Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01

times on none at all Presently We
passed the Chinamans quarters, about
half mile from the pier, ana were
created with chorols of Mi yah
Hi YAH !"
Want Of time and breath compelled
Us to forego any reply to their remark
Like flash their ling low building
disappeared, and wewere in front of
the resident doctor' house, and on
the varanda the docbr himself, with
our captain and the superintendent of
the mines, was sitting. They started
up and ran towards rs, shouting some
thing which we cold not hear and
which, like much oher good advice,
WAS wasted on the Dir.
If we could only keep the track i had
made up my mind Dr nothing worse
than plunge into the sea over the
end of the dock aid swim ashore,
and carefully approaching my mouth
to Ned's ear, l shouted:
I'VE shall have t swim for it.n
doubt whether he understood, and
just then we wheeled around the cor
ner at the approached the pier. The
wheels struck and We tipped to the an
gle about 30 degrees, but righted again
ana plunged along. when / saw some
thing which mad my heart rise in
my throat
distinctly reminder that in the
morning the dock vas empty, but du-
ring our absence atrain of some ten
cars had come down and was stand
ing on our track. This was awkward.
to say the least, and only two seconds
in which 70 decide what to do, but |
rose to the occasion literally US well AS
hguratively, as we neared the end car
which WAS filled with dark rubble
from the pits math for filling in
ground. L made q desperate leap up-
ward--ths impetus of the carriage
hurled me headlong, shoulder.deep in
the conteats, of the loaded car, while
L caught glimpseof \ ed springing off
sidewayson to some bundles of some
kind.
When came to my senses, able to
BIZ upan commence clearing my eyes,
nose, and ears of the dust with which
was nearly choked, | found i had
no worse injury than some rather bad
scratches and cuts on nay face and
neck. My attention to my own condi-
ton was soon disturbed by cries and
yelis in Chinese and Malay, and
looking around, the scene which met
my eyes compelled me to laugh i'm
spite of ny nearly broken neck.
Ned WIS sitting up holding his left |
arm carefully in his right hand, and |
was surrounded by dozen Chinese
and Malys, who were dancing around
MIN and yelling most voiciferously
and ! believe, in spite of the pain he
was sufltling, Ned paid them back in
Kind. What he had thought were
bundles Of mating and Jumped for.
hoping tins TO break his fall, turned
OUT TO be loine sleepy Malays taking
their sista, and he had rudelS |
mathematician by plunging on them
with all tie added impetus of fiftI.
mile-an-hsur speed.
Things we've looking serious for him
and | wasstill almost too dazzled 10
think of going to his assistance. when
luckily the doctor and captain, who
u iiau followed us down as fast as posi-
i uie, appea'ed on the scene, and, by a
LIBERAL use Of talk, got the fellows TO
the case and subside. One,
Wh9 mad received the full brunt of |
NIL descent, had two ribs broken.
whiie Nedhimself, besides bad cut |
on ms forehead, had broken his
"i"' ne WAS put on |
y stIetcher and carried back to
tne Doctors house, while / managed
10 Mobile along by the kindly help of |
me superintendents arm, and once at |
;ne mousse good bath and little stick
,ns' liaster were all | wanted, though |
my neck and shoulders were stiff for |
several days. OF course Ned was off
uu.y untll his arm was knit and fit for
service again, snd we both considered
~ nha very fortunate in getting off
80 cheaply under the circumstance.
Now, as recall the wild exhilara.
.a lett as l vhirled along in that
' !, and, spite of the danger
Intending 1t, lock back with pleasant
memory on the maddest, widest ride
II my life.