The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-06
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were going so fast that his words
never reached Peter. who stood with
his hand On the lever watching grim
Is the track In sront As Swipes con.
tinucd o. shout ont the mile-posts,
cried
Hold ON, lts the telegraph poles
you are eouniingl'
NO, Il isn't" h. replied. Its the
mile-pusts."
"Nonscnse~ I cried. AT that rate
We are going 40 The rate OF one hun
dr'd aud elght miles an hour"
- hundred aud eight Il II. then" be
raid. stoke her up Peter"
| then called the general managers
attention 20 the fact that Il was not
etiquette 10 tell an engine driver Ia
"stoke up" "a that duty was per.
formed by Rllly Jones. lie apparent.
~ learned for the first time that en-.
rirccrs do not Do their own stocking,
and he thanked me for the informa.
ton. AZ last the mlle-stones passed ~
rapidly thai Swlpes could not keep
track ~ them. 10 We abandoned the
attempt 10 count them and took only
the stations, as we had record of dis.
lance between them. | saw now, by
making a calculation between two sta.
tlons, that we were going at the rate
Of lGO.45 miles an hour and my hair
would have stood ON end II Il were not
for the fact that Is was standing
straight ont behind. The oscillation
WIS something dreadful. ana once
REALIZED with horror as we swung
around n curve. that all four wheels
were on the track. and that we were
lying IN mid-air; luckily. however. the
wheels came down on the rails and all
was well once more. BY this time the
stations passed ms In one continuous
streak, as II we were running through
the suburbs of big city. and | was
wondering all the time when we would
come 10 the town; hut finally realized
that i was impossible 10 keep time.
even with my excellent watch and ~
we would have 10 lump the thing By
calculating how long Il took rs 10 come
from London 10 Glasgow. The I'D of
my watch. which | had. inadvcrtcnt.
~. exposed to the breeze. snapped aud
blew away. and saw that the gold u
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flake Oh. 80 pat Il In my pocket tn
rave the rest OF H. knew II was
not yet two hours since we left Ion.
don. aud, TO my nmazemcnt. | spled
the spires ~ Glasgow. I recognized
the place. because was born there.
THAT can't be Glasgow | shouted
20 Swipcs. "lf Il Is We have travelled
romcthng Ike two hundcd miles an
hour aud the Lord only knows what
speed we attained In making up Tor
lost time when we were crawling on
at seventy aud eighty"
That's Glasgow. al right enough"
said Swlpes Then h. yelled 10 Peter.
"l'or heavens sake. shut on stcaml
Don't yuu see where We nrcr'
But Peter was struggling with his
engine. and all At once be- yelled back
at Us.
Il can't stop her. slrg'
Heavens and earthr' said l. "What
Is a. le doncy"
Il don't know" said Swipes. Its
my own fault. | told I'etrr, IN the
hearing Of the engine. and she Is one
OF the cutest engines on the road. that
we were hound to break the Ancri
can record, which Is i've hundred and
ten miles. You zee. It's only four hun.
drcd AMI one miles, decimal i've. 10
Glasgow. and I'll bet you that brute
Of an engine l. bound to do the 0thel
one hundred and nine miles tonight,
even u she has 10 do Il ON the high.
way. Tile railroad stops NJ Glasgow,
ana don't know what's going to hap
rem
As be- concluded the sentence there
was q crash aud n hang. aud the next
moment We wcr' la the principal
street of Glasgow tearing along thu
rails of the street car line. Luckily.
the same law hcing la force as was iu
London, nobody was out on the street,
and 80 We went nt the rate Of Si.71
miles an hour up the main thorough
fare 81 Glasgow. and finally struck
the north read for the Highlands. 70,
ter WAS struggling all the time with
the engine, hut could make no progress
In his endcavor % stop her,
When We got about nifty miles on
the main ruad from Glasgow. some
times slowing down ~ Gi miles an
hour, ON the Hills, Peter, with white
face turned toward US aud shouted;
My God. sir We're on the Cralguc
puttoch Loeb rad. and the Crlignc
pultoch Loeb Is NJ the end OF Il, about
fifty miles ahead"
How far IL Il from I.ondonT yelled
Swlpes. putting his hands beside his
mouth to make the sound carry.
Tho middle Of Cnigncputtoch I.och
Is Just five hundred aud ten miles
from London. and It's over n thousand
feet deep In the middle" shouted Pc
tee.
That's where she's making forr
cried Swipes, unhurkllng the STRAPS
and cllnglng 10 the stool.
The hill snow rose gnndly around
MS IN the darkness and we saw the
black waters Of the loch,
Jump. Peter, jump" cried Swlpcs
as he threw on the straps.
Peter did 81. and cut the strap that
held me. Instantly we were all-p,s
ter the Ftokcr. Swipcs aud myself
lying on the hillside ON the heather
The doomed train plunged right Into
the center Of the lake u had com.
plctcd In aiO-mllc race. aud used M
the fraction by sinking a thousand
feet a. the bottom.
Luckily, none u MS were hurt IN the
slightest, with the exception that
Swlpcs sustained a compound fracture
OF the thigh; Peter had both arms
broken, Jones had all his ribs and one
arm smashed, while | had my verncL
ty spraned 30 badly that no one has
been able 20 believe a word | have NJ.
tered slnce.-Detrolt Free Press.