Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-06-13

mt ia her hest licSs now. what couid
We s.xIast wlsen we came 10 the high
grounds and the stiff glades of the
misiIands. This shouting Of SwiIes,
however. had no effect because We
yxey,4 aoIns 80 fast that his words
never reached Peter. who stood with
his hand on the lever watching grim
Nv the track In front As Swipes con-
tinued 10 shout out the mile-posts
cried
Held on. it's the telegraph poles
Won are countingr
NO, il isn't he replied. its the
mile-pusts.
..Nonsenser | cried ..At that rate
we are going AZ the rate OF one hun
dred aud eight miles an hour"
"a hundred and eight Il i. then, he
said Stoke her up Peter.
| then called the general managers
attention 10 the fact that II was not /
etiquette 10 tell an engine-driyer TO
stoke up as that duty was PER-
formed by Billy Jones He apparent
" learned for the first time that en-
gineers do not do their own stocking. |
!. ana he thanked me for the Informal
tion. Al last the nile-stones passed so |
rapidly that Swipes could not keep |
track OF them: so we abandoned the
attempt to count them and took only
/ the stations as we had a record OF dis
] lance between them. | saw now. by
/ making a calculation between TWO sta
{ tionS. thai we were going al the rate
Of 1t;n.45 miles an hour. and my hair
would have stood ON end IL il were not
for the fact that Is was standing
straight ont behind The oscillation
WIS something dreadful. and once
realized with horror. as we swung
around curve. that all four wheels
We're Of the track. and that we were
dying In nlid-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 IL we were running through
the suburbs OF a biz city. and | was
wondering all the time when we would
come 10 the town: but finally realized
that il was impossible to keep time,
even with my excellent watch and 50
We would have 10 lump the thing by
calculating how long IL took ms 10 come
from London 10 Glasgow. The lid Of
my watch. which I had. inadycrtent-
, / H. exposed 10 the breeze. snapped and
. blew away. and saw that the gold Of
/ the hunting ease was beginning 70
. fake on. so | put il In my pocket TO
! save the rest of H. | knew IL was
J not yet two hours since we left Lon
don, and, TO my amazement. | spied
the spires OF Glasgow | recognized
the place. because | was born there.
.sThat can't be Glasgow | shouted
10 Swipes III il Is, we have travelled
something like two hunded miles an
hour and the Lord only knows what
speed we attained I'm making mp for
lost time when we We're crawling on
Mt seventy and eighty
That's Glasgow. all right enough.
said Swi pes. Then he yelled 10 Peter.
"For heavens sake. shut of steam!
Don't you ss-e where we are
But Peter was struggling with his
engine. and all IT once he yelled back
at Us.
II can't stop her, sir.''
Heavens and earth!' said I. what
Ii ~ le donel"
II don't know said Swipes. Its
/. my own fault. told Peter. in the
il hearing Of the engine. and she II one
IL of the cutest engines on the road. that
) we were bound to break the Ameri
r. can record which Is i've hundred and
It ten miles. You see. It's only -four hun
(, dred and one miles, decimal five, e
1t Glasgow and I'LL bet you that brute
il Of an engine Is bound to do the Othel
a one hundred and nine miles Tonight
le even III she has To do il ON the high
H. way The railroad stops at Glasgow
n and don't know what's going to hap
ir pen"
A. he concluded the sentence Their,
5. was crash and bang. and the mex
ii moment we were IN the prineipa
At street Of Glasgow. tearing along tn,
N rails Of the street car line. Luckily
g the same law being in force MS was II
4 81
to and 50 we went at the rate OF s4.T'
a miles an hour up the main thorough
fare Of Glasgow. and finally strtci
N the north road for the Highlands. Pe
ir ter was struggling all the time witt
d, the engine. but could make no progress
in his endeayor TO stop her.
ne When we got about fifty miles Ol
ne the main road from Glasgow. some
ID times slowing down to GO miles al
ne hour, on the hills. Peter, with q whit
IN face turned toward us and shouted
My God, sir, we're ON the Craigne
! puttoch Loeb road. and the Craigne
pnttoch Loeb II Mt the end of il, abou
u. fifty miles ahead"
ri How far IL II from Londony" yeile'
II Swipes. putting his hands beside hi
be mouth TO make the sound carry.
e: 1.-THE middle OF Craigneputtocf Loo
from London and it's over thousan
r feet deep in the middle" shouted ~
m ter
OF That's where she's making for.
cried Swipes, unbuckling the strap
20 and elinglng to the stool.
.r' The hill snow rose grandly aroun
" us In the darkness and we saw th
We black waters OF the ioch.
Se lump, Peter. jump" cried Swipei
US as he threw Off the straps.
~, Peter did so. and cut the strap tha
~ held me. Instantly we were ALP
m ter the stoker. Swipes and myself
lying on the hillside on the heathe
ne The doomed train plunged right int
-, the center Of the lake. II had con
We pletcd its Jf0-mile race. and used u
~ the fraction by sinking tliousan
'fs feet to the bottom.
lk- Luckily. none Of us were hurt In III
slightest. with the exception ths
~ Swipes sustained n compound fractuI
M Of the thigh; Peter had both arm
~ broken. Jones had all his ribs and on
~ arm smashed. while had my vernc