Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-09
who could srd did run an engine, and


zen Yegrs OF age she kne| almost SIS
II UGH about al engine es her f.saer did.
He used 20 let hsr ride down to Bradley's
with him three times week, and she'd
sit up On the bcx by him and Seep
sharp lookout ahead.
"I was hnpg for Hsm S.oEelske then,
and orsen, when Z Is didn't want to visit
for her fathers trair, she'd hop on our
engine and come homo with us Cd
Barker sew her on the engine one day,
and gave orders that she should never De
allowed to ride there sgsin. II purity
near broke her heart whea she heard f
1t, and 1t made her psp feel purity bad,
too, but the order hsd to De obeyed, and
Ella had to ride in pas enger coach
when she went to Bradley's the sore
after that. When she was between Jour
teen aad fifteen Doc S,utiy laugh! her to
tel graph little. snd sftef that che Just
haunted .he window OF ahe titkst
Office for hours every d.y Uaicr-
| Clark WillisF, the agent Of the Piu
Oak, sending end recsiTiDg m.ssagss
Sac got SO well posted taas Clark used 20
lel her prac.ice with Dr.. S.uoley over a
private wire thai Clark pus 40 between
tn station and the dLctor's house on the
gully road.
at was before the days Of telephones,
you koow, and Il WAS 6 great convenlence
to the whole township TO have tlat hall
mile o! private wire fcou the gtsiioG TO
tie DOCTORS office. When is was six
teen the company took Clark Willis swsY.
promoted him, snd sent a youDg fellow
named CorcorGn to run the office. To
day when COrcOral and the gol were
alone in the ststion an order
came from down the rosd u
have engine No. 9 sent down
to Mine Creek bridge instantly, witt
DR.. Studley aboard. They both Knew
ths. there had been sn accident, &Id were
puzzled to know what to do. No. 9 wss
y'rg on the gliding, with her Ares banked
an1 Pete Miller snd Bart HeNdiy, the en-
glreer ana fireman, had gone up TO Brad
/ ,y's on the accommodation, and cou!e
rot get back unit! O'clock.
"1l was then 8, and two hours nigh
mean lie sud des:h Cjrcoran tutfledly
ran around looking FIR q man 90 run the
rgine, bat nons could be found. When
ae came bsck hs tDund E is s.sndiDg il
the dooc With her hss and j.chet on anc
her face p2le as 4 corpse. That ie Dl
faths.'s trsia do IN there, and am goicl
10 him." she said. Il have called the doc
tor, snd be is coming down the roat
Eow'
"sBa. thare'5 no ous to RIM the en-
gine,' ssid Co!corsn. \ can't find any
body that knows hoE to stass Gcr or 4
stop her.
"tI will run her, ssid Ella, confidently
End Dick Hsrpor's lou5 Of boy, VII
9as considerably stuck on Els, said he'd
DE fer her. By the time the doctor
reached the etstion Harper had the en-
gine steaming, and SIS coon De the doc,ol
Jumped into Inc csb E!ia pu led cut aGt
started slowly down the road. Dec
looked surprised when he saw the gal OF
ire box, but he said nothing, ana IS tbs
engine began to ssesm she &c! her out
sud before they were cut OF sigh
o: the vlllsga thsy were going at thirty
i've nile Clip, witn tho g.ri sltliug taerS
party as ptc,ure, with her hsr stream
ing, Ter checks red and her lips closed
IS tight ae she could get them. She hid
s clesr run Of eighteen miles, with nosh.
ing to do but blow for the road crossings
and ksep sharp lookcu; fJr csttle.
"It wss little more thsn half an hou'
when sue slacked up at tie cut east Ci
Wine Creek sHd went cree ping around
the bend. There che found nagman .nd
took him up without asking 1asSion
She kre by the look en- his fscs wien
he saw her that something
serious YVES the mstter win her iaihey
SIX hundred yards further she came ~
sight CT bridge, and there she saw g
sight she never forgot. Her fathers en-.
glue was down the embsokmens, upside
down, and the combination csr aud s
coach were piled on top Of 1t. Tnree
aSures covered with sheet, ct tbs right
Of the road, told her that she might Iook
for the worst. Sla did not faint OIL
scream, put followed the doctor down
from the cab with her hands clerchsc
.nd her lower lip between her teeth
Where is my father, Sidney LaHsor2
she ask d OF one OF iha trainmen, g!Gnc
ing at the asne time toWsrd The covered
figures.
"'No, not the1e,' ssid The man. SIS i!
not dead, but he Is pu.:y badly hur. o7el
there on the track
"Shs followed :2e doctor 10 the 6irec
ton Indicted and found il&tle gr0ur
bending over three or fonT wounded
men. Sid wss there, but be wss IN
conscious, and upon looking him over ths
doctor sad ths. he hsd Z asrfow chance
Of pnllIUs thyougl, His right sTm ant
leg and three ribs were broker, his hasd
badly hurt sad his lbac6 ecsldei. The
others were LEGS Q; riopsiy hunt and were
teuderly lifted into one OF the coaches
which remairsd On ihe track. After
Dr. Studiey csrefIiiY examined LswsoE
he shook his head snd said Mat BE dis.
liked TO move hin, but it would have &c
be done since there WAS no house at hand
we Will take him hcme,' ssid the girl;
I'VE csn not let him die here.' Then he
was carefully lifted into the coach and
placed upon bed inside Of cushions laid
leugthwiss On the seats, which were
stripped CT their backs.
"There were two men ct hand
who could back the engine up
TO Pine OiE, ami Ella ia.
sisted upon doing 1t hereof uaal the doc
tor told her Inst her place WAS by her
father. Then she urged the men TO run
toe engine Glow snd took her seat by her
fa.her's head. The dead were taken in
another csr, and tha trsin pulled cut
Ike funeral procession. Il took nearly
two hours TO get her father home, and he
wss s5ed for several months. The girl
gave up her place IN the depot and nursed
him until he was able to tis on the piszz.
snd watch the trains go BY"
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