The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-09-26

laugh OF joy at the accomplishment
of his nefarious purpose was almost
Immediately stified by n cry ofterror
and pain. In his excitement he had
forgotten that his head was immed-
lately below the signal-arm, and his
savage tug at the counter-weight had
brought the signnl-arm down upon
his hend with terrible and fatal
force. His nerveless limbs loosened
from tho signal, and falling with r.
thud upon the sloping enbankment.
he was shot over the edge OF the sheer
preclpice that formed ono side of the
rock. cutting and landed upon the op.
posite line.
Meantime the goods train had en-
tered the rock. cutting. The signal
arm having been lowered until twas
in line with the signal-post, and hav-
ing been checked by the entanglement
of the chord in the lattice work when
it had only returned half way, stood
Mt clear. But for this accident, Arm
strong's fiendish scheme would have
been frustrated; for the sup
port being taken away from the
counter-weight, it should have de-
scended, and so elevated the signal
again. And now. to crafty one
mans jealousy and hatred and pun
ish one man, n hundred innocent
men and women in the passenger
train were to be sacrificed.
As the goods train came on, rat
Ting and ronring through the cut
ting, the driver and stoker, oil I'M
conscious OF the imminent peril in
which they were, stood on the foot
plate watching the signals and the
line in front of them. A glance ut
the signal, rs he caught sight of il
showed Duffy that it stood at clear.
His eye than wandered downward
toward the rails, when suddenly it
was arrested by dark object lying
on the other line.
'That's surely afman lying on the
up-line, Tom he remarked to his
fireman, laying his hand upon the
regulator.
"Good God" SO it isl" cried Tom,
in great excitement.
Without another word the steam
was shut of, the link grear reversed,
and the brake applied, for the two
men knew that the upexpress was
due in three minutes, and that If the
man who was lying on the line-who
might be unconscious through drink
or through having fallen Over-was
lett there, he must inevitably meet
with n horrible death
As the train stopped with a shock
and q humping OF buffers and clank-
ing OF coupling chains along it's whole
length, Duffy jumped down into the
way with the engine-lamp in
his hand. Bending over the huddled-
up form, he hell the light above the
face and peered into
it. A few seconds elapsed before
Duffy moved; and Tom, wondeiin
why he had knelt so long looking in
to the unconscious man $ face, jumped |
down beside him and asked; lis he
dead, Duffy"
YES" answered Duffy, raising his
head. as If he had just Weakened out of
u dream.
"Who is he?" continued Tom.
Armstrong, the smith"
At this moment the brakeman of
the train came along to see what was
and after Tom had Explained
the matter to him, they lifted the
iead man and carried him to the
van. Duffy and Tom then returned
to the engine and were just about to
start the train to advance to the
station and see what could be done
with Armstrong, when Tom caught
sight of some one running along the
inc with IL lamp in his hand.
whats up?" cried Duffy.
"Who cnn this be, and what can be
asked Tom.
At this point the man with the
amp approached the engine; and
When he had come within the light of
.hc furnace, the two men recognized
lin rs the signal man. Its n bless
nc you noticed it!' hecried, painting
With the exertion OF running 30 fast.
Noticed whatH" both men on the
ngine exclaimed simultaneously.
Something's wrong with the sig
mi. It's standing mt clear just now,
nd yet the levers right for danger.
heard you passing it without slow
ny up. and then noticed the signal
ras wrong. I'm glad you saw the
rain in front in time TO pull up"
SIS there train in tront?" Duffy
.sked.
There is. The 1877 passengers
locked there by q trunk that went
fl the rails"
All mt once the whole matter be-
ame clear to Duffy. Armstrong had
cen trying to wreck the train. and
I'D apparently fallen down into the
utting when putting the finishing
ouches to this trap for his enemy.
Though Duffy thought this perfect
Y plain, he did not breathe n word
{ his thoughts TO those around him.
Vas not his enemy lying dead in
no van? He would let bygones be
ygones.
mo; we didn't notice that" he
did to the signal-mnn. awe stop
ed because we saw u man lying on the
p line"
Here the signal man climbed on to