Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-03-23
IN THE CAB.
IA nllers was queer, Del was


ready to pull her open" did not infu-
opce him in conversation. Only in the
aoh with the schedule before him, was
So amenable to signal There he was
trrsted The superintendent considered
him the safest engineer on the road
When he took train out, the dis
hatcher breathed easily, for there were
some daredevil engineers in the employ
of that company They would rattle a
rain around curves and shoot down
GRADES with the greatest disregard for
the Messengers comfort and fears. There
were mel, who delighted in the shrieks
Of the whistle How they would laugh
when echo was frightened and screamed
hack the strident voice of the engine.
There were many such men in the pay
of the Kane and Carney railroad, but
Jerome Bonner was not one of them, nor
was Delehanty. He was fireman and
had been on the road two years when
the wreck occurred on Kane hill. 1t
was the memory of the wreck that led
Jerome Bonner to remark to passenger
about Delehanty's eccentricities.
A little group had surrounded Jerome
at the water tank and signal station on
Kane hill, where danger flag had pulled
nm the train The conductor was up
stairs waiting for orders. There was a
wreck above-some coal cars on the
track-and there was prospect of a
long delay jerome had got out Of the
cab and was sitting in the sun on one of
the ground timbers of the tank trestle
The fireman had made himself comfort
able on his box and with feet sticking
out of the window was taking a snooze
The engine snorted occasionally as if
impatient Most of the passengers were
wandering about aimlessly, some chat
ting. others looking in the bush for Der
ries Of the wintergreen, and all were be-
ginning to fret. Even those around
Jerome were hoping he would take mat
tiers in his own hands and run the train
over the hill He, however, attracted
their attention when to one of them he
spoke the words of the opening sentence.
Tell usabout him won't you, please|'
asked a mite of woman, au excursion
list.
"Oh, do, if it is story | am 50 tired
of this, stupid wait, " said her companion,
not an overlarge woman herself and APP
parently blase,
"'Fraid Delehanty wont ntrest you
ladies' much. He was a commonplace
man, but popylar-mighty popular with
the boys, spite er his queerness.
Then do tell us about him.
WAL. he and me courted the same
CURL, Susan Briggs, Il black eyed CURL as
ever you see and purity, no mistake.
And mebbe that's why | thought Del
queer actin, and mcbbe he'd the Same
'pinion NV me Sence then have alters
noticed that men in Inv with the same
CURL see each other bout as delirium
tremens subjec' sees snakes, Costly, try
them gauges
Costly, the fireman, awOke out OF his
snooze and tried the gauges The en-.
CINE was not supplied with an injector,
and jerome was DESTROYS of knowing the
depth of water in the boilers If it was
low he would have to run the engine up
the track to pump up" and that would
interrupt the story.
Two and half" called Costly, and
fixed himself on the box again, while,
satisfied with the report, jerome resumed
his story
II was on the road, and Del wanted
work. but there was no job for him. He
wanted to fire One day Jim Morgan
got sick, and when went to the round
house the next mornin there war Dele
hanty in bran new overalls rubin the
hpngg ~ M,
nodded to him and then hr'sted up the
foreman of the roundhouse. nel's goin
out with you this trip Jim Nc rgan's
too sickT There was no help fur 1t, so
went back, jumped into the cab and run
her out into the yard Del looked up
from the handrail on the boiler with a
kind Nv hurt look on his face.
THE firemen usually bring out the en-
CINE. Lettin him do it was a way of
sayin he could be trusted to run an en-
CINE. Del kept on rubin the rod and
maxim it shine as | backed down and
coupled. mind loollin at him. He was
between me and the track. and had to
look outer the side winder He was big,
and knowed things were not right be-
tween us, and | said nothin He seemed
hankerin fur fight Minute we cou-
pied Del came in through his winder,
throwed the waste in the box and jerked
open the door of the firebox. Jist then
inc gong rung, and give ~ the steam.
Del showed in some coal. and as we got
under Roadway he came to my side OF
the cab and stood between it and the
tender.
Il knowed what he come fur, and il
made me mad. Susan Briggs lived jist
at the edge nv the town and was alters
out fur my train. and Del knowed it, Sc
he wur goin to let her see him on the
same cab with me, and in overalls.
wur so durn mad iist looked straight
ahead, while he nodded and laughed al
Susan, and she nodded and laughed al
MN. He looked back till we got round
tne curve AMI then went GRIMM to his
DOG Iarnntionl | yur so mad | cOull