The Russellville Democrat., 1889-07-25

F-~sF1sffr S1sf1yEr v AESa-Haf e% efta, are supposed 0
 ~ 1,tg 1C- know nothing Un-
 til duly en- ightcned by this narrative,
 Joe has run a locomotive over the C. 6 o. ever since the road was built twenty years ago. He now pulls the fastest and most important ual} aad passenger trans' and his name heads the lis. on tue eng -Aeers payroll He has always been known and recognized as a ski. sgl mechanic. faith, fgl. steady and reliable man, Wlta nerves ai steel and eyes lse aI eagles, he has. from the first. attended diligently Go his duties. seldom lost time on his ruu-and has always been respectfglt9 his ~4perlars. cor-eons to his equals and kind to his s-11r1lEare7.
 And yet during ali those twenty years. fhe C. & O boys felt that Joa Blrlett had never been really ore Ot themselves sud were constrained to Cyaleas that t5ev knew very little about A.m.
 But there rrr.a lttfe romance Cglueete1 with Engineer Bartet., aal a g75- aea- oi sentiment has woven .-s-I into a-s Ais s history.
 Before J7s went 70 inc C 6 Q, he wa- promising r1auE ka-Ea- of the throttle In tue service of railroad company whose line ran eastward from Chicago. Flo was 8 very E0.rE maa-aot yet twenty g-t-1.----a win a.. tce dapsl and intensity ol gla.r earnest nature he loved e. l lz-a taan D. loved his pr#fess5au5 f-=- sweet E- And when pretty Anna ksa1-al showed preference for, aud tua married fae handsome but '.ue'e--c a--g- b =E Fender Joe Bgrde-t loved hsr lel one wllt Hue less He Was bitterly and sozsF disappointed himself and he sT--, .l a manly way, gen timely and honesty sorry for She girl; for .a H.-rH= HhG H. H# lT would de.crlar4.e instead of improve. But Joe said never gar8 t5 Anna or to Fender or O any cue else, only be resolved Uot tc 1eze -Et of raa one woman who might have made him sUprene8v happy.
 Too soon Joe Bardes1's expectations 8a sG- gard t1 Dick F. uaer proved true. 1 attlt cllt. z.rl. was born 10 Anna; but instead of awakening feelings of fa'Hzr.~ and Gls handy pr.6e u Fender, the advent os the little one seemed tg start The tgsagh.less and uHpr.ue.p.e8 y9ua- man on heac.oaa career t8 the t.tae G9Ea# J. almost broke Jae Rar3ett's heart for be h#t a large tender heart under his greasy blue 5-oaseJ as he perceived that things were E8lBg from bad 70 worse with the Peadecs and the consciousness tuat he c1gld not prefer aay practical assistance 10 poor Anna only made it all tho harder Iar hun 10 ga4r. At last httE N=F~l came atG DAGG Et5.~.4s-4Hal t-t-- light hearted girl died, and fmare's the pity} died of starvation and neglect.
 Burdett did not learn tas fate of hls old love until z.se had been several days Ia her grave, and when he set a8gut to discover the shameless father and hls luaE.ess baJe, both had isappeared-ne enc kHeT whIth- CT Joe looked up a s4rew3 private de tectivc. to whom he took two hundred dol lars Of Eis savings, w1ish ne thrust into the hands of the professional solver Of many social riddles. To tne detective Bur dett toid his story. sFlad he oaoe,' sand he, "and obtain her fathers consent to let me keep her. and I wal give sog two hun dFed dollars more.
 But neither money or skill were Of any avail, and gradually Joe Buraett gave up all hopes Of adopting Anna Redmau's 8 baby girl
 Six years passed away, and on pleasant day in summer Engineer Burdett, enjoying 6 .lay-oa," strolled through the busy streets of the great Western metropolis As he sauntered along he came upaa the entrance to the central police station and, prompted by mere curiosity, entered the courtroom. The court was at that moment considering the disposition Of Htt.e waif brought in from one of Chicagg's busting highways by Q barly police otlicer The