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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
CLOSE or TIE DEiKIN SALE.
There was Large Crowd and tho Kidding
was Spirited mt Times.

was spirited at Times.
Tho sixth ard last days sale OF the Deakin
collection was held yesterday in the rooms OF
tho American Art Association in East Twenty
thi:i street. The articles disposed OF were
principally Japanese swords cabinet objects.
enamrl>. and embroideries and tapestries.
Gu. velvet panels and remarkable specimens
Of Japanese ncodlework. together with
Jaenuosc temple hnngngs and cmbrridcries
attracted much attention.
III, rooms were crowded, and the bidding
was at times very spirited \ handsome case
containing Il vase of rock crystal and an am
Der howl. both boldly carved. was bought by
l.. j. Moore for S225. Mr.. Moore also
secured an ivory exhibition sword. sixty
two inches LONG. and deliberately carved
In eight panels. with representations OF must
Clans warriors. dancers. angels. and Chi
re.e fable in which tho sun goddess Is pic
fured as con.in.. out Of the rocks Tho bid
din: for this Was lively and 1t was finally
knocxcd down to Air. Moore for $3.50. Another
sword was secured by him at Sl6O. and II. T..
l;i-s sell paid $40 for an ivory-mountcd long
SWORD.
Mr.. Livingston bought an embroidered pic
turc 70" 81. and Mr.. Mitchell paid $3.50 for
work in gold and silk. A long pair OF en-
hr"de,e.! curtains Brought s425. Hlr. Iiender-
s..n wa. the hu,e- They were embroidered in
Elk uni gold.
Mr.. D,nkin has still left a unique collection
Of teapot, which no will dispose Of Mt private
sale. Tho collection consists of !. 600 varieties
Another exhibition is TO be held at tho same
l.aco next week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
AND 23lD SIT.
An ErrIng Woman ShuO.. Her LAYER, ma
says She Doesn't NuUw why She MA II.

says She Doesn't Nnuw why She MA II.
SEATTLE Dec 3.Thomas henderson Boyd
was killed last night by hs mistress. u Miss
Eurns. at 30 James street in this city. Miss
Burns tcccraphcd Boyd yesterday afternoon
10 come over from Olympia. where he was en-.
rloyei as editor Of the Opip,dn. He re.
srvndej. and registered ut tho Occidental
Hotel. 81" met him there. and together they
went to hcr rooms. Hardly had the rar en-.
tercd the room when tho woman fred four
shots at him. Policemen. who heard tho shots.
ran In and sounl the woman leaning over the
dead man. sing him. and calling him hus.
band. 1t was found that two Of the shots had
taken effect. one in tho left temple and an-
other through the abdomen.
Miss Burns is of Spanish descent Sho IL
under arrest. Hoyd was - years old. was
born IN Philadelphia. AMI came of II highly
respectable family. Miss Burns saws shc does
not know why She shot Boyd. She admitted
she, had never been married to the man. hut
declares that he took her from u house Of i'll
repltr with IN" understanding that no would
make her his wife
the only son OF col. Augustus Boyd. retired
army officer; who now resides at W North
Thirty ,!o@tlh street. IN IN, city. Ihe ilrst
n r"port"r called this Afternoon. Boyd left
Philadelphia to go t" III" State, OF Washington
charge Of hn edit ocg work o! the .u'nnp'n,.
While in this city no was engaged in literary
work for several weekly Publications ana was
also q clerk in tn" Offices, o, the l'onnsylvaniA
and tho l'htlace!I hip n'l R"nJinE railroads;
health coupled with II nat Grai rowing dspnsi.
ton. led him t. sock Il more genial place OF
residence in the West.
Col. Boyd was quar'crmaster. and stationed
in the regular army in this city during tho
civil war, Until within n few years he was
conn"ct"r! with tn" bridge building firm Of e.
7. Den.orh 4 CO. Of Go,tcs,i!I-. IA. An effort
viii 10 made 70 prevent the ncw. from rcuch-
ing thu murdered mans mother a. long as
Io@sillc a it is feared that tn" shock will DO
productive # serious "onScuucDco-. because
She has heart disease. she was prp1arny to
writ" to l"r son when the roinit"r called and
was tn have soon i"gua packing Christmas
presents for him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
THOSE MIDNIGHT BELLS.
,-b,,r Tiutinnabuintion Disturbed the Hotel
ST. Georges Drowsy Clerk.

