The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
Gave Him n Lesson.

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out rather hurriedly.
You seem to have a bad erect upon
that party" remarked a man from Chi
wei, yes" laughed the drummer,
ne doesn't like TO see me around"
= don't know his name, but I hap
pened TO see hiTn utterly put 10 route
on a traln once and now whenever he
way
what was it2 Tell us about it," came
in chorus. says the Detroit Isree Press.
ne one Of the kind of travelling men
who are always discreditable 10 the pro-
Iession. and ] think he travels for some
third-rate house ia New York. I never
saw him until the deV I saw him get
what he deserved. and from what j have
seen OF him since J should say il had
taught him a valuable lesson. II was
on the train gong out OF Louisville.
and there was a pretty girl aboard, who
w. OF the type that grows into 1ira-
sonoou, perhaps but OF that not let us
TAX In any event, she had a section in
thc middle Of the car and tbs fellow came
IN ana after looking the territory over
sat down where ha could look into her
race There was no other person on that
sue OF the car and ONLY two old ladies
ana my self on the other. He had just
begun TO ogle the girl by griuning and
saAing az her, when she changed her
place and Turned her basS on Inn In
leN minutes he had taken the seat
beyond and had begun his operations
again She stood II some time ana chansed
her position again. He did the same.
waiting quite little while SO as not
70 attract too much attention. She
changed again and he went to the smoker.
Ihen J stepped over and asked her II
~ needed my services in StoppiuS the
annoyance. she thanked me and said
she would attend 70 il herself Pretty
soon nc came back ana sat down facing
her again, with smile as II he thought
ne Was having great joke. She changed
again and so did he. This time I could
see her cheeks reddeu and could almost
near her eyes snap as she reached over
ana opened little handbag by her side
q NFfI
looked 10 again she nodded ana smiled
50 IL she wanted him to come to her.
but she didn't though il looked that
way When she got up and taking a few
steps stood in front of him. Then she
showed the revolver close 10 his face
IN there, she said loud enough for us
an TO hear, that's loaded. and If you
look at me again III put a portion Of its
| contents into your ugly face
she trembed SO as she spoke that the
revolver shook in her hand, hut she turned
ana walked firmly back 70 her place sat
Gown again, and tl.s remarkable part
, he would look directly al her Rut he
uiun ! raise his face He skunk out to-
ward the smoker and lie never came
bdch; We met b IN several times since
Concluded the drummer, but ] have
never seen him 50 much as look the
secoEa une at a lady on a train"
Fun for Engineers.
81, Old railroaders smile frequently when
they read in the newspapers the accounts
OF alleged thrilling adventures OF enai-
IeefS' SAD Il member of the craft 10 the
chicago Tribune. '17or instance [ MOTTO
ed story in some Chicago paper not long
ago Of the terrible experience of q man
whose hair was turned white in tifteer,
minutes or something of that kind bv the
close caIl he had for going through a
bfluge. There had been heavy rain the
supports had been undermined. and the
whole business would have gone down
under the next train that struck it.
All this would have happened If TIE
So-6lr eye OF the man the tNTOfff IL
hadn't taken in the situation about hair n
mile back on a. heavy down grade and re-
Velsed his engine The queer part OF the
story was that this eagle eye that's what
We call EN- on the rcad-daren't reverse
ms lever until he had nearly brought the
Tram 10 a stanqstili With the air brake
Otherwise said this story writer the
engine would have jumped the track
That Is TO say. II he had put on his al.
/ brake and reversed his lever at the same
ume the sudden stoppage and reversal
"oeHHld nave thrown her off.
NOW, all this reads very well. 7, sup
pose, to the general public who don't care
Whetner thing is true or not lust so II
interests them. It amuses 2 railroad man
LOT announcer reason FIe knows that an en-
glne won do anything of the sort When
ever there is danger ahead which com
Pels a man to stop right quick. he doesn't
nave any time to waste setting the brakes
ana then waiting for his train to slow up
before he throws his lever. He gives the
an bra axe shove with his foot ana throws
PACK the lever, all by the same notion
YOU might say. It's all done in second.
Then, If he has chance, he looks out
Tor hlmSelf; he has done all he can and he
jumps As a general rule. IL the acciderr
which he has prepared for really takes
place, he doesn't have time to Jump and
although engineers are as brave as any set
or men alive, because a man takes his life
IN hand whenever he goes out on a RIM
they often get the credit OF being heroes
ana sticking 70 their engines in the face of
Danger, when as a matter OF fact IL yvae
the the only thing they could possibly do.
Nhen man discovers q washout o..
another train coming toward him On tPa
same track it is usually too late to GET
OUT OF the way before the smash taxes
a place year in and year out which Is
liable to cost him his life at any hour o.
the day or night through the bIunder of
| body could fOresee or nreNent -