West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-12-15
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G.iiro4i Train.
heard q good story the other day
that was told by an old locomotive en-.
ginecr, or engine driver Is they more
properly call hin ia Englaud--for the
engineer IL the maa that surveys and
lays OFT" the soad-and an going O.
give II to you exactly Us nc tOl1 =. says
a writer la the Humane Nori0. e you
don't want % believe it all shall not
object, but shall ProfGcc the yarn"
witch the rc!nar.i th@i there ~, some
mighty s-l-rt" uuicS in tie world
Here il The story: Railroad people have
Il horror OF runriHg over Gnins.l5 not
only bcccuSc they = mt like % kin
thcr. for humane rolsols. but bcrar3e
colli.iol with Ou- oitcn results in dc
railing the train. There Is another
reason, too, IS the old engineer said
they don't like % "nlss up" their ca
gilc hy str2;virg pieces OF animal all
over IL. One day, on n railroad out n
Illinois, this engineer scared Up mule
on the track beside him. They were
about two miles from bridge ut the
time; Knowing the fashion all auilnals
have Of RAINING strcight ahead or tie
track instead Of putting their common
Gcncc on the matter u1l steering OF u
one side, the engineer fairly made the
surrounding country ring witch the
noise Of bis whistle, So a. % ret clear OF
the r1uio before they got 70 the bridge
Bat Mr.. Mule seemed - think that the
whistle Yves invented only u keep
him Oh the track and mako hin
rnn faster. and he kept straight on
Al redOublcd speed. OF course the ca.
zinc could easily have oveTta!:ca him
md Knocked him into snitherecus bat
- that might have resulted in knock
ing the train iato the same kind of frag-
mCnts, the engineer slaclSclcl speed a
little, and Gnally stopped and sent the
fireman out 70 drive the b52st OF the
track. That was done several times.
bat each time the fireman had hardly
got into the cob again whcn the Iau!c
WIS on the track the same a. before,
and tearing ahead like mad. In fat
the thing was becoming very 1OnctD-
nous, when, looking up, suddenly. the
engineer saw that he was very close u
the bridge. Thea he bSCan u get nm
easy Tor fear the IDIOT OF lnulC-aa he
thought the animal TO bc--was Going to
try % cross The bridge. though how kr
would manage TO step on the tics sure
footed tho puzzled rGilrGalcr could net
understand. They were so near the
bridge 10y that time that the engineer
dared not 20 another rod. 80 he stopped
s.ort-jrGt 10 the old mule drshcl OF
-crcSa a field, brnying like good fol
low And then TIE engineer and Gre
man saw the game the wise old animal
was playing Right in the u-idlle OF
the bridge Was another mule. atu,k
fast with his legs between the tics.
The old r2ilroaLcr insists upon it that
The mule had Kept on the irag,s % rn2lse
thc train 20 slow, and thus prevent 1t
from coming into collision y.ith Tho
mulc on The bridge, not because il cared
50 ruu-h about tSc fate Of is coupan-
ion, b.t tn save the train from wreck.
de ii.e - express IN opinion; as for
yoa, you cCn tie your caoi-c is ID the
mules motive.