Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-15

tram duo WOODBURY. at ls.ll. Adv4e Wool |
burn.
Such n shock | never experienced |
before, and l hopo l mover may |
again. a cold chill ran over me. ] |
suppose 1t was imagination, but ] |
thought my heart ceased TO beat foi
half a minute. and then it give a
mighty throb as | signaled Wood.
burn, sharply, again aud again
Woodburn responded crustiiy. / ~
pcated the message, then stood just
long enough TO receive thoO. X. IN
the meantime / lad decided upon
my course.
lcapcd l did not rn down tho
ehort flight of stairs in front OF my
station, sprang upon Bob SomciS'
horse, gpuired him with my heels
viciously and 1gllopcd along the rail-
way as fast rs the hor5e would carry
me. did not pause to oZp'ain /
did not speak; all NY energies cen.
tered on one object. \ human life
q precious human lifc-wus at stake,
and that life was the light OF
/ household.
l had m,wittingly sent little Tim
Ferris 70 his death
To explain. Tho Woodburn CON
ncction was new. Months must
clnpse before travel and traffic of con
siderable volume would be directed
over tho now branch. In the mean.
time one passenger aud ono freight
train moved cast and west past Stan,
Icy every morning aud evening.
Tho road between Rockford and
| Woodbuin was so silent the greater
part OF the limo that the b.rls made
nests near the ties, and squirrels
lrisl,cd along tho rails in tho sun
shine undistuybCl
1 imagined IA .Hillopcd mally
along the railway, now ON one track,
| now between tho tracks, now on the
other, / could hear the roar of tho
construction train laundering around
tho curves near the river Once
twice l checked the horse, ANA
listened with thruhLing heart Tho
deep cut echoed tAa sound Of tho
horses hoofs. Innricl ! heard iha
chug! chug. chugi of the locomotive
but / was not Wre. All the while
was in thc agony Of apprehension.
Tho deep cit was % dangerous plag,
Cor an adult There weo plNc
whore tho crumhliug bank Of soil
earth and suad n'1pud down TO thD
track. Unless a mn on woman hat
the presence of mind 10 lie down o..
the bank, a train passing would grin,
them to pieces There were uthrl
piuccs where tho juJting rocks wcl'
30 close 30 tho tract. that not one
man ia q thousand could layo inWi
tanned mi. place while o train ,Auu
drrcd past Linn. and last-wurst %
Inll-thprc was tho tunuCL Short u
it is, more than one poor life ha'
boon lost init.
And / sent li,,lo Tim through TN
deep cut 20 certain death, felt lik
murderer My thoughtlcssnoF
, would cost a human life. ], and
, uluuc. wHg responsible.
These thoughts occupied my min
I 10 tho exclusion Of everything els
, ~ / rode through the cut. No! | +,
, allied nv own danger; the risk
subjected Bob Somcis hors, 90. Ii
I failed TO emerge from tho cut
4 time. horse aud rider would /
: ground down by the constructio
- train. Even If tho engineer shoul
SEQ mo before / entered tho tunuc
n tho curves were so snort ho woul
, DO unable 80 lessen tine speed of tn
I train, and oucc / entered the tungc
(. with tho locomotive following m,
/. no power on earth could save me,
n And now, rs | realized how niue
depended ON my Goodness aud pre-
Il pnco OF mind, tho confused focll
r gave place TO q GOODNESS and self Pc
a session that surprised me-, Thl
+ was no doubt about it, could hei
n tho construction train rounding Il
~ curves near tho rivers edge. II
scream OF tho locomotive sounded
my ears like - warning Of death.
n Al the same instant bchold lit
Tins golden curls waving from sc
~ 10 side rs he truttcd, all unconsciul
/, OF peril, homewarl Back OF Il
"A Numbered the locomotive Iliken,
Ia Il 70 the angel OF death, the su
dued roar of the train was like Il
sound OF the angels wings, My Ii
little Tims ite-all depended {
8 the distance the train was from us.
IF Two plans presented themselv
10 clearly 10 me, Knight spring fro
, the horse, leave it 70 take It's chanc
Il gallopiug through tho tunnel, an
m grasping Tim, hold him against Il
10 yielding, sandy bank he was toddlil
nd past happily, Or l might lift la
M up and urge the horse TO his u.mu
through the tunnel.
he As thoughtof Bob Somcrr hors
u. Of the horrors that might cnsuo
10 The tunnel IN case the horse thrt
n. the train of tho track, my com
nd WIS decided on the instant
Igallopcd down 10 Tins side;
ma had turned ON hearing the hors
ng hoors Gathering over tho ties u
Nc roadbed, and stood looking up at ]
ed with smiling face, Leaning
iis ward him, calling 10 him 20 give !
10 both hands, lifted him up sudien
mt graping him in q ferco sweep Z
/ held him close before me as l urp
~, the horse onward.
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