The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-05-31

Ter. Lei Wur at the spout, and Wur
leanin out, looking back fur his signal.
Susan had been sort of preferrin me nv
late, and wur feelin good. Del wur
sulky and stood with his head down,
waitin fur the tank to fill.
"Men will think the truth If they
don't speak 1t, and lookin at Del says
to meself, He's finer lookin Teller than
you, jerome Bonner, and Susan Briggs
knows it, I shut off the safety valve
The steam had been BLOWN off and
maxim a good deal Of noise. The moon
light made it very ghostly, and once in
awhile looked up at it. When it were
shut off, there rose rumble out NV the
stiffness that reached Del quick as it did
me. We both looked up the hill, and
there, roundin the curve, wur shad-
der. We knowed at once it wur run
away train comm down on us. waal,
runaway trains with nobody on them
had happened before, and we knowed
what to do.
"sCut her loose, DEL yelled.
HE dropped on the platform and call
ed:
DICK u litVi0.
~ reversed 10 and eased the link
eco ahead, he yelled.
"And as / opened the throttle / heard
the link drop against the drawbar. We
wur free; 10 wur loose, a-goin to meet
the train smashin down on her. Ipatted
the iron CURL, fur Iwuz fond NV her. and
she went up the hill as bird, and l. for
gettin all about Del, stopped over to lock
the door nv 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 couplin pin.
eyer have got to jump, Jerome Bon
ner,' he said.
"Let go NV me- managed to say,
while hung on to the reverse lever.
"'I won't. Yer have got to jump and
I'll pull 12through.'
she loosed his grip on my throat.
edo you want to make me talked NV
as cowardY ] asked.
I'VE both of us could hear the train
gettin closer.
Jerome, IL 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 nv gettin through all right.
Then I'll marry Susan Briggs. Quick
make up your mind Promise me you'll
jump, er I'll kill yer, and don't want
ter be yer murderer-and il die in the
bump you will be alive to marry Susan.
She likes you best and me next. Jumpl'
HE pulled me off 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 / knew he would. He wur strong,
and had to go. Out went, and l
landed safe. No. 10 met the train plucky
and stopped 1t dead. The cars piled ali
ovez 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. l 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. Ny
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
IL with couplin pin, and then stood by
her.
s"The tears came into Susan's eyes, and
she wiped them ON her apron. I wur
holdin her hand, and she took it away
/ liked her fur weepin and lettin go Nv
me. II she hadn't, I'd a-turned agin hur.
Feelin that she'd like to be alone, went
away.
II met her at Del's funeral. She wur
quiet and sad, and only nodded to her.
The people all wondered bout my jump
In and thought me q coward, but nobody
dared say So Susan knowed I wurn't,
and I didn't care what the other people
thought.
II didn't say nothin to Susan about
gettin married fur about six months after
Delehanty wur buried, and when spoke
NV it at last she made up her mind.
"'Jerome,' she said, 4 alters believed
liked you better'n Del, but ever since
he died I've felt like his wilder, and
know you amt courtin me that way
"And wurn't. So left her, and
amt made up my mind yet to court her
as Delehanty's wilder, but am wishin
all the time that Del wur Twin and
wur dead. Then mebbe Susan would
be my wilder.
Ladies'" said jerome as he arose
from the beam, would you like to ride
on the engine? am goin to run up
the hill to pump water into the boiler,
and I'll show you where Delehanty
died"
The lady travellers accepted the invita-
ton. jerome calamity helped them In
the cab and started the engine up the
hill.--Alfred L. King in New York Dis.
patch.