,-b.ir Tiutinnabuintion Disturbed the Hotel
81. Georges Drowsy Clerk.
In tho Hotel st. George on Clark street.
brooklyn. there Is man who is called tho
engineer. Ills functions are manifold but
mysterious, and though no one. not
ryen tho proprietor. knows Just why
Il Is. It IA understood and generally ac-
csn,ed that without tho engineer the hotel
would not exist. Up to q few days ago there
vas also in this hotel another parsonage.
Known as the electrician. He. too. was great
nav. FOR he shared tho engineers prerogative
q, hnyng ns tho hallboys nut it. the bulge
on the hotol'
Now on n certain day the misfortune fell
that the engineer and the electrician dis
agreed Tho engineer was Just shade big
ger than the electrician. and 1t grieved the
soul Of the lightning expert very much. Re-
cet the e'cstycHn T Te,s ds.ehar ns,dc il
1tlssrt %lerk usually falls asleep not bell had
'""EII guess les they've come to the conclusion
that wo clerks have feelings. and have stopped
ringing to E HS so US on Chance. his COM
liz was awakened toward midnight by the
aercc. continued jansling Of a bell. There is
mir minutes ute. INC more he concluded that some one
"aa'ii' t"n II" ho drawled. "soe what X
The iie boy returned bewildercd in q few mo-
ments. $500
Amt done call no boy"
Just then another bell started in. and the
essf ses sn What wants"
The hoy returned mystihed.
De Scm' man in amt in. an de doah's
The clerk was greatly perrlexed. For an.
other hour the i'm ing wont on. and each
time II turned out that tho occupant OF tho
room to which tho hall boy was sent had not
called. The clerk was beginning to wonder
whether a host OF srooks might not DO hold
in. ravel in the hotel somewhere when the
clangor stopped as mysteriously and suddenly
as it had begun.
The next morning all tho bells in the build
Ing were out OF order and an expert investi-
gator was sent for. Five minutes aftor his in
vrs,igation began he reported to the eng !nser:
why. some one has cut every blamed wire
In the hotei!'
What tho engineer said was material and
relevant Int hv no means revorent. 1t did
crr.i, to his yiyidness nf expression and the
originality OF his imagery. When he had
cooled down into ordinary swearing he hired
a new electrician. who spent three days in re-
rairiug the wires The new electrician Is not
such biz parsonage us tho old one was.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
r. J. Homer & Co.
IN EGYpTI.lN DiNCK IN THIS TOWN

IN EGYITI.iE D.iNEI: IN THIS 7OUN.
Pretty Fnxiich "Isn't sure that It Win be
Popular Here"
Fnzileh Hanoum and the other Greek and
Egyptian experts in the sensuous tunSc d,i
ren'rr. who camo over on the steam ship
Ohdnm. left Ellis Island on Friday evening
an! have taken rooms in Seventh avenue
They intend TO remain in New York several
months If, in their opinion. the public wants
the kind Of entertainment they give" There
are five Egyptians and three Greeks in the
party. four of them Icing women.
Fa2ileh Hanou,n. who is acting MS the man
ager Of tho party. is n very pretty young wo-
man who had boen in Paris for eight months
before she came here She came over in the
cabin with her maid. and tho other members
OF tho troupc came in the stecrace Fa2ilrh
Hanoum. whose real name is very different,
looks very much like Il we.-d ressed French
woman. She is u Greek By birth and says that
she has danced ia all the large Oriental cities.
She met the other dancers in Cairo and rer-
suadcd them to com" to this ccuntry. Sne
speaks seven languages. tat English is not
The mon in the troupe are dressed after tho
Oriental fashion. with loose. baggv trousers.
short la,aets. and RED fe2es. faz!!Hh ilan"um
said yesterday that their dances differed from
rer Ia 0ro co,nr - n-o.,n+ ~, rr.n,,..
dance" she said. and So have not made any
plans yet. We came here ch.c"vto give our
oNh.hitio Es In Chicago. but i is probable that
we saall begin then. in Nu~ N0iI."
Tho troupe has brought over IA lot OF special
costumes Tor the Ecyp.ian ':ance and also II
numi or Of pcculi"r musical Instruments. One
Of these instruments resembles u harp. except
that L has many more strings. The cn stanAts
,hMt 'hs rG %rs , use are n ., silver, They arc
nmct-r and are slightly convex The women
nre rather pretty and their costumes are
effective.
II do not know" said Tazilch Hanoum.
"whcthcr our dancing. will b" popular here or
nore It is very much liked. american au!-
enres are different. SO have heard in Paris.
The dance however. is Il perfectly proper ono.
York will like it, ell -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

