The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-24
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ing new, out of the shops, and he
ran her through all kind of weather,
carrying passengers through sun
shine and storm. And No. 10 never
missed connection. No, sir, never.
"lf it had showed till the noun
tains were covered she came in on
time; if the bridge was lost she never
was late. If a special was sent on a
particularly bad night No. 10 was
the engine, and old Bob Scott was in
her cab, and she always went
through.
"When other trains we've ditched,
showed under, and in the shops for
repairs, No. 10 was on deck, shining
and bright as a new dollar, for Bob
took mighty good care of her appear
ance. So things went for several
years, and Bob and No. 10 were we'd
ded, we thought; he loved the engine
so and she seemed to get right up
and prance when he had hold of the
lever.
HE never missed trip on her
though firemen came and firemen
went. But one night a new man
stepped iuto No. 1875 cab and tried
her steam guage. For her old friend
was side-tracked. He took the
pneumonia one night and the next
day they folded his hands over his
breast and closed his eyelids.
"No. 19's engineer was dead. Old
Bob Scott had gone to a country
where the snowdrifts and the wash
outs of this one would never trouble
him again. We were all mighty
sorry for Bob, and when they plant
ed him rnder the hill don't know
but some of the boys might have
felt a tear stealing from their eyes.
1 did, l know.
'But the saddest mourner in
Cheyenne was No. 10. They left
her in the round house two or three
days after Bob died, and then they
put the new man onto her. She
was draped in mourning, and it
seemed to us that she felt her posi-
ton. If ever an engine knew what,
she did, and she grieved for her old
pard.
"Well, sir, the first night out after
Bob died she got wrecked-ran off
the track, smashed her smokestack
and came back for repairs. Then
she was renovated and started out
again. If she was remarkable for
her good fortune before, she was now
becoming notorious for her mishaps.
She went into every snowstorm and
got froze up, and she caught every
misplaced switch and every wash
out on the road. Then she had a
collision.
"When she had been repaired
after the last accidentshe was stand
ing on the main track one stormy
evening waiting for a freight to
make up, for she had got to be I'M
lucky for passenger. Her engi-
neer and fireman were away from
her and she was all alone. Nobody
noticed that she was getting impa-
tient, but when she shivered and
started pace or two some of the
boys were looking. Then they saw
her creeping off down the track, 60
ing faster and faster.
Pretty soon she was running as
if the devil was after her, and as the
dusk closed around her she gave a
blast of her whistle which came on
the wind like the wall ola demon,
and passed from sight. When it
found that she had gone out with
out her engineer they thought she
had got loose through somebody
throwing open her throttle, and a
train was started after her and tele-
grams were sent ahead to look out
for No. 10.
"a passenger train was side-track-
cd to let her go by, and as she whiz-
zed past the engineer-which was
mel saw by the light of the fur
mace a gray headed old man with
his hand on thelever, looking straight
out Of the cab window down the
track. 1t was Bob Scott. The train
that followed her never caught up
to her, and the railroaders who
watched for her never saw her pass
No 10 went out into that night as il
she had gone out into eternity, and
she was never seen again.
"They searched the gulches and
canons, but she is stillthe great mys-
terry. Nobody ever offered a sug-
gestion about her fate, except one.
lie thought some of the other rail.
roads had got hold of her, painted
her over and put their brand on her
But he was cattleman. saw who
was driving her that night, and,
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