The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-26
An Enrinaer,s Rxperience.

II was one OF those cold, rainy summer nights
that are not unfrequeut in the mountains, says
the New YORK Herald. and group Of men had
drawn up their chairs before the open fire The
flames. dancing gieefEly, cast extrayaga Mt
shadows against ( he wall aud tue cr1csling Of
the log fire alternated with the sound of the
rising wind.
This remini Is M of a tough night once
had" said one Of the party, end he knocked the
ashes from his pipa as he spoke. Tibet was
the last night ! run. Civ up enEineecin' after
that. Somehow I couldn't stand it no longer.
Ny narves got the best of me-
He leaned forward, gazing into the fire
1t was nine years ago this very month, " he
continued, "ant somshOw this ram and the
wind a-screec in reminds of 1t ell. Good Lord
how II did thunder and hghtren that night. 1
was then runnin' on one OF the roads down in
Yorkshire an didn't hav4 no roof on the cab,
but only sort of a screen up in front. l don t
know why they don't give US all-round cats in
the old country, onless they calculate that we
attend to business better when we're uncom-
Portable. Well. as l started TO say. on this per-
tIksrlar night, the fireman was took with one o.
his spells. He got so he ha1 EN- often. sorter
queer and twitchin Ike. We are gong party
fast. for IL was down grade, Rsd we was twenty
mi III es behind, too. In one of his commissions
he jest went right out of that cab like a ak
felt jar There was n flash of lightnen that
n ade everything clear as day. and saw on the
b Her stack as plain a. see any of you ahead
with teeth Prinnin and eyes starin' at me. Then
all was black again
The speaker gazed for minute or two, then
looked up vacantly at his com aHions.
well. as said, never went Cnto the road
again. That's the reason came to Ameriky
and took up mimi 1t amt so hard on a fell
lers narves"
But what did you do when you saw that
heads" asked somebody who wanted TO hear the
whole story.
Il never knew what happened at the time ex-
cept that the fireman fell off and we rode over
sonethin', and the next minute there was
head on the boiler. They afterward told me
that the train came to a standstill purity soon
and somebody came and poured water over my
face, seeiu as how haI tainted. I'll never for
get that night not if live 100 years, he added,
soberly
Was that really the f1reman's head that you
saw or simply hallucinationfn asked au OHIO
man who had been listening with considerable
interest.
"'Twasn't no hallucination nor imagination
nor nothin but head, but 1t wasn't the fire.
man s. He was picked up afterward, not very
much hurt, either. 1t seems we passed by
cattle guard and some iunytik put his head
IN ough-thar was an asylum near-and when
it was cut off it flew right up and the blood
made it stick to the hot boiler"
slenc4 followed the speakers exclamation
that Is, a lence witbln-an each seemed to
be recountng the horrible experience Outside
the wind shreked louder and more demoniac-
ally than ever.
ONE one got up and put fresh log on the
lazy fire.
The first to break the silence was the Ohio
man.
WAL, ;" he remarked slowly, With an air of
seriousness strangely IN contrast TO his words,
THAT thing never could he7 happened in my
state. We don't low dead heads on the Ohio
Valley road"