New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-06-07
stDel and me- didn't; talk rnncI, "a III fl


round, polishin and fxin up. I felt /
wur in for it and made up my mind
Susan would have to settle which she
would have mighty quick. IF she took
Del, all right. But she had to come to
the point. But. Lord!' and here Jerome
glanced at. the lady passengers, Il could
alters run an engine, but manage a wom-
an wur more than could do
1.-THE long and short NV it was that
Del and me run on IL for about two
year, and Susan would not make up her
mind. Del and me wur good friends, so
far as the world knowed. but we wur far
apart in our hearts.
eve never had wheel off before the
night when Del pulled 12 through Oh
Kane hill
I'VE had stepped at the tank fur wa
ter. Del war at the spout, and wur
leanin out, looking back fur his signal.
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 it, and loolkin at Del SAYS
to meself, He's finer lookin Teller than
you, Jerome Bonner, and Susan Briggs
knows it, | shut off the safety valve
The steam had been BLOWN off and
maxim 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 a 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 lznowed at once it VIII a run
away train comm down on US. WAL,
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 4 little
Il reversed II and eased the link.
"'Go ahead he yelled.
And as | opened the throttle heard
the link drop against the drawhar. We
wur free: II 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 a bird, and I, for
gettin all about Del, stopped over to lock
the door Nv the frebox.
"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.
Eyer have got to jump. jerome Bon
ner,' he said.
"'Let go Nv me- managed to say.
while hung on to the reverse lever.
"'l won't. Yer have got to Jump and
I'll pull y through
He loosed his grip on my throat.
DO you want to make me talked NV
Rs a coward? | 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 nnd take
my chances NV gettin through I'LL right
Then I'll marry Susan Briggs. Quick
make up your mind. Promise me you'll
jump. er III kill yer, and don't want
ter be yer murderer-and if l die in the
bump you will be alive to marry Susan.
She likes you best and me next. Jumpr
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 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 a sneakin
coward. Del had pretended he would
kill me jist to get me off the engine. and
there he wur dead and me Twin. NV
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 off
~ with a couplin pin, and then stood by
her
*The tears came into Susan's eyes, and
she wiped them on her apron. | wur
holdin her hand. and she took it away
liked her fur weepin and lettin 90 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 Ders funeral. She wur
quiet and sad, and only nodded to her.
The people all wondered bout ny Jump
in and thought me coward. but nobody
dared say so. Susan knowed wurn't,
and l didn't care what the other people
thought. .....
Il 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.
Heroine, she said, / 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 nm NV mind vat tn court bo.