Connecticut western news., 1893-09-07
CANAAN CONN, THURSDAY,

"We never had wheel off before the night when Del pulled 12 through on Kane hill
 "We had stepped at the tank fur wa ter. Del wur at the spout, and wur leanin out, looking back fur his signal. Susan had been sort of preferrin me uv late, and wur feelin good. Del wur sullxy and stood with his head down. waitin fur the tank to fill.
 "Men will think the truth if they don't speak it, and lookin at Del says to meself, He's finer lookin feller than you, Jerome Bonner, and Susan Briggs knows it. l shut off the safety valve The steam had been blowin off and makin good deal of noise. The moon light made it very ghostly, and once in awhile l looked up at it. When it were shut off, there rose rumble out uv the stiffness that reached Del quick as it did me. We both looked up the hill, and there, roundin the curve, wur a shad- der. We knowed at once 1t wur run away train comin down on us. Waal runaway trains with nobody on them had happened before, and we knowed what to do.
 "'Cut her loose, Del,' yelled.
 ''He dropped on the platform and call ed:
 "'Back a little.
 'T reversed 12 and eased the link.
 "'Go ahead he yelled.
 And as opened the throttle heard the link drop against the drawbar. We wur free; 12 wur loose, a-goin to meet the train smashin down on her. Ipatted the iron gurl, fur Iwuz fond uv her. and she went up the hill as bird, and 1. for gettin all about Del, stopped over to lock the door uv the firebox.
 "A great big hand grabbed me by the throat, and looking up over my shoulder saw Del His face was as black as mid night when there's no moon, and in his right hand he had a couplin pin.
 Yer have got to jump. Jerome Bon- ner,' he said
 Let go uv me- l managed to say. while hung on to the reverse lever.
 "T won't. Yer have got to jump and I'll pull 12 through.
 "He loosed his grip on my throat.
 "'Do you want to make me talked uv 6 @ cowardY 1 asked.
 We both of us could hear the train gettin closer.
 "Jerome, if you jump you'll save me from bein murderer. If you don't get out of my reach, I'll kill you and take my chances uv gettin through all right. Then I'll marry Susan Briggs Quick make up your mind. Promise me you'll jump. CT I'll kill yer, and don't want ter be yer murderer-and if die in the bump you will be alive to marry Susan. She likes you best and me next. Jumpr
 "He pulled me of the box and showed me across the cab. The train was leapin on us One more second, and all would be over mebbe. Del was still behind me holdin the pin up ready to strike, and l knew he would He wur strong, and had to go. Out l went, and landed safe. No. 12 met the train plucky and stopped it dead. The cars piled all over her and buried the cab. Just be- fore she struck Del throwed the safety valve open and shut her off Then he stood still -"
 "He wur knocked part through the window when the bumb came. and found him there. felt like sneakin coward Del had pretended he would kill me jist to get me off the engine. and there he wur dead and me Twin. My mouth wur shut to the world, but went home to Susan and told her how Del had died for her. He believed you liked me best. Susan. and if got killed you would feel awful bad, so he jest drove me of 12 with a couplin pin. and then stood by her.
 "The tears came into Susan's eyes, and she wiped them on her apron. 1 wur holdin her hand. and she took it away I I liked her fur weepin and lettin go uv me. If she hadn't, I'd a-turned agin hur. l Feelin that she'd like to be alone, went ! away
 T met her at Deps funeral She wu1 The people all wondered bout my jump. | in and thought me coward, but nobody dared say so. Susan knowed I wurn't | and didn't care what the other people thought
 | 'I didn't say nothin to Susan about | gettin married fur about six months after l Delehanty wur buried. and when l spoke uv it at last she made up her mind.
 Jerome she said, I alters believed liked you better'n Del. but ever since l he died I've felt like his widder, and know you ain't courtin me that way
 And l wurn't. So left her, and aint made up my mind yet to court he1 as Delehanty's widder, but am wishir all the time that Del wur Twin and wur dead. Then mebbe Susan would be my widder.
 Ladies" said Jerome as he aros, from the beam, would you like to rid, on the engine? l am goin to run ul the hill to pump water into the boiler and I'll show you where Delehant, died"
 The lady travellers accepted the invita- tion Jerome gallantly helped them il the cab and started the engine up tn hin-Alfred l.. King in New York Dis patch