New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-08-30

taken OY CQ0 railway and their
servants to observe clear and safe mas ,a,,..
sage for their ROYAL patron. and that e.
ira patrolmen were out along the route.
while to prevent the risk of accident. ali
less important trains were shunted ia
one side. The contents Of all goods trains
on the down line were carefully inspect.5
ed in order that no projections shonld
endanger the safety OF the special and
signalmen were more than 1,snallv mt
upon the alert. .5 81.
The greatest obstacle we had to CON
tend against was the nilot engine We
could do nothing till s. passed 1tha loos.
ened bolts wonld not affect it's nassaual
and that left only Is minutes to nrenare
the rails for the doomed train. Still. we
nracticed the screuin o nrocass On dim NV
metals and soon GOT very ernart Tho
night arrived. The previous evening we
had managed. unobseryed. to loosen the
bolts necessary for our purpose near the
middle of the bridge and we could nnlv
trust they would not be hammered WITH
before orr arrival naxt evan;ng
The fateful night was dark and stormy
which favored o77r n,,rnose Disu,,ised
as railway laborers ST a village IN tho
vicinity, and having previously conceal
ed our tools near the bridge we made for
the scene of our enternrise Ensconc;no
ourselves within the shadow Of the nara.
net. we waited for the nilot ENGINE to
come along, At last her lights annear in
the distance, and she thundars safely
over the bridge.
Now TO work
East;:,- securing ONT resnectiva rails
we make fcc the Selected snot and com.
mence to withdraw the bolts. While
thus c.3%i.:ad nv companion with a
bloodcr,qiiac chuckle re1narks. "
we s:,:s]l bag more of the high and
mighty than we first expected. The
Duke Of k and his suit are. I under
stand. on board the train" -
s:The Duke of k" I started and
dropped my rail in my excitement. envy
boys MASTER 1 gasped, land he never
travels without him.
$50 much the worse for your boy,
then,'' said the heartless brute as he pro-
ceeded with his work. ~
In an instant my horrible position
flashed upon me. Here was I calmly
preparing to slaughter the heads of
England Ito whom before had never
given a thought), and with them my
own flesh and blood. nearly swooned
as the awful revelation burst upon me,
but in moment I recovered, and then
my decision was prompt. True, the
failure of the scheme meant certain
death to my companion and myself, but
what of that? There was still time to
save ourselves from becoming wholesale
murderers. shouted. while 1 replaced
my bolt, to Scraggs to drop his rail and
fly. He, however, had no such scruples
and had too great regard for his own
skin and the promised reward. When
he saw I was determined to spoil his
plans, he dropped his rail and made for
me with knife, the glitter of which as
he closed with me I saw just in time
through the darkness.
AS we struggled the roar of the an
preaching train was heard in the dis.
lance. Making a frantic effort. as the
train was close upon us, managed to
throw Scraggs off. He fell across the
off rail. With a rush and roar the 7roval
train swept safely over the bridge while
stiaed shrek from Scraggs prenared
me for his fate as + fell in q faint agai,,s
the stonework Of the bridge.
Ireyived in what must have heon .
few minutes after the nassaoa ~ +ha
train. The headless trnnk of NM 1a+o
companion was the first object tb.t NO. me-!
my eve. I shuddered to think how naar.
" the OCCUPANTS of the train had c ono
an equally certain death
The train had not nnlled mn tho driver
evidently not having felt the ohstrnction
I hastily replaced the holts IN tho ntbor
rail. threw the tools info tho stream 'and
with a last glance at tho rama;ns ~
Scraggs fled from the snot iTnsnsnoo -
ed. i made nv way to london MT ~,
70 live II do,d1u foor ~ 49, .. Due 10y
The failure IF t,,o on+a,n,;sa ,,,;,s+ -
already known to Them and bi de-. 90 i
might I knew their hand Wo7,1d =, ,,i+; :
mately reach me. NV money axb.,,s 81.
ed. T conceived the desnorata ;daa - -