Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-09-09
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9Th. e-a,rar b,.;a1 himsalf with bis
antv the engineer smoked his pipe and
49,, o 49, aSaa5 .nd Iactson tent nm
his aftean. hour gait behind. To
,ha ax,rar,a ad,aca,ion of n connie of
hrakaman Who watched him from the
raar car Ten mora miles had heen COW
arad ora 90 tall The tha truth onr cv,. ling
sr,and ,y,s gattino rather ,ired when the
snsinssr sang ont sHallo lin, see II that
rhan ainit ont Of sight. I het he's
mia or 90 bebind, The fire.
man cbucked bis cigar -stump into
tbe fire IN helm keen things going while he
stretched bis neck 10 reconnoitre The
next minnie his snrnrise at what greeted
bis ewes on lookinu behind found vent in
worJs "a hs shopted axcitedlv 10 the en-.
vineer.
a,Well NAV never handle a shovel
again. n he Amt there still, and I'll be
dnrned n he nin,t apone and pulled up ON
a dozen carsp
.Tbe engineer threw down his pine and
looked behind and there sure enough,
was the bicvcler as large as life working
away for ali he was worth. We'll, IL tnat
ain,t a caution, Come lin. Sian ON some
more Of the feed and we'll give him the
cood.bve. we've inst got half an hour to
get into Stokleyyiile'
sThe fireman sboyeled i'm the coal. and
bv.and.hv the train commenced to move
/ faster as the engineer let her ont. The
fireman looked hack. Jackson had lost a
connie of car.lenoths. the train moved
| faster, and a few moments later the engin-
/ eer looked behind; the bicycler had lost
| the remaining ten car-lengths and was at
/ the extreme end of the train.
@'Pile on the coal, Jim, said the engin.
eer, and well soon own the S25'
@Another mile went over, and the fire
man looked back once more.
a'where is he nowS asked his con-
| frere.
ale must be round the bend,
said the fireman; yes, there
he is, just coming round now; why, we've
left him quarter OF mile
~There remained now but four-mile
stretch to Stokleyville, and every moment
the train was drawing ahead OF the bi.
cycler, who was evidently getting tired.
Before another mile was completed Jack
SOIL was nearly half mile behind; an
other mile went over, sharp curve ap-
peared ahead and the engineer slowed up
very complacently and good-humoredly,
for his cycling antagonist was toilins
along some three-quarters Of a mile in the
rear. The curve was reached, round 1t
went the train very slowly, and then
there lay ahead the straight track into the
town.
Fire in some more coal,n said the en-
zineer. But before the firemen had time
| to comply with the order, the train, which
had been travelling very slowly, came al
most suddenly to a dead stop. Puff
went the engine, whist, whist went the
wheels: the train moved forward a little
again, and then stopped again, the engine
at the time working furiously.
"'What the devil is the matter nowp
said the engineer as he looked at the fire
man.
.That worthy's look of blank astonish-
ment did not tend to abate his surprise
nor did the lugubrious answer youch.
safed by the fireman of guess we're
busted throw much light ON the state of
. affairs.
"'Shut of steam,' said the engineer as
he Jumped down on the track and passed
round the engine. Everything appeared
to be straight. Let her go.' he shouted
a.Puff, puff and a half revolution of
he wheels without their gripping the
rack left matters in statu quo.
@'Well. what in thunder does IL all
neanT he said; then he walked forward
and rubbed his hand over the rails, and
when he took 1t up It was covered with
lark grease.
by this time all the train hands ca'ne
running up 10 see what was the matter.
and just as the engineer, who had at last
taken In the situation, was about to open
On them the vials OF his wrath, dark
shadow passed along the side OF the
track.
"'The bicyclerr shouted the whole
crowd. The bicycler did i'll hold himl
stop himr II was too late, however: they
might as well have tried to overtake a
limited express train going at full speed as
to endeavor to catch our friend jackson,
who had shot by them like flash, for he
well knew that, though the engineer
could have nothing more than suspicious
IS to who had played the trick, still he
might fancy that those suspicious would
Justify his taking out his revenge on his
cycling competitor. So, with wild
whoop Of triumph, Jackson shot by the
troop of train hands at pace which de-
fed any pursuit which might be attempted
on Mother Natures appliances for loco
motion.
ait would ba fpti,e IN at,emnt IN denic,
slIv nonnlussad an,,aara nca NJ hia conn,,,-
ions. After the first moment of surprise
bad vanished. he and the fireman made A