The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-23

men, there is No 9.
"And she's flynn, too said jim
'What'll we do, Kell?' he shouted.
In few moments she would be on Il,
Guess we'd better stay, Jim" sait
and without shutting her off brace
my feet against the boiler, threw be
over and clapped on the sand and tn
air. This action reversed the driv
wheels of the engine and set them run
ming backward, while the other wheel
of the engine and of the train ran f
ward. This greatly increased the
sistance against the forward motione
the train, and is only resorted to b
engineers when a crisis is imminent, a
there is danger of blowing out the cy
inder heads and otherwise straining th
| locomotive.
Gentlemen, said Kellogg, ga steal
engine on a railroad never looked S
big to me before as that No. 9. Tai
about the City Hall being big, why
was an ant hill to the size of No. 9's Il
comotive. I could see her old driver
spinning around on the inside rail {
that curve. There was no time to Hov
I the whistle until after l had reverse
her. Galloway-Alex. Galloway wa
No. 9's engineer-saw, me abo,s
same time | saw him. WHAT NE az
don't know; 1 suppose he did the sne
as l, but this do know, and that ishat
when those engines came to astQ the
pilots were, by actual mesurerent,
just eight feet apart. Aex. ad L
climbed down and shook lands cross
those eight feet.
"Of course | was Overture WIN we
ran into Detroit" he continued ''but
it was not until l had boxed Ger my
engine, washed and chnged mylothes
thatI began to feel tie effect of my
narrow escape. | broke completely
down, and recollect walking INTO Su-
perintendent Blodett's otficfwith my
knees so shalky thst they would hardly
hold me up"
"Well, said I to Blodget, you've
heard about it, Am | to blane?"
Heard about WHAT" he sad.
80 come, now l know you lnow all
about 1.-THE narrow escape on the
curve. Am l 10 blame?"
Il don't know"
"T'll take the matter in ny own
hands then, Mr.. Blodgett. resign
and you must get somebody else 70
take out my engine in the morning"
Don't do that, Kellogg" said he
wait and see before you resin. You
are excited now; you will think diffel-
entity when you are composed
mo, sir" | said, Il know What Tn
doing, and mean what l say. l didrt
see any flag out at the wagon works. l
have been on this road a cool many
years, Mr.. Blodgett, and If theie WIS a
flag out there and | didn't see It, is
high time that l should resign bdore
something serious does happen
This is a sensible way to talk, Ael
logg," said he. Now you think bs
matter over until morning. then5ees35
know"
"You see if 1 was to blame" ex-
planned Kellogg aside, Il did not want
to give them an opportunity to discharge
me-"
Il concluded to investigate myself"
said Kellogg, land told the superin-
tendent that | would call at his house
at nine o'clock that night and inform
him of my final decision. He said that
would be satisfactory, and L jumped on
street car in the evening and rode out
to West Detroit to intercept Galloway
on his return to Detroit. Alex showed
up all right and on time, though could
see that he was still little shaky."
GLOW is it, Alex?' | asked, climbing
into his engine, was the flag out?'
Gle ran into Toledo right after left,
and would know whether the flag was
out or not.)
NO" he said, excl, it wasn't"
Il thought not | said, land that
saves me. Where was Brown"
Brown, the narrator explained, was
the chief train dispatcher of the d.
vision and a very careful and reliable
man, 1t was his duty to have the flag
put out if he wanted No. to side-track
for No. 9. He had not done it.
"Where was BROWNE" repeated Alex.
"When ran in Brown was in dead
faint on the platform and they were
throwing water in his face, which was
as white as sheet, trying to bring
him to-"
Brown was checking off some cars to
make up train, duty that was then
imposed on dispatchers, and his brain
being mixed up in the combination he
forgot all about us for the moment and
neglected to send out the flag. Inke
meantime | ran in and seeing no flag
outsupposed the track was clear to the
first siding and pulled out. A moment
after | left Brown rushed out on the
platform and cried.
Where is No. AZ"
There she goes around the curve, 81
was the answer.
Great Cod" said Brown and fell in
dead faint on the platform. He ex-
pected there would be an awful
slaughter in few minutes more. He
was powerless to prevent it and he