Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-26
THE ENGINEERS DOG.
Il Was slides Canine Instinct That Pre-
NJ vented . Railroad Wreck.

Rentleililn WIFI u sllRut treulor III Ills
voice, IL have given up railroading
now, having become a little bit too far
advanced upon the road of life to SIT in
a cab and make a locomotive move.
Oh, you want Ia know about that dog
of mine. All right. | used to run into
Chicago on the Lake Shore on old 432.
That dog never missed a trip over the
road with me, and ! owe my life to him
upon more than one occasion. His
names Slide not of Slide, Kelly,
slide. fame, however. I'd go down To
the roundhouse and see my old girl run
out, and then monkey about her To see
that nothing was ont Of whack until il
was time 10 start.
Right at the hour Slide could he seen
coming down the street with my dinner
basket ia his old mouth. When il be-
came time 10 start iii give the whistle
a chance, and Slide would be ON board
in the cab beside me. That dog never
would walk. He was too blouded for
that. Ii became no trick nj all for him
To climb out on the foot board. run
along and jump down on the pilot, get
up again on the other side and walk
into the other window. Whenever we
got 10 New York Slide would 20 down
and ride into town, big as life, on the
cow catcher. | even taught him to
pull the whistle cord whenever | com
manded. Everybody along the line
knew him. When ] got down TO oil
my wheels he would always follow and
watch To see that mo- kids jumped on
the locomotive.
Il remember distinctly II stormy
night rs ! was approaching Chicago.
There was a tremendous tempest ON
the lake, for | could hrlr the dull roar
of the waves beat upon the shore. |
had To lay upon a siding and wait for
orders 10 pull in ove any u of the
fifty tracks that spread ont ncar the
city. There was a little telegraph
station a few rods away from where l
lay. Orders were confidently expected
in a few minutes. bHt they did not
come Ny fireman a'-l | got lonely
sitting out there IN ile driving rain,
andnot even Distinguishing clrh others
voices in the din. | remember Tom
yelling It'll he a hard time out on the
lake tonight" and r..,arhr light came
from the station bo, hiu-up and down,
and someone camc hur:ying up and
gave me the write orders 10 proceed
over the Lost trart to one of the
stations on the on, kris Of the city
and lay there until a special had
passed.
We'll. the brakeman got down to
throw the switch, when Slide made a
bee line out Of the cab and flew at the
fellow aS though he had gone crazy
and back. Why, he simply tore sounds
into shrcds. lie jumped at the fellow
every time he made q movement for
the switch. He would crouch down
anu bE Hllt WHINE trffIbIN.
"'Say, Charley. | won't touch that
switch. the brakcy said az he walked
toward me with a white face. There's
something gone WRONG, and | know it,
he went or. vt first | laughed. but
gradually something strange came over
mo suldnnly. | could feel tic warm
p]erspiration rri"lliG' down my back
bone. Tho conductor got impatiaut
and yelled 10 us to pull out. Tile
brakeman started back u throw the
switch again, but, sir, the dog displayed
the s,me rae,,es and even bit tile brake
mTn'. h0uiS. Just then there was "a
sudden hill IN the storm. The most
moumful howl ! ever heard came from
that animal.
My God. look" cried tie brake
man. poiut.g: up the track. Both Of
Us sprung - our posts and pecrcd to-
ward Chicago. \ great red light came
Ike - flash ont Of the inky blackncss
ana tine special rushed past Us like a
wl rlHiEd and was gone.
-Four white face, looked into one
anothcr's cOuutpnunr' Il moment later,
and Just then the operator came rush
ing ont with orders 10 stop Us, bur we
'md been stu, , Ir u kecncr instinct
tiau human int. 'ac' and telegraph
wires. Yes. he was our mascot" con