Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-26

chased the drawhead over the swift flying
cylinder escapement with doubly echoed
statement like that of Wall street on busy
day. So he lost that remark.
but oh, SIR" exclaimed to the fireman,
who loves a beautiful girl named Annie,
"can you not tell me something brave and
beautiful that you have done, something
that can make a dear little story of and
print, something that will bring tears to
| ewes unused to weep, something that l can
put in the holiday number of q nice paper
with pictures in it? Did you never save
anyone?"
THE FIREMAN'S TRAGIC TALE.
eyes, he said, as he mopped his brow
with fireman's handkerchief. ''I used to
know a gentle old cuss here on our run who
did odd jobs and worked faithfully. He
had sweet little faxen-haired child Can
you use that?"
"Yes."
"Well, he used to come down town even
Ings and we would meet at The Busy Bee
to visit and play a game of old Sledge.
We never played for the drinks, but we
would often, when it was time to go home,
offer to shake each other for the drinks.
do not drink now, even beer"
"And what was this shaking for the
drinks?"
"Why, nothing at all, only we shook
poker dice for the beer. and the one who lost
paid for it. See?''
"And how old was the fossy-haired child
you speak oi?''
''She was then Il years old. At the time
OF the accident, however, she was about Is.
1t was a foggy night. We were late. You
will notice that use good grammar. Put
the printer on that will you, please? Story
fremen and engineers always use poor
grammar and spell a little queer. They
also swear a little and lie. The actual fire.
man or engineer does not do that unless he
is filling up young person. We generally
talk very little to visitors in the cab, for we
have to look out for our trains
WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR.
1--WE are not here to sit for our photo
graphs or tell pleasing prevarications to
people who get large prices per column for
them afterward; but we have little open
stretch of road here, and so 1 will talk be-
tween work, as you seem to be plain man,
barring the high hat, which has no business
on a locomotive.
"Well?'
"Wel!, it was foggy night, and we had
to hustle not only to make our regular time,
but to keep out of the way of late trains.
1t was right along here that I looked ahead
between scoops of coal and saw girl going
down the track with her back this way,
and l concluded she was crying good deal,
for she had her muff up to her eyes all the
time, and, of course, that kept her from
hearing the train. We whistled, but she
didn't hear. told Harry, and he reversed
and all that, but saw I'd got to get out on
the pilot and help, no doubt; so crept out
there in just time to catch this fair young
girl by her blonde and beautiful Psyche
knot and swing her free of the track"
"And did you save her?"
eyes, 1 saved her. 1t wasn't romantic.
and you'll have to change it good deal if
you print it; but that was the way it hap
pened."
"Who was it?"
SIT was this little blonde girl of Mileses."
"And what did he say about it7
WHAT THE FATHER SAID.
"Well, first he didn't know what to say,
and then he says, for he is not man of
many words, and also he is a poor man, but
he.did catch me by the hand and his chin
trembled, for she was his only child and her
mother is dead, but he took scrap of cot
ton waste out of my pocket and wiped his
eyes with it and said: old man, 1 cannot
recall what fathers do when their dear and
only daughters are jerked from the jaws of
death, but if you will excuse the bluntness
of plain old man I will shake you for the
drinks"
At st. Paul met very tall Scotchman.
I am feet high, but he looks down on my
broad and desolated skull as do the gallery
people when hobnob with the orchestra on
an opening night containing divertisse-
ment.
''You must be very fortunate to be SO large
Il s,1T i, al
the respect of everyone"
eyes, get all the respect I want, but
get no comfort. travel good deal and 1
suffer good deal. Ny wife is quite short
You know tall men always marry short
wives. Well, she cannot touch her feet to