The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-03-28
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Y Among tho recently hvgorated liars OF
tho town is ono who has just returned from
n session with ozone In Colorado, Gays the
Omaha World Herald. II was his first trip
through the mountains and no was much
affected hy tne fcats Of engineering skiu
tnoro manifested, us witness the following;
81 had heard OF tho curve on tho Pennsyi
vania, where according to the tine-carc
schedule, tho opgiueer is obliged to lean OUT
of his cab and exchange tobacco with the
brakeman on tho roar epd, 40 ~ 70 give the
messengers something 10 talk about, and
now believe II. There was m old, honest,
horny handed miner rode over tho road GU,
OF Denver with me ana NO told me severa'
things. Once while we were being lerked
around tho edge Of tho mountains and could
lookout from under the roots Of our hair at
u.e track opposite In tho valley DO told me
tale. Said no:
"'rhal yore track down yam Is the ono
we're onto, but we won't tech IL for an
hour. We run up the ravine an down the
side Of tho mountain an double back
Down thar is wher' Jim Lyle saved the pay
master o. the road
"'Howp inquired.
J ".It were this way: The paymastor's ca'
WA hitched onto the hind end o. the freight
train, his own engine havin' had a little
trouble with her runnIu' gear an' boin'
abandoned fer awhile up tho road. Well
the train was snoriln' and orawliD' aroun
the mountain, when all Of u sudden the
back brakeman comes o runnin' up an' YEN
40 jim; D..
"'"Puli QUIT Pull outi They's gang o.
sustlers has caught the engine an are
hmmpin' after us Pull"
"iWell, Jun Lyle noticed that he seen
at wunst that the engine had been liked Ir
an' that tho rustisrs had took her to ketoh
him an cit the dGst Ia the paymaster's car
so no pulled out right peart an tired u
OUTRAGE 'em, bus II want o 20. TheY KEEP
enttln' up ON him.
!" Pretty soon he struck the beginnin' o
this yero curve. lie didn't slack breath
an, the conductor come rushin' up an bel
lsrsd:
"'"Fer Gods sake, what kin VIC doi
We nun this woll climb rail-"
O., "sallHght,n said Jim Lyle. "lfI cal
olate r.ghtiy that cars saved" an he gave
her auother pull out an Just as we reoch'
right here no lerked he. wide open. TneL
we SEQ what was what. Lookin' back
helm on tho train, seen tho last coach 20 VI
in the air, there was jerk, an away over
duto tho canyon she went,
s."'Woil, whore docs the salvation OF the
coas~ como hlr 1 iked. Il don't see any
particular advantage In being spilled ove'
a mountain side and being shot Is train
robbers
"'Now, don't git frisky,' said the
man, I'm tellin' this yere an ant done
That there coach, as | say, sailed ovel
offin the track Just like the hind boy III
when you used 70 play "eracs the whip o
school. IL iloatod down as nioe a. 20,
please an lit on the track below In the val
ley, an with the force it was sung fohe'
ten mics "a tho next station. When W.
got there II was In on tho sidin' an, W
pulled by, an wllen the light engine 10
o. rustlers como ullin' along the 70"
people was wasin' Tor 'em an the
was started In good shape"