The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-30
BREAD ON THE WATERS.
THE STORY TOLD BY AN
OLD RAILROADER.


ST Louis Republic.
| about twenty years ago was show
cling black diamonds tob oil the water
In locomotive on tho Wabash rail-
way between Lafayette. Ind. and Dan
VILE Ill. Near Attica, Ind, there
was an overhead wagon bridge across
the track that had killed no less than
five brakomcn in iyo years, and ono
dark, stormy night in coming down
the hill | happened TO remember
that va had green brakeman ahead
who was unncquninted with tho road.
! spoke 10 the engineer about H. but he
said; Ih. let him go; hos ali right
| ''iiut didn't feel like letting fell
low mortal taking amy such chances.
and started back over the train. crawl
| Ing from ear to car in the EGYPTIAN
| darkness and came near being blown
on several times, ~ II was blowing
great gum, and old No. % was fan
ming that train fifty miles an hour
down the summit Back twelve cars
from tho engine ! found 'liralsosy
who was as tall handsome IA man rs
you could find In thousand and hc
was twisting up the slack OF those
brakc-chnlns with nantnoss aud dis
patch. while tho wheels made rcgu-
| lar torch-light procession along the
rails. lilo WIS badly scared when ho
lrs; discovered mo by tho llsh, Of his
| old lantern crawling along tho run
ming board with my face Us black rs
the acc OF spades from the dusty dla-
monds.
sit down, Sit down." cried. 30
loud that | almost imagined tho
whistle was sounding for At,icai md
| down ho sat 80 hard aud quick that
hr bit his tongue aud tho uoxt mo-
mcnt We ilrw under the bridge while
his lamp seemed 10 burn brighter ~
l. dI-closGI those heavy ilmbors over
our heads that had k.ilcd many poor
| brIscmcn. lo came near ininiing
when hn c!nspcd my hand. and Ea nat
for several moments on the wet dock
| OF the car. aud neither OF W spoke a
| single word bu, wu wcru n, white
around tho eye, as tho ghos, Of Ham
lets ia,hos.
six years ai,orwnrd was In For,
| Wayne. Ind. n, tho Wabash dopoi ono
morning. tho most disconsolAto man
on God earth. | had been hurt on
tho road sovcrHl years boiorr was un-
nblo To work aud wa. trying To go,
tack u old Lafayette Ind ns |
thought, 10 die. wa hungry and
Tired and didn't have cont In tho
world, and tn SEQ tho people stop up
10 the Lunch counter and call for hot
COTE, tina, was smelling 10 heaven
wa, enough 10 got poor fn,-hroko
invalid era y. ! hal begun to think
:hn, all my friends had boon conycn.
!cntly translated bodily from earth To
heaven. whom tall handsome con.
| doctor. with n silver inun, .aa s..ia.
banded cap approached mo and IL"
qulrodi
e 'DIdn'i you hrc nm engine nhou,
Eve yoars ago on tho Wus,rra Division
OF tho Wabash
Yes. | replied md 1t wHs sorry
day that over won, To railroadsng
| Do you recognize MOP
| 80 No, sir, Md yet though, his
face began 10 assume tho angelic.
Well iWiii rgirrsh your memory.
Ito sou rrcollrc, Of risking your lliu
ono dark. stormy night In crawling
brakeman about dangerous over
| NHAA NEsAEF NNANN HNhAftAf
You bot do Hut you're not
liiliy tho brakeman
| NO sir No moro Bllly In mino.
it, Wili-swcri Will-coaduc,"r on
tho through passenger! and he broke
out into musical laugh ,ha; nearly
ratified the dlsh-. on tho lunch cnun.
ter.
Tho tear. came 10 my eyes In
spite oi nv for I was weak. weary
and hrarisick. lie noticed them aud
ciasplng my hand. said In tho sweetest
word. TIM; over fell on mortal cars
| Come comet Shut Nor OF and
oil tho vulvcS' md hp lcd mo 10
stool Ht the lunch counter and sniLg
Now. you at hero and hll M
Lot icW biscuits hit tho chair and
you will bo all RICH, agnin.'
Ito stepped into the dcspa;chcr's
ollico " got his orders while poured
down coffee that would discount tho
nectar Of tho gods. Ito nppcnrJd in
about ten minutes and said An aboard
for Lafayette" took mo 10y tho arm aud
loi mo TO coach. and then stepped
back TO tho platform and waved his
rno-s-ngaic Mt tho engineer. | curlcd
up in the scat when tho train started
TO hide tho tears that kept yelling UP
In ms cycs and for tho first time in
twenty long years, I could have cried
like n baby. believe In special
| providence since that terrible night
and the morning was hcart-brokon.
And Bill is still pulling n boll-eori in
tho vanished car. on tho Wabash"