Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-15

They we're not brought there
B bis lips 49,. nv a sense of the long night
q py tesF ,! pus that lay before him. Jep
s Of lOneiln,TIv from his seat on the door
roe quickly i'O
step; . me go with you, father" he
:, ~ IRA like to go.
''l Tls man looked down on MIN IN aston
j hhnsint. ,oa,,' he exclaimed, 'w'at be
-" Win, Of? w'at'd We be dom VII
ys ta,pi q night?''
youTn1s, wat 20 do, father" replied
4 Jsp, sloa satber stood for a moment in
Jep II was evident that the propo-
thoagl5tii; not strike him unpleasantly.
IiioI a. uiI ;, he said at last, al like the
went it. Here, mother?" he
p0nl turning in the doorway, "put
shoa'sGG Inner in my pail for Jep. He
OIL - me the night
gees mother hurried to the door in
i.to IrsDt'. that?'' she exclaimed.
,.,.r 7oes wi you? -
~ 'tsra, Jep goes wi me. "
,I ~ who ever heard the like?"
~ van yaBt TO go, MOTHER - said Jep;
NJ t,+orrnrto5 +bouon
ootpredly. Tina 8 no time to lose.
go .5s.a that no harm comes till i'm. "
~ care about that Jep went that
,ritb his father. 1t was a good
o'5 1,,fe 10 the breaker and it was quite
I lSI. rrbpn they reached their destina-
silJn. 49,, -,,,,,,,, ,rr,i,,o ,oo,,,
"a north wing Jep's father looked in
~; ~ enough to say good evening to the
I D,'T9nmau, and then they passed on down
~. .JIs Of the long building and around
~. W. ..ortbeasterly corner to the breaker
engine room.
when the dinner pail was hung up and
a.. rg,tern lighted they made the tour of
.Ss breaker, man and boy together. This
80, a long time, for the building was
~ large one and had many wings.
outside il had begun TO rain aud it was
~ dark so dark that the outlines of
,Lo' massive structure could not be dis
,rynisbed against the blaokness of the
zig.
,be engine room, Jep said:
"ns bad night TO watch, ain t it,
father:
nWhv?" asked his father.
DWELL, it's so dark an rainy, you
know.
"Oh, it s q good night to hide,'' re-
rIied Jep, looking anxiously off into the
dark corners of the engine-room. GA
man might Jump out from somewhere
an you never see him till he was onto
YOU,
80 he might any night an there was
snv object in it. -
iwen, you know they'v threatened
70 burn the breaker. an they
"Ah, nov! Don't be scarin' your
sg'f, an don t be talkin' trash. No
lOdy II fire the breaker warrant ye, an |
nobody II be botherin us WI this in ma |
pocket, and he placed his hand signifi-
csntly on the but of his large revolver.
From somewhere in the great building |
came dull noise as of pounding, fol- |
lowed By slight rattle, and then all |
was still
"what was that?" asked Jep. in a
whisper.
"Oh, no mon knows what the noises
be. ! hear EN- every night. No harm
comes o EN-. -
He picked up his lantern. nevertheless,
and they went up into the screen room
sud looked about, but finding nothing
out Of place, they soon came back again.
Later on Jep grew sleepy. 1t was long
past bis bed time. and though he had
bTaTely determined to stay awake with
bis father, he found it impossible now to
keep MS eyelids from dropping and his
head from dropping forward. Back of
ihs big tiywheel, and partly hidden by
it the breaker engineer had a bench,
with folded coat on it for a head
cushion, on which he sometimes re-
CIlned.
Lay down on the bench an Put your
eyes an go 10 sleep like man, - said
IsP's father, "an' don't be noddn'
your head of -
"I'd ruther stay up with you, " re-
Piled Jep. " |
But ye can't keep your eyes open,
We'll, will you stay here? I shouldn't
Ike 10 wake up in the dark alone"
'Oh! that S ell right. If have to go
Out Il leave the lantern here. IN glt