The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-15
CONnUCIOR'SSTORY
MONEY COULDN'T STOP TIE TRAM,
But II YVES STOPPED.

Northern Crawl.
never read or hear of the mountains
that / DO not recall Il story told by a con-
!uctpr oi a train Oh the Great Northern
road We We're going to Butte. The
train had .last crossed the river iii Great
Fails. From that point the ROAD lrgius
IT'S eastern ascent Of the range who's,
tops are whitenel with the >ne~ all the
year round a wide plan sireads ont
between the line o. the road and the
range AS the train was getting u fresh
mold on the rails" as one OF the party
expressed it. the conductor stood On the
rear platform of the coach and looked
steadfastly III one spot until it was lost.
Got Il clhi:n anywhere around there"
asked a traveller who had noticed the
conductors longing look.
"A kinder Of a claim" he replied. but
not the kind you're thinkin of"
How he came TO tell us makes no diff
ference now Here is what he told:
'Bont a year ago ! think it was, a
young nun was put on my train by the
conductor who had brought him to
where / take it. He had been east. His
folks lived down there. | believe. He
had been west a good many years, was a
cowboy, then u deputy marshal. then a
boss OF Il ranch and then he got to spec
uiatin 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 IA 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
clerkin in a raghouse. Then the young
man that | am talkin about he goes east
to wear out his f~eelin's, | reckon. And
he was gone all summer. They said he
was at the seaside. | thought when |
heard that as how he would mol last long.
When Il ma quits this climate to go to
the seaside. there must be something
mighty bad about his case. Ii a man
cant 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 IA sick girl. He was lookin 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. 1t
was the first time that the boys had see
hin do that since they met him. and they
thought he was gettin well. He asked
EN- 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 the 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 oil the rails when the
poor fellow SANK back and the next
thing ! see the boys was takin the piller
from under his head. Then !:
knowed it was all over. Then one of the
boys come 10 me and asked me if | would
take 1900 TO stop the train. told 'em
| couldn't do anything OF tibet sort. They
said money was no object. Then | asked
EN- what was mp, and one of EN- told
ule 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
mad come over the river. They Sid they
had promised HIM they would. | asked
EN- where they would get a box, and
they said a ,utn as good ;sEe was didn't
need no boz: that the r:,els would take
u r OF hin. as soon as he was | id away.
Il asked EN- what they would do if
train wasn't stopped. They held d
short parley and said in a most respect
ful way. which | understood, that they
had to carry out the wishes of the de-
ceased ut all hazards: that they could
top the train if l didn't. understood
en-. | pulled the cord and went for'ard,
while the engineer was mendin the
which got out of sorts jest
hen. the funeral procession moved out,
md the dead vas buried out there in
sight. 1t SO happened that we got
locomotive fixed just as the funeral
vas over. and we took the ~pallbearers
INTO Butte that night.
And ! never pass that spot that
lont look out there where they laid him.
amt never seen any of the %pallbearers
ince, and ! don't know the name of the
1oung man that they buried. Do you
NOW. gents, that his grave is green all
he year round: | once thought of put
in up a gravestone at the head. hut,
links |, it's one of my business, and,
'esides. the boys said the angels was goin
o to take care of his body, SO | thought
wouldn't be intrudin on any angels
BUSINESS. 1t was the only time, though,
hat my locomotive eve got anything
he matter with it. "-Chicago Tribune.
Criticism Of '~sCymbeline."
At one of the performances of Gym
cline by Modjeska's company one of
he audience heard n man behind him
~ to another. What is this piece and
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