The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-10-22

Ghks w iAN 'NNNe
track.
he rushed TO the door. shouiiog the
news
Not q se.opd 10 spare She'll be dot
TO sereo minniesl
TIE word passed like lightning. ln
q momen, The yard ives IN Wild eonnosion
Men ae~ bi,her aad tbitbsr. yard sneints
steamed wil.iy awsy. the swi,chss ciosip'
bebied them
The main track vas barely el-sred
when Il0 cam In sight, bsr wheels .aresl
epins 10 ler a track st scb revelation.
She passed TIA depot like meteor. he'
changing with every leap Of tho pi.son, tfs e
stepn escAri- from ber whistle vita the
contir ,ons sh. iek OF q demon, aud the oc'
GU - OF The cab wrapped fiom view IN
cloud OF s.noke.
some bundred rods bsfoud the depot
the track took sharp upward grads, from
which /, descended again 10 strike the
bridge across narrow bot deep ssd rocky
gorge.
Meu looked after the flying locomotive,
and then at each other with blapched fsces
They're gouel A miracle can't save en-
said one, voicins the wordless terror Of the
rest. II they don't ay the track on The up
grade. they'll 90 down Is soon /" they
strike the trestle.
The crowd began TO run along the srsch,
some with . vain Instinct OF belpfulness'
Others moved by that morbid curiosity
which seeka 10 be 10 st the death.
But looki Midway the long rise. the
speed Of the runaway engine suddenly
slsckens.
What does it mesn9 She never could
a died ,ut in that timel shouted IN old
yard man.
Excitement winged their feet. When
the foremost runners fescbed the place,
the smoking engine stood st,ll in her TRACK
auiverins 10 every stcel.clsd nerve. he'
great wheels still vbizzips round and
round amid . flight OF red sparks from
beneath.
What did in What stopped herr
The engineer, staggering from the cst
With the psllid face Of The fireman behind
him, pointed without speaking 10 where Z
little pale. faced, crooked backed boy had
sunk down, painting with e1ertiop. beside
the track. At bis feet huge oil can lay
overturned and empty.
The crowd stared. one st another open
moutbed. Then the truth flashed upon
them.
He oiled the track
Bully for crooked Joel
Three cheersl Hurrshl burrah! hurrah
They caught the exhausted child, fling
ing him from shoulder, striving with esct
other for the honor OF bearing him, and
so. in irrep nlsr, tumuliuous. triumpbs
procession they brought him back to The
depot and set him down among them.
Pass the hat, pards! cried one
1t had been pay day, and the saved en-
eipeer and fremen dropped 10 each tbeil
months wages. Not hand in al, the
tbrong that did not delve into a pocke'
There was crisp rustic oi bills. the chipl
OF gold and silver coin,
Ont with your handkerchief, Joel Yonl
hands won't old it all Why, young o1t
Whs,2-whst the matter?
For the b. with scarlet cbee!.s and
burning eyer had clenched both smal
hands behind HE bsck the poor, twisted
back laden with its burden OF deformity
en pain.
N lol be cried in shril!, high Tnics
Don pay me! Can't you see v'bst it'i
wor'a to me, once just orce-just once
in all my life--to he Of little use--liks
other folks?
The superintendent bed come from BIZ
,ffice. He laid bis hsDt n tNe boy'i
head.
Joe, be said, we couldn't pay You II VI
wished. Money doesn't pay for lives! bu
you ava saved US great many doiiar'
besides won't yen H., US do something
for yont
You csntl You cat! Nobody oap! Tit
cbid's v9ice sss almost shrek. II sesfa
ed 10 reno he sir vita the peni'up sgonJ
Of years. There's only one this 10 m
world | sau't, and nobody can give M
that. Nobody can ever mr e me ~ y'h. ~
but crooked Joel
The supernl aden, ~ 4 hi.n 'd he.t
hin sgsilst bis own breast
My boy. be said in his irm gentle 70 8
You are right, None OF Us can do tfat 10
you. But you can do il for yourse!
Listen TO mel Where is the quick ftail
God gave you, and the brave hearty 40
10 iha. bent bsck Of yours-tbat has noth
ipg TO do with theml Let us help you 3
7
a chance only . chance to work and Z
learn --spd 1t will res. With you, yourself
10 say whether 10 twenty years from n'T
4 ycu are slise, II you are Crooked 10
Mr.. Joseph Bysn.
Visiting 10 c. not long sgo . !rtan.
said to me.
! Cont is il tessiop. Yon N uss 81 viii
me aud hear b. o.
The corr, room Was already crowded
II our enIfsbee, ~in 40 expectspt ausi
enee. When the briliian. young stsor5e
rose to make bis pies, ! n,ilced WA
shock Of surprise. ,ts, bis noble bad sur
mouuted 81 nrdersixd and missbape'
to5y. He bsd spoken but Ave minutes
Lywsye-. xhft had utterly forgotten th
physical DEF 10 ten, J wss sases'y 10
ter,sted, and thereafter during .as tao
boas spseca, held .peliborpd BY II
matgeigas eleqaebce ahieh - fast fsisspl