The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-05-31

water below, and wondered vaguely If
ones body could be recovered there.
Then something flashed past me, there
was a yell--and there were only two of
us In the cab. Old 100 at the same in
slant leaped forward out of danger.
But two wrinkles appeared on Winds
forehead.
g Let her out too quick he shouted.
Jim jumped and shook me up. We'll
have to try her again. Hope Jim struck
the water
"when heard that we were going
to get In the way Of that mountain slide
again felt like a man who had been
invited to catch cannon ball In his
teeth. / wanted to Jump II I'd only
dared, but there was no water below
nowi only hard ground. Moreover,
was wasting time in thinking out
chances that might be my last moments
for prayer and repentance, and that
train was coming down on us again.
This time | shut my eyes and pulled
myself into heap. AS nearly as l can
remember huddled up, with the idea
that would prefer to be found in one
piece after the crash, rather than In
disintegrated sections. Anyway, I did
not open my eyes until felt a sharp
jar, and then that heavenly spring and
bound out Of danger again. The train
had touched us, but so quick and ready
was the engineers pull of the throttle
that he had brought us away agair-
and second, the fractional part OF
second, too soon. His face was red
with anger when l opened my eyes
again and looked around me.
"'Too quick again, by -p he
shouted hoarsely. it's now or never
this time. Tll stop her now or wen all
be In the ditch
SIT is now or never without doubt,
for we could see the curve ahead, and
not far ahead at the sixty-mile clip we
were going. Wind slowed up sharp,
and shall never forget my feelings as
the cars bore down on us. This time l
could not shut my eyes. The fassina-
tion of imminent death held them on
the laundering mass behind.
"'Brace yourself and hang on
shouted Wind, as he felt for a brace
with his feet and gripped the throttle
SO tight that the muscles stosd out like
cords on his arms.
"'Shall jump' called to him, but
the words choked me as they came. He
didn'd hear them. The next Instant
he sprang to his feet, threw the throttle
wide open, and suddenly went up in the
air and turned over toward the boiler
as the bump came. That was all saw
I heard terrific crash and felt myself
whirled out of the cab and through the
air. The whole universe whirled about
me and then closed In, and / struck.
My teeth gritted out sharp, bright
flames that flashed back and forth
through my head Then came black
ness.
"For five days lay and watched pom
derous trains, miles in length thun-
dering down illimitable slopes at In
cromprehensible speed In pursuit OF a
pigmy man, myself, in an insignificant
locomotive. Then recovered consci-
business and shook the left hand of
Engineer Wind, his right arm being In a
sling. He had hung TO his throttle and
had been hurled heels over head against
the boiler and pretty badly battered up,
but had slowed up the train so that it
made the viaduct curve successful lily.
as for me, had brought up against a
timber head foremost, but got off easy
with no other injuries than my scalp
wound and slight conclusion of the
brain"
The fireman9 Did he get out alivel"
ooh, yes; he struck the water all
right. Wasn't even bruised; Just red.
dened up bit on the skin. Found out
1t was good fishing there, went back
the next week and caught some pick
erel, and has been going there ever
since. Cool hand, that Jim-after he
got out of the engine"