The morning news., 1892-03-31
AN EXCEPTIONALLY LUCKY 1s

Some Memories That Hover About
Supt. Flemins's Private Gar.
Supt. R u. Fleming's private car has
been made the subject Of q pretty story BY
Editor Triplett OF Townsville. Here IL is
No. Is Is nos 90 unlucky as some peo.
pie thiuk. That Is the number OF Capt
Flemingis private car. IL has never been
of the track or met with an accident.
1t is said that the car has been used by
more bridal couples than any private oar
In the south. It has often been
redolent with orange blossoms. Fair
brides, blushing In their beauty. in the full
| flush OF youth and hope, have sat beside
their young husbands and watched the
| changing panorama, es car Is sped
along over smooth rails. Newly married
couples have planned for the future, build
ing bright and airy castles, while the whole
world looked so bright and joyous. Net a
cloud, not q speck on the horizon was seen
Alas some Of these bright dreams were
perhaps never realized. The stern realities
OF life, its struggles and its disappoint-
menks, were encountered only too soon
after stepping from car l9
Rustic maldens, crowned with wild
flowers. gathered in glen and dale, have
stood beside the railroad track, seen car Is
rush by, catching for moment the bright
clulAo u uoE TdllEOuu AONctt dS uc lchu6Q Out
to get glimpse of his sweetheart at the old
trysting place. Twas only hasty glimpse,
quick fash Of recognition, but there was
volumes In il. With a prayer on her maiden
lips for his safety, she wistfully watched
the train until IL passed beyond her vision
around a curve. And he -; well, whether
at bell cord, throttle, brake or wood pile,
his eye kindles aud his heart grows softer.
The heeting vision OF the woodland nymph
fq haF hfn,a 40 hts
pulling car 13.
jefferson Davis, when he last passed
through Georgia, watched the land he loved
so well, and for which he suffered SO much.
from car l3. From the rear platform be
looked into the loving faces Of thousands
and bowed his aged head to the plaudits Of
the multitudes. Gracing the car, on the
same occasion. was Winnie Davis, "the
daughter Of the oonfederacy.n With ewes
suffussd with tears she watched the eager
throngs as they surrounded and cheered her
illustrious father.
Great railway magnates have stood on the
platform, watched track and country aud
planned improvements aud combinations.
Engineers, with nerves OF steel and muscles
OF iron, have held their hands on the throt-
tie, watched the track with eagle eve.
thought OF sweethesrt, or wife aud little
ones In the cradle In his cottage home, and
The anxious superintendent, anxious for
the interests of his corporation aud the
lives and comfort OF passengers, with bis
shorthand reporter ever at his elbow, has
passed many weary hours in car 13, issuing
orders, countermanding orders, keeping a
watch over hundreds OF miles of track, and
scores and scores Of rushing trains. as they
bore their precious load Of lives, aud the
teeming products Of the country, along the
great iron highway. AT noon. at midnight,
at early morn and late at eve, tireless and
restless, car IS has, for years, sped back and
forth, now on the main line, again on
branch line, while busy brains and willing
hands have shaped aud controlled the vast
and complicated business of the system. A
few hours sleep it may be and than work
again. The busiest place In great railroad
system is the general superlntendents car.
II the paneled recesses o1uld talk, they
could tell of railroad secrets, thwarted
schemes and schemes successful, OF wrecks
and dividends, and echo back lovers whis-
pers. Ah, we'll, It Is best. perhaps, that they
are inanimate and voiceless.
Many pleasant memories cluster about
private car No. IS. May 1t never have q
rear end collision or lsave the track.