Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-01-26

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just as she struck the railroad
track The moon went behind a pack %
dark clouds and as she had only the
light % the red lamp. she had almost
10 feel her way along.
''She didn't know what time it was,
and was mortally feared she'd be too
late, 'cus she had over half mile to
go. and that there big trestle to cross
and pack O. drunken Italians to run
the gauntlet of.
'-She had grit though, as I'm tell
in ye of and she made that old crutch
o. hers work purity fast It'll she got
down to the trestle.
Then cum y ing o war. gettin'
over thak She started out on her feet
but sine eouldn't see whether her erutch
was stiekin' the lies or goip' between
'em and before long she made mis-
step and plumpi-went one leg down
between the lies
She got up pretty badly bruised.
and tried it again; but before she'd
gone far. down she went, and raised a
big welt on her forehead from slrikin'
ii against . stringer.
'srhen she gave it up. and got down
on her hands and knees. and crawled
along IN the dark. feelln' of her way
with her hands
Finally she got over. but she was
that bruised up from fallin'. and sho'd
lost so much time kneelln' of her way
across the trestle. that she knew she'd
got TO strain every muscle in her body
to get beyond Dugan's in time to stop
No 81; and tell you she just laid her.
self out to get there.
'srwas plain sailin' now til she got
down to the telegraph shanty. which is
Jest this side o the pit, and though
twas almost dark Mary made good
time and when she got to the shanty.
where the long stretch o straight
track begins old 81 wasn't in sight
yit-
''She could hear the 'tally-mens' a
signin' and raisin' the or Ned over in
their shan.y, but that didn't stop her.
She only gripped her crutch the harder
and hurried to get by. They's path
along the pit o. the main track. be-
tween she telegraph shanty and the
east end of the sidin' where the swamp
begins and Mary thought she could
get along faster by follerin' that as
far as. went
'tShe was stumpin' it along as fast
as God'd let her, when of sudden
her foot hit suthin' layin' in the path.
and she fell head-first across it
the ground.
The thing grunted and rolled over
and she knew twas a man layin' there
: but he was so drunk he didn't wake
up.
~'Mary was so startled, though by
:he suddenness o. the thing, that before
she knew it she let out yell.
Three or four Italians that was
T standin' outside o. the shanty door
heard the screech, and they picked up
some torches, such as they use for dig
: cling gravel by at night and started
over to see what was the matter.
':MarY'd picked herself up, and she
r craWled along down the path, q hidin'
o the red lantern under her overskirt,
! 'til she got out O. range o the torch
q light and when the Italians was all
. gathered round their partner, a lay.
b in there dead drunk, she lit out fol
4 dear life
'-When she got on 10 the end of the
: path. she got up on TO the road BED
!. again. and hadn't gone more'n forty
: yard when she run onto the ties that
the tramps had piled on she track.
1 '1nstead OF bein' one or two, though,
: there was dozen of 'em, for the fellel
v meant bizness an he'd made SURF
d that there was no way o. the trair
gettin' BY the ties without runniD, of
!, They wasn't all piled up together.
but was laid along one BY one.
b ''Mary stopped down and tried &c
n lift the first one on but someho W.
! other she couldn't make. it bud gel
r She tried agin' but twas no go.
o and then she saw that the ties was al
vedged down to the track by havin
. two stakes drove slantin' across eacl
, end of 'em.
70 ''Just as she was beginning to real
IT ize that she couldn't move 'em, sb
II heard No. 81 whistle for Swartzvill
, curve. bout mile n half away.
''She grabbed the lantern and start
b ed down the track, a. swingin' of !
n from side TO side as she saw SIS head
% light a loomin' round the curve.
}. ".HereI wa: yer doin' with that ye
:. rcd lightr somebody hollered at her
II and when she looked round she saw
man get up from the shadder o. tn
a fence and come runnin' arter her.
h '.It didn't take her no time to CUES
Il the Teller was tbe one what was doin
70 tho wreckin' but she thought sh
! could keep ahead o. him till she go
r Abe train stopped.