The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-07
TOLD on THE RAIL.
"Arc you all right ma'am:"
"All right, thank lOu." "


let loose horrible, long, shriIl whis-
tie, and moved great steel bar at
my side that watched " Tn awful
sus ic,unS Of oil aud hcartrending
fears regarding NV new pcacocR-blue
silk dress
The grmy.iaccd fireman pulled
open the door of the furnace and
with much clattcr pokcd at the fire
within, then shoyclcd In some coal,
clashc the door shut, and we were
of.
AEl ali this happened in mere
trinc oi the time that IL has taken
TO tell 1t
looked at my watch.
Ii was O'Clock aud broad daylight
for the time was summer
Seven o'clock and the wedding was
at : aud we had iIfty miles To 20.
sHpposc my face had an anxious
look when turncl IL toward the en-.
gincer, meeting his full gaze
"Oh, I'll get you there IN me,
na'am; I'm bound TO. Well make
the nifty miles in nfty minutes, and
wcdd rs mostly never are on time.
Aud the superintendent telcgra. he'd
you'd he there"
"Did he. That was very good OF
Cousin John. | was SO Hurried that
1 never thought OF that"
And 'clt relieved, as judiclously
gave another tuck % my silkcn robes
As did 80, / received dreadful
jar, that caused me 10 drop them
again, and materially decreased my
mental temperature.
a realization was forced upon me
OF the frlIhtful way in which we
were dlshing over the rails, while at
the same time, the atm sphere
within the engine grew hotter and
hotter.
With desperate efforts, l learned
TO mainta n my center OF gravity,
though. as ! gathered together again
my breath and my robes l clasped
despniringly the window ledge beside
my high seat.
Presently rs one will grow accus.
toned TO any situation, l became
quite used To the frantic bounds OF
our mH6lY-speeding nveyanCe, and
oven commenced TO take some inter.
est in my surrounding.
auu .rIui nc
Meeting landscapes dnD 1es
were only productive OF deL.uedly
unpleasant, dizzy sensation.
1--WE are travelling at a terrible
rate" said TO the engineer.
lie saw that had spoken, but as
4 had not pitched nv vO ce nearly
loud enough Tor him to distinguish
the words he called out:
''What is it, ma'am;"
"Wc'rc travelling with terrible I'd.
pidity.' | almost screamed. "Arc
you sure there is no danger"
Oh, no, none whatever, ma'am;
this is IA perfect cngin'
al suppose you are accustomed TO
it," | venturcd. "COusn John 81 d
you were one of the Oldest engineers
on he road"
"ics,' he said, frightening up
II was an engineer here when the
Superintendent was only little boy,
the son OF a conductor, but you see
we don't often have a call 20 travel
like this, and I'm not likely to Tor.
get the FIRST time | did II. =!
saw 10y his looks that the rcmin-
lsccncc was pleasant 0nc, and, TO
encourage him TO converse, asked
"Nhy: Dld something happeug"
'Wcll, | reckon something did
happen" he SAID, emphatically get.
ting As near TO me As the consistent
performance OF his duties would al
low
II would like TO hear about It,"
shouted, svmpathctically
"Wcll, ma'am, YOU see | was
young fcllcr then, only Just promoted
10 be an engineer; an there came an
awful storm that lasted about three
days
''Evcrything went right along the
road until the third day, when late
In the afternoon they commenced
To get worried in the Office, because
something was the matter with the
wires
They couldn't git no messages;
ana an Eastern train that had been
due for half an hour had not been
heard from along our part OF the line.
1T stormed awful! Just as il IL
never meant To stop!
"The rain came down in bucket.
fuls, and the wind was hlowin' n
roarin' hurricane, 10 say nothin' OF
the thunder and llghtnin' that com.
menced about dark.
"Well, l didn't run no regular
train yet i was kent about the
yard shifting cars and the like and
goin' out on specials; and as | was
loatn' in my engin', thinkln' that |
blessed my stars hadn't b. be ON
the road such night who should
lump up in my box but the old
superintendent himself, and dread.
full grave face he had, too
" Abe, says he, do you think YOU
could take engin' number 1, the
Lightning, and carry ne down To
Coon's Creek faster than you ever
went before in your lfe;'
U'I reckon / could sir sava