New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-26

Lord! Lord" mOaned the superintendent az
he wiped his clammy brow and sought 10 ois v,,
the directors attention from the mishnp by sng-
costing some needed improvements IN 'he 'oii
pany's" water supply. ,a
Presently he excused himself AMI went ahead
70 the engine to interview Hart Luck. lie i2uh.
him with an oil in one hand and ouIc ~, W
waste in the other. engaged III the important ""'S
OF Oiling round" ,.
IIossclkns had had no time TO change his greasy
Jumper and overals for cleaner ones; ms NASTY
wash had merely impaired snearN loon J." ~: i
countcnance and the badge on his cap was ul-iu'
down bnt lis eyes sparklcd beneath their shaetE
brcws his mustoche bTistled savageiy; am ,ne
whole was nervously alert az, WIN , nt
Of oil here, dab Of the waste there, anu i' i
carefully each KEY and bearing TO dctccl any Hl.'
OF heating he worked his way around inc ihlgnN
racer He was jus. finishing his rouhd WHEN "e
Now JIrfseiEis. sid the latter, appcalngly,
do be careful and Try and get us over , u" and "i
vision in some kind Of shaPemoEe '' ne r %
If you make first-cass run, III SEE VIVA, WE
can do about getting passenger run Tor y" od ,s
hands on the bunch OF waste, which he 'hen care
fully placed in his pocket to serve as q hahnntlI
chief, and at length spoke: Colonel, he sail
Git there in TIE biggest kind o. sha2c-thls NM
has GOT il in her, an if ! can I coax move on, ou'
Of her. I'll run "A stationary the resi- OF my me,
Now hesa kdSa ,SnG o, bN@nb c-no but what
they re- good boys--mind you, I'm not sayln
word aqin 'em-but they waste her s'ren'th-
"Yes YES" hurredly interrupted the supcrih.
tendent: | know but we must lie getting out OF
here. and don't forget that passenger rnh-I
manslaughtcr, if not murder in the illst decree,
he said to himecf. as he FASTENED back hut !,
we escape with our lives, he shall have tthe run.
The conductor waved his hand, lios,r riIioS
opened the throttle sgn anu t Ir sne@nl moved
down the yard Slowly he threaded the net,
work of tracks, cu,-os, and blind swltch',, ana ma
then more rapidly by the long siding opposi'e inc
row Of cottages. where the families of the con
ductors and engineers hvei. AnI lnsuhctNey
he felt the eyes of the women upon hIm' ana knew
cray fool on Pearson's Three-Sevcns with a pas
epngpr special. Wouldn't dat Kill You Ipr
women are Jealous divinitieS-they wouli nor ILL., i
man should have any other gods or gohdcSSe5 ne
FIRE them and. AZ Hosselkns worshippcd ohN u
locomotive. a thing of steel and iron; they mace mace
of him byword and repfoaicn, fn n", tb al I;
dain: he only thought of his triumph, am M, .lie
the diecordant Changing of the bell OF the nrec-
Sevems sounded in his ears as a pacn on Nc.oIH,
At last-at last" seemed to say IFS ora7eh
The last switch was passed, and liosselhus, for
getting the ghness Of his ms. ,ran f oPe leaned
forward. while the passengers hects r'ce'Ne'
violent wrench. ,.., A., ~
cral superintendent. splitting ont the end OF =
cigar he had Involuntary Swallowed ID '"'' VI"
Il pilc-i =, lie NOT -, .Tho
The colorel laughed a loylcS ia"Gm, ,oi tn
fact is" lie replied, the regular man was 'aSrI
sick at the last moment, ami we had no one nut
this fellow 10 put on. lie is an oil enginecr but
not used to the re- er Ssrs Of 'Rk ne Will
Il hope SOL hope So" said the general icr-
vently as lie it fresh cigar; there Is eNi"eH''
room for Improvement ,.,.
