The Colfax chronicle., 1890-11-01

She appeared SO distressed at tn,
thought of delay that 1 told the en-
gineer to take her with him. She wa
up in the Cub in an instant, and the,
"pulled OUT at once, so that one of M
passengers at least arrived at c.
nearly on time.
THE ENGIN EKR's STORY.
That's a plucky gal of John God
frey's. she rode with me on the engine
to c. after th~ wreck last night, and
tell you she's true grit
didn't waat to take her with me al
first, cause I was afraid she'd make
trouble and delay me, but she didn't
She never opened bes head after she got
into the cab, but just elung to the seat
Well, she had to hang On, for the way
old Forty-seven rocked was' caution.
/ tell you, we never made them ten
miles in the same time befosR
After we got started looked across
at the gal. She was starin' straight
ahead and it seemed as if we wern't
goin' half fast enough for her. She
was terrible pale and her teeth was set
like brake, but it wer'n't because she
was frightened. She had somethin'
else on her mind.
She jumped from the cab the moment
we pulled into the yard at c., and
hurried off across the tracks. heard
her tell the conductor at the wreck
some one was dyin' and she wanted to
get to c. as soon as ever she could.
vi. z
THE DETECTIVES STORY.
A dispatch was received at head
quarters last evening from R., re-
questing the department to send man
down to the station and arrest young
woman who was on the 10:40 express
from the East. was detailed for the
work.
! waited around the station until
nearly train time, and then heard a
rumor that there had been a wreck
down the road. / investigated and
found that snch was the case; in fact,
the accident had occurred to the very
train was waiting for. obtained per-
mission to go on the relief train, and
when we had arrived at the scene of the
wreck commenced to look around for
the young woman.
AS could find NO one who answered
to the description sent, l made in
qiiries of the conductor and learned
that the person / was after had gone
up to c. on the engine that brought
A. -...,, - A., ooc;dou< 20 Tho o;<r IL
was after three =. m. before got back
and made my report, and they decided
not to do any thing more about the
matter until they heard again from
r"
The accident was costly one for the
railroad company, but y lucky one for
the young woman. Had it not occurred
she would have spent the night in the
station house.
VII.
THE DOCTORS STORY.
For the last three weeks have been
tending an old schoolmate of mine.
His name is Will Holbrook and
he has been very low with brain
fever. He was at one time quite
we'll of, but lost every thing by
an unlucky speculation, and was forced
to accept clerksbip with one of the
firms with which he had formerly done
business. A too steady application to
his duties, coupled with great depres-
sion Of mind, brought on his illness
which has threatened to terminate
fatally more than once.
noticed just before he gave up how
badly he was looking, and one evening
when he called at my Office he confided
every thing to me. The loss of every
thing he possessed was naturally
heavy blow to him. but it was nothing
in comparison to what it had brought
with 1.-THE breaking oty of his engage
ment with the woman he loved.
Her name was Nena God frey, and
they had been engaged for about year.
As soon as her father heard of the
change in Wills affairs, he wrote to
him, giving him to understand that he
could no longer regard him as future
On learning, however, that
Miss Godfrey's heart was unchanged
toward him. viii determined not to
give her up, and to make every effort In
his power to regain his ost fortune as
quickly as possible.
When he was taken sick had him
brought to my house; and. during his
delirium, he would keep asking for
Nena; then he wopld imagine that she
was with him and would implore her
not to leave him. Late yesterday after
noon he became so much worse, and
begged so piteously for her to come to
him that I sent Miss Godfrey tele-
yram. and ahout II O'clock in the morn