OPENED the
Westinghouse for all she was worth,
and the train came to standstill In less
than two lengths. Not waitin' to an
swer any questions from, Dan, / grabbed
my lanterHandrushed MP the, track to-,
the bridge and walked, along the middle
plank until / reached the other side.
and then back again, Not thing was
out of place, every rail secure, and the
bridge was a. sound as when first put
up,
"Idiotr 7GriedI.1. so much for 9oar-
foolish nGissrisa This' freak win cost
YOU your Job
" l could see the lights of the con-
ductor and brakeman, who hal with
lmber OF passengers come out To- see
what was the matter. How the BOYS
would laugh. thought. | should new
or hear the lat Of it. was sneakin'
back to the cab, when / came 10 the
switch of a short siding that had been
laid, on which 10 run gravel cars. Ii
warn a very long track. not more than
hundred odd feet, and ended within a
couple of yards of the precipice. Motto
IN somethin' peculiar, | held up nv
lantern and found large tire, that had
Just blown down and fallen against the
switch rod. brcaIin' the fastening and
THROWN the rails of the main line into
the siding!
- i tell YOU, bovs. it made my hair
stand on end. In two minutes that
whole train and them directors would q
gone of that ELL, and not n one would
have lived to ten abm' itr
wi iWhat's .thq row, Bob?' says the
Grow enough. saws /. look at that
switch. | reckon / pulled her up just in
time
Great Ii ,avcus" cNclaime fat di.
rector who was 81 ,nding b.. where
does that track lcal top
ITO ieOther world saws /. and
we came almighty near maxim the
trip riIflff 1f,r10E TIfTotF-
Wei, sou never see n more crate
ful set OF men. They made mp purse
five hum fred dollars ON the spot. am.
when ayre-got, - Fabyan,s. thoy. tclc.
graphed tH Super ~ how Twas to siay
with them d,lr.hr the excaIrs. on. and /
went td alltbe ghts in Montreal with
'em Just asthough I'had bcen ono OF the
regular party. Not content with that.
they gave me an elegant gold watch and
chain, the President of the road. who
, happened TO be- among 'em, making Il
neat speech. tell YOU peep into the
jaws of death will put rich and poor
men on the same level, nothing like il
to take the bigness out of them.
well, the boys all made a lion OF
me when L got back 70 Portland, and
Nell never seemed SD glad to see me.
That nights work was the making Of
mo, for the Super gave me a good Show
aud finally got this job: never told
the boys why | stopped the train, for
knew they would laugh at me, and |
don't know rs told my wife for long
time. One day, however, she came to
me and says: t-..,.l .fa..r
bob, had queer dream about YOU,
the night of that anairat the Frunken-
stein. / dreamed was on the engine
with You somewhere and we was ayoin'
at frightful rate. Way in the distance
Il saw what seemed to be a biz gull, and
you thought by geain' good hcadway
! You could iuInp 1t. / knew, OF eoursG,
You couldn't, 80 when you started to
open the throttle said Not that one,
the ira e then woke up.'',- .' '...'
81 told her then the whole story. and
I gentlemen whenever I hear q similar
/ yarn. and I've heard number of EN-,
don't turn up my nose and say non
sense. There more in ones feelings
than most people think, for, leastwise,
minding my feelings saved my neck
/ that night ON the FrankcnStcn treStlc.
There com'Sthc express; Goodnight
-EdUard IL. Cr0SJB in boston
/ Courier.