was forced to admit they We're moving. lc"',
graph-poles that had appeared ana dlsappear,u
windows with a frequency and abruptneNs very
unusual in those stately Objects quicker ana
less rhythmic came the click of the wheels as eac
rail was passed and the leaps of the engine AZ cach
revolution Of the driving-whecls were merged INTO
a continuous. convusiyc shudder The passengers
no longer experienced the sensation ol DcIlc dF'"h
along, hut felt as though noJ,c'ed through spa ,
and the more timid chung 10 tncir seats to aNo,i
soaring of thrOugh the roof. 1raInmen who could
traverse undistuTh"i tho r'cling roofs OF iart
freight me- e their way through TIE SwnVihg cars
Old Hard Lnc< was evidently getting there.
and the superintendent praycd silently that lie
might maintain the speed 10 the END.
At the first stop he went forward to eongra,n-
late the engineer. The fireman was under TIC
engine hoeing OUT" and iIosselkus. sooty and
triumphant was oling round -,
Howd's that suit You. colonel?' he cried,
his. superior, approached the old girls
a-crawln' amt she ?'
up-pound her on tie back, for the porter tells
me The wine is getting low and they're liable to
see something TO beef about. Keep EN- rolIln ana
the passenger is yours The colonel had
risen from tie ranks, and at times. unconsciOusly,
lapscd into the old mainline dialect
Don't you worry none we git there Gimme
this mill colonel. an none Of tic other BOYS on the
division nd ever get a smell Of my smoke IN
she does it 80 easy, reminds of Your old m1w's
rpcker.just handle he; right don't CROWD he, her,
we'll say the cylnder--7
But the colonel had fed. Hard Luck carried
his theory with him. for he never succeeded in OBJ
| tanning a Listener TO whom he could eXponnd it.
No accident occurred however: the speed was
maintained, and the special reached blossoms
Siding SO far in advance Of the train-dspachcr's
calculations that quite a wait was necessary while
| Number Three, the eas-bound express, toilcd up
| the grade
lossekus lit the headlight. for the sun was i'm
paied upon one OF the peaks Of the distant Sicrras
| whose eastern slopes were already pnrpling with
| shades Of evening.
! II was the last stop. Fellow him wound the tor
tuous GooscNcck Grade. with the division ter
minus at its foot. The WAS nearly ended.
! Having finished oilirg IIoSsekos leaned against
the cylin1er-lcad and gazed absiractc1ly down
The track 4 brakeman wac seated on tie head
! block Of the switch, throwing stones NJ al
iacent teceraph-polc, and moodi!y. srccu'ating
supper. while occasional breath Of wind from
tie valley brought with it, from far down the
grade. the putting Of the engines Number
Three.
| He had succeeded Tie record would he broken
| beyond n doubt; hut az the cool breeze OF sunset
| blew in his face he Suddenly became aware Of
the fact that he tired, and he remembered
! then that he had been on the road for over forty
eight hours.
| The smell OF heated talOW struck hin, Tor the
! Ge: time, as being a sin2ularly unappcti2ing
! odor. and he looked over thc huge machine with
! something akin to dssa tisfacion in the evprcs-
! sion of his face. lie sighed and the brakeman
asked if she COMMUNICATING the train.
No" replied Hard Luck: she amt showed
up round the bend yeti 'uz just thn,n'.7
! "Thnkn how the other engineers nd have
TO take siding when they get the lggers of thi,
run. | sposc?"
| Nav! w think. : bout my fireman
little Dohert%, that NJ killed the time run into
the burnt bridge at Rose Creek. II M dark as
| pitch an BLOWN sixty miles hour | had the
ole Eighty-Three, with thirty loads of iron an ma
terial for the front. The EghtyThrce's air.
pump nv good an | didn't purtenl to hold
EN- We come down into the creek like h-l
| leatin' tan bark-ihe bridge had burnt an fell
into the creek; | felt her, droppin' sockcd on
what air there was, squealed for brakes, an
uz sloshin' round in the creek dodRin' fat cars
an railroad iron. Lord | thought them cars
| nnver Mnuld nnit nilin' rn-fhere ,nz fwentv-