Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-10

cr w0rd couiu - spuscn uH- urcing
down the track undUr % fun pressure NJ
steam closely followed by The irun munster.
whose reckless driver could De- seem lriu-
ing out Of tho cab window g.sii. ilut'ug
wildly with domoulncal glUe. us 10 rcl1iC
ing in The wild race
Heaven olly know how 10 would end.
Just why started in tho van of That
wild engine could never ieil. lu..ed uu
tho impu'fo of Che moment. without one
thought Of Zoe Consequence.
Speeding along With that m1ni1c iu my
wake. found timc To- collect my scattered
SENSES. aud Che t.Iille position I was Too
became moro apparent Behind mn lu
iron monster. pulling. HuoHius, rluugIHs
mllly uuWarli i.i0rG mr tNH expires,
filed with hundreds " rHuIa. aud up
pr0.clilg nearer every Hecoy.
Reader you cannot imHg 'thonuguis
I suffered ns Tho awful truth dashed
through my brain.
trool between that train oi human
souls and otlraity'
Gould save tbemf
For q moment ! seemed % loo my
senses. for upon rllne.ug nt my watch I
Faw w would meet tho expires iu less
than half na hour ! fcc0iicd from con.
tunpiating fho consequence must do
something Immediately, ur scores of lives
would hHcrushcd 30 death ln o. twiukliug
hut my mind was equal tp che cmor
Rtucy. In that supreme moment of dc.
spalr ono inigltler than lHofmcl 90 lultIll
my hcwildcrci brain with now energy.
Slowly began Co shut un steam. the
tCuible spold slnskoncd, the distance Do.
tween thn two enhnca decreased gradual.
ly, dimiuisliug until DUH thud followed
by "a slight iar told mo that they had met
II was but tho work u q moment to
chamber nom the cab NJ my engine into
Tho cab u tho specialize There % sight
met my gnsc that shall never forget.
Standing with bic hand on the throttle.
his eyes glazing like live GOALS. bic whole
form writing iu fury, The maniac pr cut.
ed n most frightul appearance
Ere could speak u word or lny a hand
onhiu, he gusped q coal pick and made o.
terrible lungc 90 my head. Lurkilyu sud.
den bend in che r1Hd gave mo lurrh. aud
the blow foll harmless against the boiler
head.
Then hegan terrific battle.
was uunmpd. while the mailman
seemed possessed u supcfhumnn strength.
The hattie wHEod ncrrcly / folt myself
growing weaker every moment
A small bar u iron lying on the Gre.
mans Hoat WAS all could procure, hut 10
proved my salvation. The mailman was
struggling lcrccly 90 lihemtc himself from
the position had forced him into when
raised the Iron bur and dealt him % blow
on The head which completely stunned
him
The struggle was over but IL had cost
many precious moments. The sharp, pierre.
ing blast OF whistle In the distance
aroused mo. needed mo- second warning.
Weak aud exhausted, Managed 90 make
my way back 10 my own engine, slow and
lahorlous work though 10 was.
WINS Just IN time. Hardly had / got
under full hndway when tho express
dashed into view around curve n short
distance behind me. ! called Tor brakes.
aud Tho engineer surmisIug something
wrong, aa no saw the two light engines.
when he had received orders 20 meet only
n special. which was 60 take the side track
for him az a station farther down the road.
stopped.
Well, reader, have a littlcmoro TO say.
After brief rest and some stlmulants,
was able 10 run both engines haok to
Maverick ahead " Tho overland express.
Tho mad engineer was kindly cared Tor
and soon recovered, hut has never entered
tho cab Of an engine since. Good NoWA