Evening journal., 1893-04-08
A ACONDUCTOR'SS STORY
MONEY COULDN'T STOP THE TRAIN,
But IT WAS STOPPED.


the Long Range of White Capped Noun
tains over which the Trains OF the Great
Northern Crawl.
l never read or hear Of the mountains
that do not recall story told by a con-
uuctor of a train on the Great Northern
road. We were going TO Butte. The
train had Just crossed the ,river at Greai
Falls. From that point "a road begins
its eastern ascent of the range whose
tops are whitened with GSe snow all the
year round. A wide plain spreads ont
between the line of the road and the
range. As the train was getting "a fresh
hold on the rails, as one of the party
expressed It, the conductor stood on the
rear platform Of the coach and looked
steadfastly at one spot until it was lost
Got a claim anywhere around therey
asked n traveller who had noticed the
conductors longing look.
"A kinder of a claim, he replied, "bul
not the kind you're thinkin Of f"
How he came to tell us makes no dif
ference now. Here is what he told;
Bout a year ago, l think it was,
young man was put on my train by tho
conductor who had brought him e.
where take it, He had been cast. Iii
folks lived down there, | believe. He
had been west good many years was
cowboy. then n deputy marshal, then
boss Of ranch and then he got TO spec
ulatin in Anaconda. He had lived the
sort Of life out here that a man was ex-
pected to live in them days. He was a
hard citizen and then n good one. Blest
if ! know Just where he quit off, but he
did He finally got to lovin a girl, and
Just when he was havin it the wust way
she ups and marries a good for nothin
dude that came out here and got TO
clerlin in a raghouse. Then the young
man that am talllin about he goes east
to wear q his feelins, reclEn. And
he was gJle all summer. THY said he
was at the seaside. / thought when
heard that as how he would not last long.
When a man quits this climate to 60 TO
the seaside, there must be something
mighty bad about his case. If man
can't get cured here, he needn't go any
where else.
"Well, when he was put in my care
there was four or FIVE Of the boys with
him. They had heerd he was comm
back. and they met him away down this
side Of st. Paul. And they nursed him
all the way and fed him Jest as if he had
been sick girl. He was loolSiu out Of
the winder of the car all the time, day
and night. but wasn't sayin nothin
When we got to Great Falls, he looked
out Of the car winder and smiled. It
was the first time that the boys had see
him do that since they met him, and they
thought he was gettin well. He asked
em to set him up in his berth so he could
see.
"And he looked at the mountain tops
out there covered with the whiteness Of
God, and tho foot of the mountains that
is washed by the purest water this side
of the divide. The train was Just get.
ting a good holt ON the rails when the
poor fellow sank back. and the next
thing | see the boys was talzin the pilleI
out from under his head. Then
lmowed it was all over. Then one of the
boys come to me and asked meif ! would
take 81 900 TO stop the train. told 'em
couldn't do anything Of thet sort. They
said money was no object. Then | asked
'em what was up, and one Of 'em told
me that he, meanin the dead man, had
made a last request that he be taken
from the train and buried in sight of the
mountain that had the snow on it. the
one that caught his eyes first after We
had come over the river. They said they
had promised him they would. l asked
'em where they would get a box, and
they said a man as good as he was didn't
need no box. that the angels would take
care Of him as soon as he was laid away
Il asked em what they would do il
the train wasn't stopped. They held ,
short parley and said in a most respect
ful way. which / understood. that the,
had TO carry out the wishes of the de
ceased at all hazards that they coult
stop the train if didn't. understood
'em. pulled the cord and went for'ard
and while the engineer was mendin tn
locomotive, which got ont of sorts jes
then, the funeral procession moved out
and the dead was buried out there il
full sight. 1t 80 happened that we go
the locomotive fixed just as the funera
was over. and we took the pallbearer
into Butte that night
"And / never pass that spot that
don't look out there where they laid him
amt never seen any Of the pallbearer
since and don't know the name of tn
young man that they buried. Do yo
know. gents that his grave is green a
the year ro1shd? Ionce thought of put
tin up a gravestone at the head, bur
fh,nlra / itie NINA Of my business apf
besides the boys said the angels was goi
to to take care Of his body, so / though
] wouldn't be intrudin on any angel
business. It was the only time, though
that my locomotive ever got anythin
the matter with it."-Chicago Tribune,
Criticism of "Cymbeline."
Al nnn of the rerfnrnancas of .lC,vn