The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28

on the road; and very soon it was, too, that l began to talk about the great evil of taking students into officeg'- they all do that!
 ''Well, I went out on the road, was
 finally permanently located, beoame a very fast sender, and acquired quite a reputation. My experience as student attempting to take his first train order was nothing compared to one I had shortly after taking my first office. | The dispatcher had sent me an order to hold an east-bound train for one gO- | ing west. 1 was at a station where the double track stopped and single one took its place. The east-bound train pulled up, with the conductor on the en- zine. l had forgOrten to put out my green signal and also forget the order 1 had in my book. I told the men on the engine I had nothing for them and then went into the office. The train gradually increased it's speed and the bumpity-bump, bumpity-bump of the wheels as they passed over the ends of the rails was getting faster and faster. l stood in the door watching the train pull out, when I heard the next station east report the departure of the train coming west Then, and not until then, did I think of that order.
 'I can never dwell on the events of that night without having a recurrence, in a milder form, of the awful feeling of horror that took possession of me as 1 looked upon that order, until that min ute unthought of. I dashei out of the door just in time to catch the caboose, which was going so fast that it swung me in on the back steps and mashed my nose against the back of the car. l paid no attention to this, but began to set brakes, and never stopped until I had the brakes on half the cars tight set and the train at a standstill. The explanations were made, and that train was backed up and on the side-track about two minutes before the train bound west came whizzing by. l never could understand why my hair didn't act that night like other peoples that I've read about.
 "The men on that train must have felt that had done them great favor, SdNOu bllCI llNCSs UT SOlllCbll1llS O1 Olldb kind, for they never said word about my letting it nearly get away from me. If they had it would have been good bye for me as soon as the company could have gotten a relief to my station.
 ''I had always been a nervy chap strong, afraid of nothing, man, horse or woman-but that nights experience took o11 -l Of I mained in that village, so concluded to move on, and I've been moving ever since.
 ''I resigned, to take effect at once, got on west-bound train, and worked the conductors all the way to the slope be- fore began to think of stopping.
 At Truckee I had the experience of my life. Perhaps you've heard of it. To begin with I will say that at that time I thought altogether too much of the ardent, like many another good man that you can find on the block in this town nearly any day in the week. I was also greatly afflicted with insomnia, which I laid to the fright I had about that train order. Be that as it may, found it necessary to have at hand all of the time a bottle of morphine, and a gallon jug of whisky, generally went with it. was riding along one night with my jug secreted under the seat and the morphine bottle in my pocket, when the train came to standstill. The con- ductor immediately rushed in, gun in hand, and notified the cOach-lOad of passengers that we had been stopped by a gang of the most desperate train-rob- bers in the West, and that they were going through the train. Quick as a flash the idea entered my head that I could do the gang up I took out my morphine bottle, emptied the contents into the whisky, and, without saying word to any one, went to the rear plat form and jumped off.
 Where you goin', pard?' said voice immediately behind me. What av yer got in the jug?"
 '' I am going nowhere at present, I answered, at the same time turning to face the solitary rear guard. I've got whisky in the jug, and thought would take it along with me and get off a little while until you people got through with your business on the inside.'
 :" Bless your heart, youngster,' the man replied, you've tried to get away with what the boys would consider the biggest find on the train. Let's sample your juice
 "ThiS was just what wanted. 1 let him sample, and in half minute he toppled over. While the rest of the gang were ahead having hot fight with the Fargo express messenger, 1 put on the robbers blouse, mask and trousers, tied his hands and feet, and rolled him over in the high grass at the side of the bank.
 'When he had been talking to me I took particular care to notice his voice and manner of speaking and, being about his size, did not have any doubts as to my ability to fool the rest of the gang. And did it, too. They had gone too the train and cleaned out every one and then the leader came to me and said: ''Well, Bill, did any of 'em git away?"
 Nary a one; one duffer tried to save this,' holding up the jug, but I nabbed him and here it is There was great deal of satisfaction displayed over the last find and they all sampled it, and well that little jug did what all the brave tralnmen and passengers could not do, put them all to sleep in five min uteS, and half an hour later | mad every mothers son of them tied hand and foot. Every body got back what they lost except that poor, brave lad, tine ex- press messenger. He had lost his life L.Nnr +hn+ ,rnS rnnu nraa atnSt nNnnr.i =