Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03

ra,esr, re,eyra,n and IN. E..t,no n,
" ~ WIZ
A proup of locomotive engineers sat
.round m table i'm "a n,eaaont and secIuaed
@. po,,l -osor+ n fo,,'
-. - - 49, 80
n,pp"e &c ''''i '"o '''So ''o"o mugs
tnat nave become 80 popular III recent
years ana related some OF their peculiar
experiences when in charge Of the throttles
Of the great iron monsters traversing the
region between here and the coast. Some
of the tales ,yere excitirg Soma NJ tbor,
-, - - II asa.,I..
800. an, az sn ,iy' lnt o o.t'o
IL IT. Eiaip IN a.. ~" i. ~ I've,
-, 49, s'',', 'i,l~ - TX,
49,, &C., s'lo ~
y, 10y 49, " nlo'I ao''oa.I
i.., III 'i.' "i7 'iio''Vi
~, a'',.',.,;.' Ii IN - '.''l. . p'O
i. ,hi. r;I,i, ~ ." c VIZ WI ae'Dea
'""' ''A'' '"'fu0'
'o ~ -,
was running w. -" "esSe'n ran
Ioau twenty Se"iH sso, NC o"'u "nen
eoineInine naPpeneu INA. naS Aept me
guessing ever since. GU Ieilows may not
peiieVe ~ p"I u ~ the solemn truth rs
ing OH LOT week on account OF the Illness
OF my whe' ana dIu not take my run until
satisfied Ihal she was dolng well ana had
the assurance OF ,he doctor 10 that effect.
Inc nlght leit was feeling rather de-
pressed IN splriIs' ana somehow was not
DIT surprised wheh MY miles out the CON
uucIor handtd me telegram from my
niue glri whlch rcad; Come back. Nam
ma Is worse one needs you hastily
replled' SEM me "ord OF her actual con
dltloh at - DON'T delay. II absolute
. ~ necessary ior me 10 return VIII 10 So
Wen, all the way 70 C was IN an
agony OF suspense. found no telegram,
ana somehow lett relieved on the idea that
no news was good news. But could not
shake OIL That feeling OF depression, and 1t
seemed 10 intensity. looked IN my pocket
for that telegram IN order to see II had
read II correctly. ! couldn't find It. IL
was gone, and the fact worried and nettled
me good deal soon forgot II, however,
In attending to my work. The night was
clear, and we were running at good rate
OF speed. sat IN the cab looking ahead
and half IN dream.
suddenly something shot across the
track like Hash OF lightning. What it
was never did know, but Instantly my
thoughts went back To the telegram and
my sick wife at home. Whether that OBJ
ject that crossed the track was responsible
or not, don know, but all at once grew
nervous and shaky' The fireman noticed
IL and asked me what the matter was, but
put him aside with some evasye answer.
All the while he kept looking at me- how
ever, and II finally worked me up 10 such "A
pitch that turned ON him and cried, above
me or lll Kill your He shrauk back half
frightened, and told me afterward that
was temporarily insane at that time.
II looked out We were going At a
frighiful rate OF speed Unconsciously
had pulled the lever out farther and in
creased the speed OF the train toabout sixty
miles an hourShead Of schedule. An in
slant later the bell rang and ! reversal
the lever. The train came 20 stand
still The conductor came forward with
q white face and inquired, For Gods
sake, Joe, what's the matter with your
A little while longer and we would
have plunged into the west bound train.
We ran a little ahead TO side track, and
within a minute No. Numbered past. II
was a narrow escape, and ] closed my eyes
when thinking what might have been. /
got down with the oil can and walked TO
the SIDE OF the engine.
when about to Gil the cups noticed
piece Of paper luttering on one Of the
wheels. | reached out, took hold Of IL, and
was about 10 crumple and throw IL away,
but something arrested my attention and
opened 1t up. ] turned perfectly white
when saw it was addressed to me aud
read: Come back. Mamma Is worse She
needs you 1t was the last straw. Ny
feelings made me weak as child, and
when | clambered into the cabagain IL was
with difficulty that ! was able TO start the
engine. Well, to make a long story short,
] called the conductor and told him
would 90 as far as the next station. re-
lated the circumstances, and instead Of
laughing he only looked grave and said
nothing.
AT the stop, TO my surprise he came for
ward and said. Joe, you had better stop
tuLa No n Iucl | teIa lts.H