The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-01

~ don't believe : good action goes
snre warded." said IN old railroad man
the other day 70 the writer.
"About twenty years ago was SHOW
clling black diamonds 70 boil the water
n a locomotive on the Wabash railway
between Lafayette. Ind. and Danville,
III. Near Attica. Ind. there was an
overhead wagon bridge across the track
that had killed No less than five brake
men in five years, and one dark,
stormy night, In coming down the hill.
happened TO remember that we
had a green brakeman ahead.
who was unacquainted with the road.
I spoke TO the engineer about Il,
but he said: oh. let him go; he's all
right But i didn't feel like letting a
fellow mortal take any such chances,
and started back over the train. crawl
ING from car TO car In the Egyptian
darkness and came near being blown
of several times, m IL was blowing great
Runs. and old No. So was tanning that
train fifty miles per hour down the sum
nit. Back twelve cars from the engine
l found 'Brakcsy.' who was as tall,
handsome man as you could find In a
thousand. and he was twisting up the
slack If those brake chains with neat
ness and dispatch, while the wheels
made "A regular torchlight procession
along the rails He was badly scared
when he first discovered me by the light
OF his old lantern, crawling along the
running board. with my face as black
as the ace Of spades from the dusty dia-
monds.
Sit down! Sit down. cried, SO
loud that almost imagined I'll, whistle
was sounding for Attica: and down he
sat, 50 hard and quick that he bit his
tongue. and the next moment we flew
under the bridge while his lamp seemed
70 burn brighter rs 1t disclosed those
heavy timbers over our heads that had
killed many poor brakemen. lie came
near fainting when he clasped my hand,
and we sat for several moments on the
wet deck Of the car. and neither OF us
spoke single word. hut we were as
white around the eyes as the ghost Of
Hamlet's father
six years afterward ! was in Fort
Wayne, Ind. nj the Wabash depot. one
morning. the most disconsolatc man on
Gods earth. had been hurt on tile
road several years before, was unable tn
work. and was trying to get back home
to old Lafayette. Ind. rs thought to
die. was hungry and tired and didn't
have cent in the world. and to see the
people step up to the lunch counter and
f...- -.
Heaven was enough to set poor. fiat
broke invalid crazy. had begun to
think that all my friends had been con-
veniently translated bodily from earth
70 Heaven when tall. handsome con-
ductor. with silver lamp and gold
banded cap. approached me and in
quircd:
Didn't you fire an engine about five
years ago on the western division Of the
Wabashg
"'lcs.' replied. and II was sorry
day that ever went TO rnilroading'
"'Do You recognize mcc'
"No. sir Aud yet thought his face
began to ASSUME the angelic.
well, will refresh your memory
DO You recolicct OF risking your life
one dark. stormy night in crawling
over a freight train 10 warn a green
brakeman about dangerous overhead
bridge below Attica?
"'You bet do! But you're not Billy
the brakeman
"'No; sir. No more Billy in niue:
its Will-swcet Will--condn actor on the
through passenger and he broke into
musical laugh that nearly ratified the
dishes on the lunch counter.
The tears came TO my eyes in spite
OF me. for was weak. weary and
heartsick. He noticed them, and,
clasping my hand. said in the sweetest
words that ever fell on mortal ears:
"'Come, come! Shut her of and oil
the valves and he led me TO stool ut
the lunch counter and said:
Now. you sit here and fill up. Let
few biscuits hit the chair and you will
be all right again.
He stepped into the dispatchcr's Of
dee to get his orders, while poured
down coffee that would discount the
nectar Of the gosas lie appeared in
about ten minutes and said: All aboard
80 itdidNtttCs tDSsH mC ~ tuc III III 0uu
led me TO a coach. and then stepped
back to the platform and waved his
moss agate at the engineer. / curlcd
up in the seat when the train started to
hide the tears that kept yelling up in
my eyes, and for tho first time in twenty
long years could have cried like baby.
believe in = special providence since
that terrible night and the morning
was hcartbrolscn. And Bill still pull
ing n bcll-cord in the vanished cars on
the old Wabash. Republic.
Maternal Affection Of seals.
The effort Of the United States and
England to stop the indiscriminate
slaughter Of seals in Behring sea has
led 10 some interesting discoveries
relative to the habits Of the valuable
animal /; was shown in the course Of
the investigation that the breeding
places selected BY the seals are often
nifty miles from their feeding grounds.
This fact led Mr.. Blaine 10 infer that
many young seals must perish IS con-
sequence Of the mothers being killed
while IN quest Of their daily food. hut
sir Charles Topper seemed TO excel the
distinguished secretary Ia the domains