The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-22
TEAM TALK.

conductor, ''let me tell you a true one
that came under my observation last
winter out near Des Moines when
was running on the Iowa division.
This is no railroad yarn, but fact.
saw it with my own eyes. One day
we were running along and was in
the engine. As we began to cross q
bridge we looked ahead and there was
q little girl about six years old clam
boring over the timbers. She had
some school books in her hand, and
was evidently on her way home from
school. The engineer whistled, when
she turned her face toward u.s. I'll
never forget that face as long as live.
1t was Just as white as the snow on the
ice in the creek thirty or forty feet be-
try to jump, nor do nothing. She just
looked at US with steady glare as if
she'd stop the train with her eyes that
we were unable to do with our brakes.
At first we were all so broke up we
hadn't any idea what to do, and be-
lieve we'd of stood there like posts if
she hadn't suddenly stretched out her
little arms toward US in a mute appeal
for help. Well, sir, that broke the
charm, and we all started up wildly.
l swung way out as far as l could,
holding by one hand, and with the
other motioning her to get down
down between the timbers- Would
you believe FTP That little thing fol-
lowed my directions as if she'd been q
man. And she took her time to it,
too, and climbed down as deliberately
as If she'd been at home. She was
none too quick. though, for her little
brown hood, with . red ribbon futter-
ing from it, had no sooner disappeared
between the timbers than we thunder
ed over her.
" Let her out, Bill shouted to the
engineer, let her out lively, or that
little thing will never be able to stick
down there till we get over the bridge.
Turn her looser
$50 Bill he let her out, but she'd no
sooner reached the bank than l Jump
ed of and went heels over head in q
snow bank. j got back to the bridge
as soon as could. and waited for our
long train to get by. Don't mind tell
in ye that as stood there did some
thing never did afore-yes. sir,
stood there and prayed that that little
one might be able to stick it out till !
could get to her. But / guess my
prayers are no good, for when the
train was by / rushed out on the
bridge, over timbers by the dozen, ex-
pecting every minute to see that little
red ribbon But it never showed up.
Tears began to fill my eyes so that /
could hardly see the crosspieces-I
have little girl of my own. you know
but on and on went, and no brown
hood or red ribbon could find. Then
turned and looked to the ice below,
and there she was. Yes, she had fall
en- thirty or forty feet through the
bridge.
"How got down to her 1 don't
know, but got there lifted her up
but she opened them, looked at me a
second, and said:
{" How did you get down hereP'
This question would have made me
laugh if had felt sure she wasn't hurt,
but as it was hurried up the bank
and to the caboose. She said she
wasn't hurt much. but knew she
couldn't tell. and we started for the
next station.
" Pm going home, amt I?' she in
quired, after We had fixed her up in
our bunk.
81 told her .yes,' KNOWN. that min
ute that We were going right by her
house. / was in such 3 hurry to get
to q surgeon that thought il right to
deceive her. Pretty soon she went of
to sleep, and she looked SO deathly
lying there that all of US went to WHIP
in our eyes like women.
4" Boys says j, If she never wakes
up I'll quit the road. ! never want
to see that bridge agin.' "
''And you have quit the road?"
mo, I'm at the old business. She
got well, and all the spring used to
Trying 20 Save the Property.
.In case of fire carry me out" is
painted in large yellow letters on q
cumbrous, and valuable-looking chest
in Chatham street shop. The shop
keeper, as if happily conscious of q
great achievement on his part, stood
back OF the center of attraction smok-
ing fun-grown Connecticut cigar. A
seedy-piece of humanity came aimless-
ly along the street and stopped to gaze
at the queer-looking letters on the
chest Then. as if propelled forward
oy some diabolical motive, he rushed
into the store and began to lift the
chest with all his might.
Git out therei Vat YOU wantPr
excitedly exclaimed the proprietor,
rushing forward.
Why, sir, rs doin' jist as that box
said. seed this sign and that fire
what iireP"
-'Why, that fire there" and he
pointed to where the cigar of the en-
cited man, which he had dropped in
his hurry. was burning q hole in the
carpet With one stamp of his shoe it
wss extinguished- But the tramp stilI
fingered.
Moses" again said the proprietor,
after glancing at the tramp and then
at his clerk. give that Teller one of
them cheap cigars-the cheap ones,
mind-and then put him out.
Inc tramp took the cigar and walk
ed out without any unnecessary help
ing, and with a beaming smile upon
his dirt-begrimed face--M 7. IIibisnS.
From observation it appears that to-
ward the end Of June the ice recsdea
northWsrd. while between the banks
and the coast of Newfoundland il re,
mains longest 4Is