The Red Cloud chief., 1889-01-25
A DOG.
0ov . Train was Sssei from Wreck by
an Optical ltius.on.

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0ov . Train was sssei from Wreck b
an Optical ltiss:on.
The reporter was sitting on one q
the on the Battery p-omensd
recently when 4 vell-drc-sed worna
passed leading by a strap II .now whit
Spitz dog \ nan dressed in III.
rough ysrb Of a laborcr sal IN the sea
next "a the reporter. smoking n -hor,
stemmed cob pipe
Talking about strange ;hin-s.'
said. the laborcr. nuGging the new
gathcrer. Il never So. a white dog bu,
what IL calls up a strange experience
had while firing on the Pcnn-ylvnni.
railroad ten years ago. vas IN the
cab with Tommy Burns. one Of the
best engineers in the company's >-rv,
ice. and Our run was between jersey
City and Philadelphia. W. left Jersey
City az nine o'clock one Saturday even
ing. pulling n long train Of passenger
coaches and three Pullma1s. The cars
were all full and we had the right OF
way. making no stops excep'ai Market
street. Newark and Trenton. We
rolled along all right over the Hackeu-
suck meadows. and after we lef,
Newark wostruck "a six'y-miles-an-hour
pace. and watched the telegraph poles
lash by till they looked like the teeth
Of a fine-:ooth comb.
I'VE had struck the plain a, Prince
ton Junction when Burns. who MAS
looking out of the cab window. say, Ia
me-:
"'I.ook-a-here. Jack, There is n
white dog %runnin alongside whats
been followin' Us for fiy. minutes aud
blamed il he aint kecpin' up 10 the
%inJiDc. Look nj him.
Il was shovcling coal in the furnace
n the time and the heat was b~li,,,ring
my cyeballs in their sockets. II took
me some time after gazing ont of ,hc
window before | could make out the
dog. Finally ! saw him skimminy
along like u swallow. Now in the
glare from the window he could b.
plainly seen. then ne would get out IN
the line Of the darkness and We would ,
sight Of him. But he would b.
sure 20 show up again in n few minutes.
cuts and sharp bends. il was |
all thc same. that white dog stuck ~
side the cab as steady as lis shadow. |
and ] couldn't make IL out.
First we thought our eycsight was de-
us. for the awful hca. from the |
furnace. the sharp wind or something !
else. ar all these things put together.
i terribly trying on ones eyes who
has To use them in an engine cab. The
sight gets blurred and cloudy. aud
you sec double. and some
YOU don't see half. Well. Burns
md ] thought at first We were fooled
log. But milo after mile that white
log WAS alongside.
".Jack.'" says Burns all NJ once.
'thi, is more'n kin stand. II our eyes
wrong somewhere. lam agoin' Ia stop
icr.'
'Sur" enough he stopped. and we
10Th got OF III cab. Tn. conductor
running up and wanted Ia know
that in the blue bl,zcs was the matter.
We told him about the white dog run
ing alongside tn. engine. and Vs..
pokcd about 10 show him the blamed
nimal. But I" our surpri-" there was
u dog 10 be- seen. and hunt high and
mt low We could not find him. The
laughed NJ US. and Burns
nd | got aboard again. thinking that ! Z
f,cr all our eyes might have fooled us. 4,
'urDs pulled back the ,hrotil. and We
on slowly. There Wa q curv- 5
~ cut jus, ahead Of Us. Fifty yards I
ON IL. before the wheel, had fairly I
10 rcvolvc good. the headlight e
on the track before us showed |
= a rock that must have weighed two q
ms or Dur track. We stopped the en- q
inc with the cow-catcber not twelve !
from the stone. which. loo-ened b
: rains. had rolled down from the !
INK. Had We not stopped on account
that white dog we would have struck |,
on full headway. and you can So. |.
hat that would hav. mean, ] got Z,
laky soon after thnt and resigned, =
ID the very mention Of a white dog. q
- the sight 81 one. bring that strange Z.
De back Z o mc."-N. Y. Tribune Ia
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