The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-17

upon the Arkansas river, soon to he
swollen BY the waterspout 70 an ire
sistiblc torrent. And my father would
be one Of the passengers ON that train.
Telegraph down and stop the train,
cried. trembling with excitement
Cant. Fathers gone up to the
springs. and in ten minutes more the
line will 60 out at the mouth Of the
gulch. The drift wood will break OF
the poles. you know" groaned Tcddie.
And that awful cloud drew still nearer.
Just then Tcddie's eye fell upon the
hand-car standing beside the track.
Fortunately the section men had not
| taken IL out with them on thateventfui
| day.
Come. Charlie. help me put the car
| on the track. II will beat the water
through the gorge Hurry. hurry
In a second we had thrown it upon
the rails
Tell father how il was II ! don't
come back said Teddie. jumping
aboard while showed the car of. But
I sprung on beside him. and together
we started on our GRAND Of life and
death.
Ii i all down grade from Texas Greek
! 10 Canyon City. the first topping place
beyond the gorge. SO we had nothing e
do save hang on and let the car 60
How we few.
Wen beat it II we don't get ditchcd.
Teddie observed. and as he spoke w
| flashed past the mouth Of Jones gulcl
and caught glimpse Of BLACK wall q
water. fifteen feet high, rolling dowr
toward us.
THE car win outrun IT, yelled Ted
die in my ear. Don't get scared
"What il we meet wildcat frcight?'
screamed back A wildcat train j. on
not running on regular time. but when
ever the usual trains happen to leav'
the track clear.
Got 70 take our chances on that
yelled Teddic. in reply.
And now we entered the gorge prop
err The roar Of the river a Il whirle'
| along over huge powders between IN
side of the gorge and the stone-boun
railroad cmbankmcnt united with In
+ rattle Of our car wheels in volume Q
. deafening sound. Overhead hung tn
| weathcr-scarrcd granite walls Of thi
: cavernous canyon. and the eve travele'
inward thousands Of feet before reach
ing their summit looked up in dc
spair at the narrow strip of blue SIX.
: above rs, and thought that the brigh
, sunshine away up there was onl
/ mocking our hopeless race. But. upo
glancing behind Us. my heart gave
great leap Of joy. for that death-brine
inc wall Of water had been left out Q
! sight in our rear.
! On and on we few. looked up a
: Teddie's face. The color had rcturne
: 20 his checks. but his mouth had lost Il
usual grin and was firmly set acros
) his tightly-shut teeth, while his eye
} had quite forgotten TO blink. and wer
looking straight down the track A
I the sharpest curves he steadily apple
the brake. but never slackened on
= spccd as we tore around the siighte
' onts. though more than once the littl
/, car carccned until thought we mus
1 surely Nv the track nlumined as
y was by calm courage, that ugly face I
; Tcddic's grew handsome 70 my eye
; while my admiration for his cool judi
: mcnt grew apace Is noted how !
" ram no extra risks yet lost not secor
4 81 time that could b saved And tin
q meant life or death not only 70 n b
: 70 that train-load Of passengers
81 And now we had reached the ham
9 ing bridge. and had flashed under tho'
. v.shaped beams Of solid steel inscrts
o in the living rock Of the granite wal
/ Of the gorge. upon which the structu
. 4 supported. The grade grew steep
snd sleeper. and W 1ow Tie faste