Hanngan & Gouillon OF Newark have a suit
on with the street and Water Board OF that
city. The Board compelled them to put n me-
ter in last spring and its first months register
was $50. Since then it has been costing
them an AVERAGE @: $50 n month until the
November bill came in last week. 1t was
S22.5O. and the firm rcftisrd to pay. The Water
Board Threatens 90 shut of the water. and tho
firm has applied 10 the tour' cf Chancery for
writ torrStrnin. It is most positively assert.
a) that tn" !low Of water has not been il
creased at nnv time during H." year. and tb !
bi!l Of SG2.I is o,lNiOusiT eNtOrt tomato.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

THIS LARGE AND vFRY HANDSOME MARculsf
i RING. - steel.whiie diamonds AT the remarkably
low pric. OF $75. wouIG cost .ou slaO".srwheTe.
MAGNIFICENT DIAMOND AND EMERALD
n MARQUISE RING; ~ irst- water diamonds and
/, very inc emerald AS an nducemcnt Tor $50: actu
ally worth $3.50
SOLITAIRE DIAMOND RING. SUIT. ABLE Cor a
"A miss. -: genuine diamond i.aby Ring. sc.7D l.
genuine diamond Scarfp!n. very nrtt, l3,5. OF
genuine diamond srreY EARRINGS. = handsome pair
OF gents diamond Sleeve Bottoms. very Enc. $40;
genuine diamond laCrrln solid IL carat gold 81:
beautiful lady diamond Heart LorAes ,narpy irst.
water stone. So 30: Iar Of diamond sn.ttnIre Ear.
rings u carat nrst. water gems $50 These ols
offered as inducement 10: uneth!rd OF their Org:.
mai cost
A SOLITAIRE DIAMOND RING. 4 CARAT. first.
"A water gem OF superb iusre s25: bands ono
gents diamond Locket. solid ltcarat gold $3.50. n
diamond Pendant representing sunbu--t seven larye
steel white diamonds. pretty eject at s35 pair %:
diamond Screw Earrings nIswH'rrgrms 6s carat S2l.
We do exaggerate when we assert that these goods
would cost three times our price elsewhere.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
Business 3lotifes.


SozOdermn
OR
EARGFNTS ANTISEPTIC
TIYMoLISE SOAP.
IhIIllSG-Lenves the skin soft as velvet.
o!;.EI-H-as rs Il by magic scratches and rough.
se,s' leaving the skin soft, white and cool
.sliAMfoblNi-lt eradicAtes dandrun. feverishneN
esGalp prsv.ntine the hair from falling out and
rGuRoIScE CAKES. 25 CENTS
HALL RV'kEL Chemists and Druggists. NY.
Ladies' Jackets on Easy Weekly Pay.
"epts senu Tor circular. The Bazaar. lt< ". 28d st.
Mems Fine Ovcrcoats and SHIFTS on Easy
Se,Sy payments. The Bazaar 14< West 23d a.
sehd tor circular. :"
- Chrtstmns Glr.-NecEweAr. Handkerchief
SSioSss suspendere Muilers. Jersey Jackets, fancy
NIsht SHIFTS Dress SHIRTS. Mems Underwear; popular
pricea j. W. JOHNSTON. $40 9th sy., above 23d II
She cat In gloves catches no mice" AZ
SsT Rchard says but Adam sons botanic RAlsuui Will
sa cough or cold every time. Trial bottles 10 eents
PhillIps' DiGcstlble Cocoa.
Tue only Cocoa with rich chocolate flavor,
,EsiTy's TricoTherous, pleasant to use gives the
- ~ ''"i"fy men Eihst. preventing badness zoe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
ENRICH.

