The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-07

haa nrst begun 10 apply the oil and grease.
ahol as they had all worked back. he was
N position 10 get all the benefit OF the
loss OF speed in consequence. The men
new back from the track When the en-
slne struck the oiled rails she trembled
ana ner wheels slipped rather than re-
volved along the track. The momentum
vas SO great that at first the speed was
scarcely affected; but as successive sec
uons OF track were passed, there began TO
oe quite marked reduction in speed.
Tom noticed this with JOY.
Inc engine was coming rapidly toward
NM he turned and ran along the plat
form in the same direction as the engine.
az speed that would have carried him
hIty yards in about six seconds. The en-
slhe gained on him, and just as the step
was passing, he reached up, gras Sad the
handles, and swung himself I'D on the
step. He rested there for few seconds.
ana then climbed slowly up into the cab
his lace was as white as the card on the
steam-gauge, and, in spite of the cold
WIND that blew upon him, he was dripping
with perspiration.
The author then describes Toms EFFORT
10 get up steam, which was almost
exhausted, and the final appearance.
through the fog, of the broken section
coming after him like a whirlwind.
A tangent of twelve miles away straight
before him with gently descending grade,
then mile level, and then a four-mile up
grade into Mount Vernon. Once more he
crept down into the tender, opened wide
the furnace doors, raked the fire, and
threw in the coal evenly over every part of
the great fire-bOx. He left the ash-pit
door open for better draft, and then climb
ed upon the coal to see If he could dis
tinguish his relentless pursuer. The light
mad begun to dispel the fog, and three
hundred feet away he could see the on
coming train. TT will take all the speed
she's got" he thought, and leaving the
tender he crept back into the cab.
he opened the throttle wide, pushed the
lever over forward as far as it would GO
The steam kept up, and the only thing to
fear was that the axle-box would get
heated on account of the frightful speed
OF the engine, but then he reflected that
the pace would tell on the freight-axles
even more, since they were not geared to
a high speed as were those of the locomo-
tive.
The engine was now going at the rate
OF mile a minute, or faster. More coal
was necessary, and he resolved to leave
the window and stand by the furnace. In
ten minutes the level was struck, and the
pursuer had gained two hundred feet, on
account of its greater weight; minute
later the upgrade was reached. More coal
was needed, and the shovel was kept busy
feeding the fiery mouth whose tongue of
flame seemed never to be satisfied. AS the
engine began the upgrade the freight sec
ton was only fifty feet away After a
minute on the grade the engine pulled
slowly away from the freight. Then Tom
closed the ash-pit door, went back to the
window, closed the throttle a little, tried
the air-brakes. and three minutes later
pulled into the depot at Mount Vernon and
came to a stop. He looked out of the
window, perched high in air, and said to
the operator: "Just wire Wayvllle that
engine 303 has arrived here safely, and that
Toms all right"