South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03
THRILLING STORY.

an old out or The way railroad IN one
OF tho old second hand cars Of some
more prosperous road, ! was very
much ANNOYED by the incessant rat.
thing Of the car windows. lis said
that misery loves company, and at
last shouted my feelings on the sub
jet to the passenger beside me-a
middle aged. busihess.looking man
Who shouted back:
Yes, il is pretty noisy, but IL don't
mean anything. and amt dar gerous.
What | shouted, thinking he had
not caught my meaning.
say it is perfectly meaningless,
and don't mean any mischief, he
shouted. smiling.
What the mischief do you mean :
| shouted.
You probably never heard Q win.
dow tax nationally. not to say intel
ligently2 he shouted.
Not that can remember, said l,
little ironically. Did you?
have, said he, and as soon as we
stop l will not only make window
talk, but possibly get an answer from
/ some Otner WINDOW.
be IAN TO think that / had let the
man cod me long enough; and be-
came very much interested in the
scenery along the roai.
Cen,revil'e; Twenty minutss for
dinner? shouted the brakesmau ope.
ming the door after screwiug up the
old.fashioned brake.
When We had stopped my neigh
Dor touched me on the shoulder and
said. Now jost let me sit by that win
dow, and will show you something
am siny, and afterward tell you q
story for thereby hangs the tale.
changed seats with him, aud he,
taking hold of the window. began to
rattle i. at a lively rate, pausing every
few seconds to listen. Pretty soon l
was surprised to hear q window at the
other end Of the car behind us rattle
10 the same manner.
Now. SAID the stranger, ask me q
question about the back OF some spe.
cial person, sitting behini us Without
either of US looking behind.
Well, said l, describe to me the
appearance OF the back OF the bead Of,
say The outside passenger in the third
seat behind az.
He ratified the window and then
; listened for the answering window.
Then he said:
There Is no person sitting just
there. Try again.
/ looked and cure enough he was
right. 81 made II the ffth seat.
Short black hair, parted behind
one side gray, high shirt collar, and
, coat collar turned up. RailroAd tick
ct in the back OF his hat, said ms
companion as he listened at ne win.
dow.
Stepping back fouBd that the de-
scfipIiop VAS correct, one side Of the
; mans hair being turned white, proba
bly, from disease.
How lid you do It2 asked, ss
took my seat again.
BY Telegraph, said he, I at 6rs'
sounded the single word Fire over
and over till 1t caught the trained cal
OF an operator 10 the other enI OF The
I car-about one fourth OF the men aud
women understand te!egraphy noW.s'
daJs-snd he telegrsphei what
wanted TO know. So you see that .
window may rattle intelligiblg.
Yes, said 1, and COW about the tale
which hangs thereby.
lie was about % begin il when the
train started, and the uoin'elligiblt
rafting OF the windows stopped him
so be deferred IL Gill we arrived at the
junction where We we're TO wait fe v
hours for another train. Then We
three lthe other operator had joined
us) seated ourselves comfortably aud
the strange; began
Ten years age | was a telegraph
operator al q small town in New Jer.
sey, but my health falling, gave up
my situstion, and taking az agency
travelled until l reached San Francis
co. While there ! took q fancy "a
visit a mining region, 80 selecting
suitable goods to sell TO miners,
went and ga isfed my curiosity made
little money and was returning Ia
: the stage coach, when the incident
am about TO relate occurred, OF al
least began TO occur.
There Wers beside myself three In