The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-03-22
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he 4 Or oa the tuti. uhAtevef msy bsp
Pc 900 ltee eppo utog llac Ttut It CON,
tbs tste 20 set dovr tbe story, al
Should Dot Besdrt cauoo, write i
dowu tu s0ch asy a. 20 lodicsle the sBsl
rd 80 of The utrf,tlve tsl u. by the rail
Wy msbss,t Tor b. - druak al To-
tine, aud Or sobrr mao VITA pen 10 b.
h,uJ. csH tmulde lbe e.olueuce Of
rstisay msosRer Wlel the champaign
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on course rob uilesy mtnsse
would rot rlI 40 iucideBt that mlsL
iughiru irsllic ssty from hts road 90 yol
have 10 learn these things iiou them ia
.th " are bali seas over The oty ls strict
" ue. because related it to the mansg q
er beEt dav (he vas suffer- 2 from head
sct e sud be sdmit@d is accnfscy ans
ssI sIth q groan:
had DO ldrs that dr uk So much 81
q a.
BE iuplpftd me not to trIl the story
sud viii oct. merely Vrte H. Hang I
man Who won Keep his pledged sort
vrh even railway manseerl
The rllIasy tuos through Wild part oi
North Csrolla, snd Tcmpkius had been
maus'tr Of II tot some yfsfs 1t i,sIiot'
rresque line and gets itself tangled up
smong b, mouutpIns in the most teEhder,
log way. The rain Iutt and ttiggets or
swtul 81 dss, winds aud twists aud doubli
ey on itself il the most confusing fashion,
soes round and rcu0d cuplike deprsssioos
aid ,e.ms in general not 10 know whtre it
Is =, lag, Bat, like tie p'r.oa 10 the song,
t. gets there !nst the ssme
The road posses through some pretty
rough settlements, but there Is clvlIllt.
Ton and wealth at each end Of the line,
and this enables the railway to pay eood
salary TO the manager, although | never
heard tbpt it so far forgot itself as 70 pay
y dividends to the shareholders.
Wen, cue day there was a lot o! nsbohs
z ng east and as the manager was also
IT yelling ia that direct'o1 be ordered bis
Iryate car hltched to the roon express,
tui away they went
4 private car, the manager tells me, dit
frrs from the ordlLsry coach and ls SUPER
or IN some respects evea TO the sristoCrsu
rr Pullman. A gooi deal Of course dc
T., nds on the manager II the manager is
- prohibition msu but, then, what is the
use Of discussing the lmp mprubable? yompr
kins knows them al, and he rays rail
way manager Is content, II the engine
duvers and traiumen are teetotalers With
ont carrying the temperance fad to ex
trtmes. BY extremes Tompklns means
the rear end OF the trsio, where the msnsI
gers private car is coupled, Anyhow !
am given TO understand that the I1terlor
4 dfcOratious Of msnageI's car are very
hue and expensive, including artittlc et-
fees in Burgundy, dry champagne, tne
delicate brands Of old Kentucky, cigars
from Havana nd tLings Of that tort,
The time Of tLii memorable trip was q
few days before Christmas, eni people
were going east to see their folks, many Of
the tr .veers having considerable amounts
Of money on them b sides this, there
were S40O, 000ln be safe of the express car
going 10 New York. THIS fact made the
manager q TITLE auXious, and it was one OF
the causes that was bringing him east.
However the tram woull be out Of the
mountains while it was still day light, so
the manager felt no real anxiety.
An tue nsbobs who amonnte to aoyI
ting were IN his private car aud they were
I'll ying themselves rs people should dur
lng that festive season, but net, II uul
der, tand Tompkns srigLt, entnejy by
adn.iriug the scenery, sIti ongh doubtless
that q d,d to the VI a'ure.
Just as they were in the toughest pert
Of tae mountains there was avid th lex
. sudden clamp OF the sitbrakes, and the
tuin, with 40 sbruptness that was Just
,ho Of an accident, stopped
" hats up? cried everybody.
don't know, ssil The manager, getting
y ttle pale around tue gllls. You oil
lay here, and I'll 80 out and see.
1t need hsidly be said that none ti the
pa, sengels knew ottbe money in tue Il
,rtts car.
The manager stepped down from bis
pirate coach 1T the retr, and the mon ent
30 ok toward the iroJt OF the tram be |
~ that his wort Tears wete real zed |
Ju.t ahead Of The locomotive on the ralls
VAS huge pile Of loas and railway ties
) .ndipg around the engine sud Express
r vas gtonp Of the most vIllhnons
90 ing mountsine,r, the msns2,r had /
yer IS zen Determined sud desperate men,
pbo could PIT tulCt 1aa 'msn sIi
mil agar. All we're armed With tbeir
long rh-s, aud two bad their veal ofs al
thor shoulders, sbile the trembling e1I
press messenger aud the engineer stood .
sitL Their htn is above their hcads.
What. wrong crird noblb Who had
followed the mtuaRer on.
Eurthag srJog We're held upl /
rbst'. shas sr,ug 90 back aud t Il /
% rect 20 coucesl tb,ir vslusble. .
krnt what by u sitter. Tberss nerrly !
bal suI hah 10 gold ou board. ~ 70 /
fotaar snd pst,ey ~l'h them ss loDs a"
po..tble. SO :. 60 give yoa tine, IluagI =
tLst If they oresE open ibs sale tbfy u lie
10 bts harry b get s~sy 10 all leave
The a.seag,r, a,oue sal | don't kuo~,
o. sara every body
ibere Is 10 qu-.tiJu bul The msus3er
vas . brave mao. He Web, trnky fort
w.ri. ssilto hing particular sn ~roug
ssd ii vssAlt = talr o. t,ke tbst could I