The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-19

away. promoted him. and sent young fsl-
low named CoreCraa 70 run the Office. Oae
cay VIXEN Corcora1 and the gal were aio1e
II the station an oritr came from down the
road t. have engine No. sent down TO
Mine creek bridge instantly, with Dr.
Studiey aooar3 They both knew that there
had been a. accident, and were puzzled 70
know what 70 do NJ. 9 was lying on the
siding, with her fires banked, ard Pete MI
Ter and Bart Headly, the engineer and fire
man, had gone up % tradLeys on the &C
conmodation, and could lot get back until
O'Clock
1t was then o'clock, and two hours
might mean life and death. Corcoran bur
riedly ran around looking for man 20 run
the engine, bus none could be found When
he came back be found Ella ste1ding in the
door with her hat ami Jacket on and hes face
pale Is a c1TIse. That is my fathers train
down there. and l am going ID him, sne said.
1 have called the doctor, ami he Is coming
down tie road now
q But there's no one 70 run the engine,
said Corocran. 4 can't find any body that,
knows how to start her or TO stop her"
81 / viii run her. said Ella, confidently,
and Dick Harper's Iout Of boy, who was
considerably stuck or Ella, said he'd fire for
her. By the time the doctor reached the
station Harper had the engine steaming,
and as soon as the doctor jumped into the
cab Ella pulled out and started slowly down
the road. Doc looked surprised when he saw
the gal on the box, but he said nothing, AMI
as the nEine began 10 steam she let her out,
and before they were out of sight OF the vii
lage they were going at thirty-fiye mile
clip, with tie girl sitting there, purity as
picture. with her hair streaming, her cheeks
red and her liDs closed as tight as she could
gel them. She had clearrun OF eighteen
miles, with nothing to do but blow for road
crossings AID keep a sharp LOOKOUT for
cattla.
at was little more than half an hour
when she Stacked up at the cut east Of Wine
c'eek an went creeping around the bend.
There she found a fagsna1 and took MIN up
without asking a question. She knew by the
look On his face Taen be saw her that some
thing serious was the matter with her
father. Six hundred yards further she
came in sight Of a bridge, and there she
w a SIGHT sEe never forgot. Her fathers
elgine was down the embankment, upside
down, and the continuation car and coach
were piled on top of it. Three figures COW
cred with sheet at the right of the road
told ner she might look for the worst. She
did not faint or scream, but followed the
doctor down from the cab, with her hands
cenched and her lower lip between her
teeth. Where is my father, Sitney Law
sonF she asked of one Of the trainmen,
CHARGING at the same time toward the COW
cred figures.
mo, not there, said tire man He is not
dead, but he is purity badly Eurt over there
on the track
":She flowed the doctor in the direction
indicated and found little group bending
over three Or four wounded men. Sid was
there, but he was unconscious. and upon
locking Dim over the doctor said that he
had a narrow chance of pulling through.
H 5 right arm and leg and three ribs were
broken. his mead badly hurt and his back
scaided. The others were less seriously hurt
and were ten1erly lifted into one Of the
coaches which renamed On the track After
DR.. Studley carefully examined Lawson he
shook his head and said that ne dlshled to
move Inn, bat il would have to be done,
since there was no house at hand We
will tase i.ifn home said the girl: We can
not let him die ne1e' Then he was Gre
fully lifted into the coach i placed upon
the seats, which were stripped of their
backs.
There were two men a. hand who could
back the engine up to Pine Oak, but Ella
i ssted upon doing it herself until the doc
tor told her that her place was By her father
Then she urged the men to run the engine
| slow and took her seat by her fathers head
| The dead were taken in another car, and
| the train pu lei out Ike funeral process on
| 1t took nearly two hours to get her father
| home, and he was abed for several months.
| The girl gave up her place 10 the depot and
nursed hum until ne was able 20 sit on the
| piazza and atch the trains 20 by"