Opening Of this seasons I'm
articles Of vertu, consisting Of
Figures. Curios in Enamels, Russ
Porcelain, Bronze. and Solid Sill
bale and Thierry Ct Paris, Elk
of art objects to be found only in
we are known to sell these choice
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

Peadin. r. r. system. Lehigh Valley Divis-
ion. On md after Sunday. Dec. =. will run
rnnto. leaving foot OF Lihorty. st. at 1880 p. NJ.
daily. except Saturday. lsunning dali via the
I.aEe Line to Geneva. tochestsr Junction.
tcrmediate poiuts.-Adr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
BROS. .

portation of Rare Bric.a-Brac and
Carved Ivorles in Groups and
ian, Scandinavian and Limoge, on
yer, Miniatures on Ivory by Lam.
quislte Dutch Silver. and thousands
our Art Rosms, at the Low Prices
wares.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
MARINE INTELLIGENCE

Marvellous Ice sCenrry at Niagara Falls. Take the
New York Central Twelve trains a day.-Adf.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

ctsiArraE ArNASAc-THis DAY.
San ,iscs... OF sun sets. 80 Noon rises 80
iuGa TArFR-ruIs DAY.
San y Hook. : - Gov. Island ~ He'll Gate 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
6 T g :: :: T., IS
WARE. (SIECk HALL,
R0oMS,l II Z. i4th ST.. ny.
CD e. 81 . s.
yOuyG JoE .4nEHy.s rLlGn7.
A steptnther and ~ Stcrnothcr Cause Him
to Leave His Parents

A telegram was received at Police Hrnd-
quarters yesterday calling for tho arrest OK
Joseph Ahcrn and Edward Clinton. each II
years old. who had run away from Morris
town Policeman finn"!iy o! the Steamboat
Squad arrested the lads On the fall Liver line
Eier AS they We're .:oin. atoarltEc boat. They
were brought To Headquarters and locked up.
Young Ahern said he was the son OF stephen
Ahcrn. II bother o: Mnrri&town. Hc said that
his father vas divorced from his mother and
had married again. His mother hal also mar
He lvrt with his mohar for som" time. but
didn't like his st"rIa her.: So hc lott Boston
and went t" his father. lie di;'n't get along
mind TO 90 back to Boston. Yesterday he took
SD from his father and started for Boston.
The Clinton hoy. who works for Farmer Pat
rick Mccarthy. near Mo.ris:own. ran away
with him. Tho lads will be arrasned in court
this morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

Arrivcd-SiruRDAY Dec.
IS Scandal. KopI. Hamburg.
Is LuGgato Hill. Brown. London.
81 La II, sbaye MINES. Antwerp
IS ko;ino, smith. Hui.
+. rr,,is Er.dertk Iicp!rs sioheles Port.auPrlnce
- A!satin. Gricrsbn. Marseilles.
IS G;aNa. Sturiese. Gibraltar.
IS vigiancIa Potric. BrnHii,
rs Santiago. Pierce. Nassau.
So Miranda. l.esemRn. st. johns, N. y.
SIS Raleigh. Sears. parien.
rs EetR. Jones. Mobile.
rs AgouI yin. Mckee. Charleston.
eb tallahassee. Assins. savannah
Ifor later arrivals sac first PaIAl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

vT>HIs MAGNIFICENT DIAMOND LACE PIS contains
large blue white Diamonds oil the finest :radr II
he to be Appreciated: our price $40. "hrr
jewellers would to ask you $50 tor the
same
A RARE OrPORTU NIFTY TO POSSESS A VERY LARGE
"A and Gnc pair OF SOLITAIRE u almond Earrings at n
sacritce price; they weigh near cnrht.. OF very
choice steel white color. perfectly cut to match vol
cano OF fire: offer them an inducements for Si''
60 not hesitate to assert that you woaI Lave 10 pay
$500 for them else here.
PAIR OF SOLITAIRE DIAMOND SCREW FAR.
"A RINGS. OF \ choice s,cerwhi;c color cut t. match
and very fiery, nearly carAts 81 u: they could
not be duplicated elsewhere for less tran $50.
PAIR OF SOLlTAIRH DIAMuSD kARRlSGS. Of n
"A choice steeLWhito color. cut to match and very
hery. nearly cAratr at 500: they could not be
duplicated else " here Tor less than $luO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

sAiLyp FROM roRElGy rosrh
s. Kaise: wilhelm H.. from Gibraltar for New York
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

