The morning times., 1896-02-09
SCHO0LHA'A ANS
NARROW ESCAPE.

| Ihey We're sitting beforc the Dig IRE
| place in Uncie join Watson's Kitchen, an
interesting and interested group. There
were several ncighbors who had lust strayed
in--nlen WHO lad faced the privations OF
early pioneer life in the mountains, and men
/ who had rushed to tie mecca OF fortune or
failure in Tie Pennsy lvania oil regions.
Uncle Johns commonplace but kindly dis
| posed vile sat stnokiLg her pipe III a cosy
| corner. There were, besides Georgiana,
| Uncle Johns niece, a girl with III. damon
face and swapping black eyes, The little
-schoolnia am who was boarding round'
and who secretly rejoiced TO find her lines
/ falieninsuch pleasan place.
| They were listening TO Uncle Johns
| stories of lie carry days. As he sat before
the fire, his strong features and angular
| form were outlined sharply against the
| glowing logs. He was a true type of that
class so rapidly disappearing grim,
/ undounted, resistlcss pioneer, whose yir-
tues Lave been, tod in song and story, and
whose memory is as refreshing as draught
offspring wateron OF day. From stories
4 of early harlships the conversation nat
urally dTifted into recital OF hairbreadtll
| escapes, the turning point being bear
story in which Uncle John figured as hero.
Il was walkin' down the road one eyenin'
/ when ! ne bar sIrollin a'ong rs II IT.
| too, enjoyed an evenin' walk, +" his story
! began. Il had played with the Injun boys
| long enough TO larn somethin' o bar natur,
so jest took off my hat, held il afore my
/ face and yelled for al | was worth. The
| bar RE and walked ha ok iDtotfe e WOODS
/ IS dignified S a judge, n cut fer home.
| / might hev made square meal fer that
! bar, but the Lord had otherwise ordained" :"
Ben Billings told how he had been left
| under a bench-some what disturbed nfL.
, tally but otherwise unhurt-by a h'ller,
| which made a hasty exit from the lngine-
house and landed 800 feet away. ,lake
i Brown told of his wind-up In the bull wa, el
lone more turn IN I'd hev been dashed
| agin the croSspieee. The drillcr saved me.
| He allus was thetooiest fellcr ever saw
| was Bill Kaney.'f
Il don't s'pose you've lived long enough
, 10 hev any close calls said Uncle John,
when the lite sehooiina'ams turn came.
Lon. yes l have,p said she. ut happened
| when / was teaching over at Spring
Greek and boarding at Squire Duncan's.
/ had good three miles to walk every
morning and evening. and was always z q Il
/ young fellow. with a spanking black tram
and a light spring wagon, came along. He
stopped and asked msif I cared TO ride. OF
course. preferred 10 ride under such favor
able circumstances. Ib was a June morning,
the air full of sweet scents and sweeter
music. and we were soon talking as agree
ably as if we had been old aequaintanees.
or course he knew people thatI knew, and
II Ex1s III
acquainted by the time we came to the
d. 4. V Railroad crossing. On the ties 4
! big milk snake lay summing itself The
horse shied and cramped the wal goh in such
,ncnn,r as to catch the hind wheel be,
tween two rails The young man turned
| white as ashes.
! g Get down and run for your lifei' he
| eaid. Til. sorning express is due, and this
IS i load of nitro-g'ycerine. must unload
Ithese cans. You may be able to get away
| before anything happens. Runl rum he
almost Shrieked.
| ''But had no intention of running away.
I helped him carry the cans, two at Il time,
to g safe distance from the track. II was
| terrible work-a false step or the jarring OF
| one can against another and all would be
| over with us. I gritted my teeth and
! worked like a machine. Every step was
| taken In the agony of fear. After the first
moment lie was as cool as cucumber and
handled the cans with wonderful dexterity.
| You see lie was used TO il and WASH t and
was tireadfully afraid of dropping can
from sheer fright. In a shor. time we had
| email ort hut cne, and that wasunder the
| seat. a dull rumble and an engine rounding {
| a curve blanched our faces and made our
hearts stand STILL"
"'You get that can while try to flag the
| train, he cried hoarsely.
81 climbed into the wagon. 1t seemed an
| age before l could reach the can. and an
eternity before landed with it and had
placed it with the others in the field. And
| then"
You tainted. Of COURSE" said Uncle
| John, with twinkle of his eye.
/ ,.No. | didn't" said the little school
| mann Il turned aud saw that the engine
| had stopped not two feet away from the
| wagon, and the people were crowding out
| Of the train to see what was the matter.
They locked scared enough when they
| found out how narrow an escape they had
| had. The train soon TumbIed on again
| and | helped him to load the cans. He
| said coed many complimentary things,
but he d:dn't ask me TO ride on to school,
I ana l preferred waking
.sHe ort TO hev fell in love with We In
genuine story book STYLE" said Uncle
| John .sThere ort to be quite romantic
end to that episode. He should be a
rich young feller who aXed ye to marry
him and took We Off to Europe on weddin'
| tower
eHe was rich enough said the little
sehoolmaam blashing prettily; ''but one
| can't have more than one romance at a
| time, Uncle John. His father owned the
factory and made a mint of money out of
it. The young man did call several times.
but Jeff Duncan didn't quite like his call
ing on me, and jeff thinks he has the best
reason in the world fer objecting."
| And the little schoolma'am glanced
shyIy down at the torQucise ring on her
plump third finger.- Chicago Times-Her-
| aid.
-
Greek and Greek
''Nolice-This umbrella belongs to John
| l.. Sullivan, who willreturn in ten minutes -
When the owner of the umbrella returned,
in place of his bluff lie found the follow
in:
"P. S.-This umbrella was taken by the
champion pedestrian of the United States