The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-19
EVANSVILLE, w. VA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER WIOI

men and one child badly injured. Try
TO sleep little now, dear husband |;
that Will be your best medicine. | will
call vou when the doctor returns"
She kissed him and went into the
n1xt room where the child was sleep.
ing.
One person dead. three badly hurt.
perhaps fatally, and through his fault I
lie had had no intention of doing this !;
all he thought of was the saving of
his child; bat had he right to under.
take such n fearful responsibility
when he knew what terrible consc.
! quences might follow?
He rose in despair; he could not
endure TO lie still the air of the room
almost choked him. In his ears still
sounded that fearful death-cry. With
trembling limbs he made his way into
the bedroom. Both wife and child
were sleeping. He looked mt them
silently, and bitter tears streaIned
down his checks. What would become
of those he loved so dearly?
Slowly he went down the stairs; he
could not meet the eyes of his dear
ones, and without word he opened
the door and was out on the street.
There lie stood for some little time
the fresh air seemed to do him good.
The town clock struck lit was
enrly yet. Mechanically he turned
his steps toward the engine house; he
wanted 10 look alter his engine, as was
his daily custom. lie arrived ut the
shed; his engine was there no doubt
brought there by some of his CO.
workers. He locked Mt it sorrowfully,
and as of old began to examine it. 1t
struck him that something might have
become broken during the ride.
Suddenly he heard a loud laugh.
One of the workmen, whose duty it
was to take out the ashes and start the
fire, had come up behind him and now
said, iokingly:
81 suppose You want to see your
roast 2"
"Roast?" he asked. "What do you
mean?"
The other man laughed more than
ever
cit must have been n pretty goo Il
bump. L only wonder thai the en-
Slne didn't jump the track. Tue front
wheels were full of hair. | cleaned
the whole thing and dragged the car.
cess away. The ash box was full OF
bones; it was pity. on account of
the beautiful antlers."
So saying, the workman brought
out of an old shed where the fircwood
was kept, number of the broken
pieces of a deer's antlers.
There, you see, the poor fellow
Jared badly; he did not expect to be
disturbed III his roamings at night
time by the appearance of locomo-
tive. He was just about to pass the
crossing, and, frightened by the light
MT the front OF the engine, stood still,
and so you ran him down. | such
cases II deer sometimes acts more
stupidity than n sheep or calf"
Mattern leaned against one of the
wheels of his engine to steady himself
80 the cry he hal heard had been the
cry of dying stag! But, neverthe-
less, there had been an accident,
where some one was killed and others
wounded. Was he awake or only in a
feverish dream?
The talkative workman seemed to
guess his thoughts, or perhaps felt like
giving him news of which he seemed
to be in ignorance.
Engineer Keel was not rs lucky as
you. This morning in taking out the
early train he was unfortunate enough
to run against n farmers cart, al
though it was not his fault The man
who was driving seemed to be in n
hurry, and had taken the responsible
ity of opening the gates, SO as to cross
before the coming train, when he was
caught by the engine. The accident
might have been much worse, but Keel
quickly slackened speed when he saw
the open gates. If the train had been
going at full speed nothing could have
saved them; rs 1T Is, one woman had q
foot broken, another an arm; the
farmer and one child were only slight
ly stunned, and the horse escaped
without injury, although they were
flung far into n ditch the wagon, of
course, is all broken to pieces. Mr..
Mattern-what ails you? Let me
go!"
The man had cause to be alarmed,
for, like one bereft of his senses.
Mattern had suddenly thrown his arms
around him and kissed his coal black
encd face, crying aud laughing at the
same time.
Mattern, on account Of going
against all instructions, was taken be.
fore an examining committee and
fined one months wages, but other.
wise was not punished, rs it became
well known why he had done such n
desperate act. As for DIR. Surdo, no
blame was attached to him; on the
contrary, his humane decd brought
him considerable practice. -Tit-Bit5.
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