I'VE WILL. DESCRIBE Two VERY LARGE AND
w FINE SroN S that vii! not remain with NE very
long at our pricc-A solitaire diamond rims nearly :
chras, perfectly cut. chOc. steel and aaK- OF
FIRE ut t"35. actually worth $500 SOLITAIRE Diamond
stud. nearyS volcano of ire Mt the sa"r'rre
price "t $40: II is actually worth $iUu thrsv stones
both tawIcs,.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

A SOLITAIRE DIAMOND ENG. q CAEAr a rure
n white tuu,tlc-r gem. $40. worth SO. u diamond
ace inn. 8 siee!'wiie Terry diamonds, $50.
worth 49,. n mn.n!tccn; pair of gents diamond
SN-rVc ut,onE pure wit. snappy dian onds 81 carat
So. 10. worth 600: an emerald anh diamond Hoop
Ring HAT could not res:s purcGa,u. at price,
exceptionally i'ne emerald anu nrst.w ,Iia.
luunIs. $3.50. WORTH $40.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-28
THE OLD PIONEER.

Old settlers meeting, did you sayf Yes, boys, l
think I'll go.
I'd like to talk of tho good old days of thirty
years ago;
lis thirty-fiye SINCE left the east and came
away out west;
I was young man I'm those days and my health
was Of the best
! bought my land at government price. ana set
tied down TO stay.
Hauled some logs from the timber, seven
eight miles away;
And built me little cabin with windows look
ing south.
A fireplace and a chimney. with a great wide
open mouth
n you want to see that cabin, you can walk out
to my farm:
IL stands trifie sideways at the corner of the
barn.
I've covered IL with prairie-hay 20 keep out rain
and snow;
And used IL for chicken shed n dozen years
or so.
The roof is bent in the middle, the chimney nat
on the ground;
The door ercaks on the hinges, and loosely
swings around;
The poor old empty howell, so lonesome and for
lorn,
Doesn't look like the cory house where all my
boys were born.
We built the one long ago. east of that
heavy grove,
planted every one OF the trees, and every one
love;
Maple and willow and cottonwood; poplar ana
ash and pine
Don't you see whata forest I've raised for me
and minef
From my open door in the springtime youll
hear the planters click.
You can scarcely count the houses the neigh.
bOrs are so thick;
A score of teams are working in the level fields
below;
II didn't look like that, my boys, thirty years
ago.
All the prairie was pasture then, you could
scarcely see house;
I've Travelled miles and miles AZ night after my
truant cows.
All the prairie was pasture. but they wandered
Strange that. with feed so plenty. the creatures
wished 10 stray
There wasn't sign OF village at the foot of
yosder hui
winding road ran over tive followed IL Oft
tcliili.
II twisted and turned away from sloughs 20 go
around the ridge,
And when We came 10 the "wapsie"--we crossed
II without a bridge
/ was glad 10 see our busy town grow proudly
up, OF course.
And glad 10 see our daily mail brought In by an
iron horse.
know, when the market il nearer, Il helps us
10 save the dimes.
Hut once in awhile long to go back TO the good
old times
Strangers have come among US They're vel.
come. 60 be sure;
Friendship is always valuable n genuine and
pure.
hut one oy one our early friends are leaving US
every year,
And We miss the genial fellowshipof the sturdy
pioneer.
A real "olt Settlers Meetingi" Get me my hat
and cane
IT'S pity that my rheumatism makes me a
trine lame
The strongest feature OF old age is that OF
going slow"
But never mind. I'm thankful that stl have
strength % go
Emma Eggleson. in Western Rural
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-28
A Lighthouse Heroine.

