The Greenville times., 1895-02-09

sos got stuck On a coEF-xiue-denf
mashed on her. The bnIl-zine va,
called No lzp. and used 70 run from
here 70 Albany. tie was a handSoue
hang-up feli-r a ever / see. he vas
from the top Of his smokestael. q tie
tender coupler. There wara't . better
built bull-gine on the hull New Yorl,
central nor one that stood prouaer on
his driving wheels. 1t was a Spfenai.l
sight, sir, 10 see the way in whiel. tbat
great feller would I'll hisself m xvith
steam ard stand there lust a-fur,in,
and a-frettin till he got the word to 20.
Then he'd rear out just for the spiris
OF II and shake his crank pins and curl
ing IRONS, and go stalking up the track
Just as proud as Laeifer. But far an
ne was sueh a fine roaring bull-gine.
Dis great big blazing heart was as soft
as putty toward that eow-gine I've told
YOU o. She was yard engine and
WASH very much 10 look at. rset to
thlnk she was too high in the carriage
ana her gearing pins and star-bnckle
eogs never do please me. But. Lor,
oiess you- sir, you'd never dare TO saw
word agin her to old I79. or he blow
out all his steam gauges with rage
Nait a minute, won't you, please. -
SAID the new reporter, until | get
down all those technical terms correct.
~, because I've noticed that an the
other writers are very careful about 4
technicalities
That's right, sir; you can't he too
keerful about having the right word in
me right place. Why, thankee. guess
III stick to the same. sir. Well. as was
sayin' or was gwine TO say. No. l.g
hrss got stuck on the little yard cow
gine over here in the roundhouse. They
had stalls right beside each other ana
when she was run in for the night after
hard days work he'd come fivfng in
with the Albany express. and bless Won.
SIR, You could hardly hold him on the
turhtaese he was that tearin' to get in
snug and comfortable longsfde his ,
mash. Ono day, when they was very
ousy in the yard. they got No. l79 to
help along with her switches for an
hour or SO, and you never see such n
proud Old bnll-gine in your life. He
luAt hooted with joy, and praneed up
ana down the yard with his biler inst
glstenin' with pride. Well sir 1.
vent on like that for nigh pom two
rear, until all we engineers got 10 no.
-ieln OF 1t, and there was some talk az
oringin the thing up before the preSi.
lent meeting. Then one dav. during
ne columbian show out al Chicaqsf h
vas, old No. l79 had 10 run out TO Ruf.
Ter, and he was away two davs ana
rights. But bless your heart. he was
ISL as true as steel to her all the time
= was away. But whether She got
liited or not don't know or whether
was due to an order Of the yardlnas-
er l can't tell, but the faclx Is that
hen No, i5g got back from Butler
uii open my tirebox II he didn't find 4
nat cow-gine stalled in the roundhouse =
etween two great big whopping new
all.gines. When be see that he rot 50
aAiag red about the flrebox that the
oker was afraid he'd blow up. Then
give kind of inquiring toot on his
histle, but the cow-rine never 81
uch as give look his way. That was
oren he could stan They had got
IN on to the turntable, and was inst
out TO run him into the roundhouse an
ght next 70 broken-down freighter. oei
a away to the other end OF the
undhouse from his eow-gine. when he ,
: out one unearthly screech with -
escapes, and with the steam pour ,nr er
outen him from every valve. he T
'ks on and starts gim-aang up the .,r
'eS. Away he goes like lightning. \
yeiiing through the tunnels. clang. n.
his bell end letting out his whistle y Wa
mad thing. Then when he come