New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-10
an ADTENTCRE.
op WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE.

Thare are adventures ard adventures. This ono
"a the mrdest OF adventures-a parlor adventure.
schoolgirl adventure an adventure TO be taken at
breakfast along with oatmeal and other ingenious
limitations of food. But adventures can't be ordered
ike roast beef and pie at a restaurant put must
ha taken as they come. like the weather
The train was hurrying along close 10 the river.
smoothly and quietly enough with only an occa-
slonal flourish Of the whistle or Eruption OF inc
,rain-boy selling. John Smith. Backsider refer
Brown Greenlander': Polly Perkins. woman =;
Hollow Mnde, Novelist; some other stirring
work OF contemporaneous fiction. No one was
thinking Of danger as is always the case just before
an adventure-lndeed. the time was ripe LOT an
adventure OF magnitude such as they USED 10 nave
many years ago. still have many miles away
but II didn't come. for we live in faen Gays anu
in an evil quarter Of the earth
Nevertheless as glded along the train oegah
70 hump and Jolt in alarming manner Then ir
went smoothly enough again for a little way theh
again II had spasm OF joiting and pitching ABOUT
az ~ Il were a Fifth-ave. stage or some sucn
athletic apparatus rather than vehicle.
Broken rail-" said one foolish man.
"On on the ties" said another weak fellow.
Then all was quiet again. followed by moro .
humps.
This seems to be the corduroy line" sald-ths
foolish
There are pieces broken out Of the wheels
| the weak fellow. Il saw them when got on-'hey
look Ike broken-nosed pitchers.
Then why doesn't It jolt ALI the time. asked
the foolish man. which broke up the friendship and
made them enemies.
But the train went on. and for hall an hour con-
tinued - have occasional paroxysms or Jouns. !
Then came 70 little station which consisted Oh
a platform and dog. and stopped. Three men
evident scoundres, self-heralding enemies OF So .
clety-were seen running from the train along
MT, stream toward the woods, with half-dozen
| OF the ,ralnmen close behind. Then there was a
struggle among the bushes and shocking bad lam
guage and the noble trainmen came back with one
Of the desperadoes and put him in the baggage-car
with the trunks. while the other TWO men ran
away and disappeared in the underbrush.
Blu, our blood was up. and We held the train and
! had A man-hunt. The bell cord was taken out. and
| ALI hands mustered except the baggage-master ana
the porter of the sleepng-car. which latter ihdi-
vluai stayed at his post OF duty sab guahdins
the property OF me passengahs. sab" The forces
were marsha,ed under the train conductor. man
whom nature had found SO ducti.e that she had
drawn him out TO such extent that the thought
! occurred that II the bell rope was lost ne couio
be put up in its place. So leaving those two des-
perate men in the baggage-car Uhat Is the train
robber and the baggagemaster). our forces set OUT
the conductor with the bell rope over his shouider'
presenting the exact appearance OF bamboo hsh-
| mole and line at the head OF the company
! For the next half-hour there was a lodging IN
! and out Of men among the bushes and small trees
| OF a hundred-acre field beside the train. Al las.
! the men were surrounded a little patch OF turf
| near the stream. The train hands closed IN, the
! conductor waving Ike reed at the 'front.' linen
there was another struggle. and the chief bent Ike
| a weeping willow wound his arms half dozen
! times around one Of the men and held him. while
| the other knocked down 4 brakeman, KlSSeu r me
| engineer in the stomach and again ran on Inc
more substantial bell-cord was substituted Tor the
! arms Of the conductor. and the prisoner Was
brought in and put into the bagage-ear with the
other two outlaws. ,r,, A.. -. 49,
ductor had reached down and borrowed revolver
from r Inirnied oerhaps for defence against
| JERSEY mosquitoes but in way designed for
hunting that noble animal-man; But he took It
up with him, and they were of More lodging.
running deployins. shouting. and again the hard
ened Individual was surrounded. He seemed to
| have become tired OF the game and now produced
a long knife The men paused and TOOK astro-
dTnHr He was Clearly seen 70 produce the pistol
and then boating down through the stll evening
peevish pop. which Indicated that the thing was
going OFT He might as well have held up nlekei
| derisive laugh. which quite the proper thing,
AWAY Ss 9G neaoss he open field toward the
men came back the passenger who owned me ERE, re,
young lady bicyclists who had been watching the
| proceedings Topped themselves onto their macnnes
| and rolled away, the train started. ana We too'
rolled away, taking our prisoners win US j., 70 N.
sleeper 90 wash off the smoke of bate IL seems
| that the three men had boarded the tram some
time during the afternoon getting on the rear b o.
! is situated here a long box in which Is kept vari-
| Gus overgrown tools and repairs. such as ten
pound monkey wrench, an absurd hammer e e'nrs
| coupling links and pins some cham Win iinhs
Ike sausages, and similar things. 1t appears NAY
| this box was not locked. and these amiaoe TOURISTS
| had amused themselves by dropping out tnese
articles on the rails. their intention evidently pc
| ing 10 throw the following cars on the rack.
| ASKED as 10 his opinion OF the object which the
men had in view in wrecking the train me coz,
| wiped each finger repeatedly with furious twi1-
| Ing motion. as If trying to unscrew II from tas
hand. and Kissed the one word, P:under: .. H..
| So IL was not much OF an adventure. but II mlsm