Many are hardly aware that Ida
Lewis, the most celebrated of light
house keepers, whose deeds of heroism
have surpassed even Grace Darling's, is
still. alive She is now fifty years old
and has charge of the Lime Rock light
house at Newport, where she is better
known than the wealthiest or most
fashionable summer visitor. When she
was twelve years of age her mother
kept that light, her father being help
less cripple. That was in 1854 and in
September of that year she rescued
four young men from a capsized sail
boat In midwinter of 1866 81 she saved
a soldier of the Fort Adams garrison
who had been similarly upset and hs
In the fall of 1867 three men were
swamped in their boat near Lime Rock
while trying to pick up valuable
sheep that had fallen from a wharf.
She saved them and the sheep also. Not
long afterward she saw man clinging
to a spindle that marked a reef near the
lighthouse, rowed out to him and got
him safely. In a gale in March, 1862.
she rescued two more soldiers from a
swamped boat. On February 4. 1889,
two mem bers of the Fort Adams gar
rison band broke through the ice be-
tween the lighthouse and the fort spd
she pulled them out. Thus far she haa
saved thirteen persons from drowning.
-Philadelphia Times
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-28
The August Wide Awake

Is a veritable vacation number, es-
pecially noticeable for short, practical
papers on out-of-door doings: How |
Botanize," Annie Sawyer Downs; Star
board and Port" Capt. Julius A. Palm
err, Jr.; Lets Have a Ere" Willis
Boyd Allen; How Not to Get Lost, :"
Prof. Charles E. Fay; Hints for
Trampers," Charles NJ. Skinner; How
to Put Paddles on Rowboat," Vesper
L. George; and such summer articles as
"Sport in the Water" by Alexander
Black; "a Mountain Pageant" by Mrs.
A. G. Lewis. There is capital story
of camping out, French Leave" by
Gertrude Adams; Margaret Sidney has
a striking and dramatic story of life in
the ''SlSy Country" of North Carolina,
"Trypheny's Bicycles" Robert Beverly
Hale contributes I'm Thunderstorm"
to the Fair Harvard Series of stories;
Willis Boyd Allen has a characteristic
story of life and adventure on an ocean
steamer, "The Crimson Handkerchief"
and the serials-Kirk Munroe's THE
Coral Ship" and Kate Epson Clark's
''That Mary Ann" are equally absorbing.
Price 90 cents a number, So. 40 a year.
On sale at news stands. or sent postpaid
on receipt of price, by ID. Lothrop Com
pany, Publishers, Boston.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-28

guard rushed from the building, and
with a mighty effort | wrenched my
hands free and pulled myself through
the door. The little station was as
dry as finder. the oil from the train.
nature of its makeup, and in a moment
flames were breaking out in every part.
"With loud cries several Of the
wrecker's confederates dashed toward
the little room TO pull their leader out.
but the heat drove them back; and as
voices were heard up the country road
coming toward the station they all dis
appeared in the darkness
"A man named 'Humpy' Logan un-
tied my legs, as my hands were useless
on account of the great numbness oc-
casioned by the tightness OF the thongs.
and l quickly explained the situation
10 him. lie hunted up lamp ane
dashed down the track and around the
curve in one direction. while | swung
the lantern upon the train coming
down the straight piece OF track 10 the
station 10 the other direction.
"My lantern was not seen by the Gu
gineer. but the burning station acted
as danger signal and the train drew
up at the station. the engineer totally
ignorant OF the danger they were escap-
ing and only intent upon helping 20
subdue the flames
twenty-five words explained the
situation 10 the engineer and a group
OF passengers that gathered around,
and As train ~ slowly rounded the
curve from the east. substantiating my
story. the organization of n prayer
meeting there and then would have
been an easy matter.
"The engineers OF both trains with
their conductors held consultation
and a. finally backed to the next siding.
followed by AZ. and the tangle was
Strengthened out
THE next day the remains OF the
would-be wreclfer were found 10 the
ruins OF the station, and the railroad
company's physician, after holding an
autopsy, declared that the man had
only been stunned by the lightning
and while unconscious had been smoth-
cred and then burned TO a crisp.
'In all my experience with lightning
that was the luckiest bolt that ever
Rugged n wire, =" said the narrator as he
finished his tale. land the lucky stars
of the people on those two trains were
undoubtedly in the ascendant on that
terrible night Washington Star.