The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-10

-Boothby told Us another story about
phenomenal natural disturbance. says the
Chicago Record. He said ne felt tender
about IL because he had figured prOmi-
nently IN il himself. The story concerned
a habit engineers on the Eandalia and the
ono and AississlpDI roads mad OF racing.
Just east Of East 81. Louis is The cross
ing Of a belt railroad, and from ths<e on
10 the bluffs, seven miles away, is a
straight streak Of parallel track As the
outgoing passenger trains all leave East
81 LOUIS a about the same time IL was
me regular thlng Tor Ohio AID Mississippi
lives over these seven miles while the pas
sengers yelled defiance at one another and
wnooped and got excited The OHIO and
Mississippi hac one engine, the 3d. which
was able 10 walk away from everything
ever put UP against her She had numill-
ated all the Van engineers, excepting
B0Othby, and he fairly ached TO get a [ ner
one day, just as he had wh.stled for the
crossing, be heard another whistle, and,
looking over. saw the Ohio ana Mississippi
tram abreast. The engines number was
Boothby Strengthened up for the race of
his life. Tenderly. nOtCn by notch. he OPEN
ed the throttle while the fireman kent the
GA kettle just OF the popping point. over
the Bet tracks they went, the 90 along
side. To his JOY Boothby saw ne was .nch-
lpg away from his opponent. Like a stat
ue ne sat coddling the machine, and at
tne Irst mile ne was two cOach-lengths 70
the good. His passengers were shrieking
their JOY, while those on the Ohio and 81 is
slsslppi were dumb. The Ohio and Missis-
slppl crew, too, seemed astonished and
gathered on the platforms TO look over at
lne van new racer. II was BOOthby's
race in walk.
Suddenly the Van engineer saw some
tnlng was happening. Looking over his
shoulder, he found the O. and NJ train on
~ haIt a car-length back and surging
along like lightning. 1t scared him and
ne pulled her still wider open. Then did
tnat noble l62 engine respond. She leap
ed through the air. hardly seeming 10
touch the rails. Right at her shoulder
was the 60 BoOthby gave her more. They
We're DOth going within a mile a minute
BOothby said he never saw a locomotive
go Ike that 60 but he knew his machine
was as good as the best They plunged
Forward more fur.ously than the wind
Three miles. four, FIVE, and then-oh jOvi
the 90 began to fall back. At the ski h
mile she was TWO cCach-lengths behind,
ana as the trains swept away from each
other at the base Of the bluffs the O. and
NJ. was three train-iengths off to the rear
At Collinsville Hank Hubbard, white
faced, came rushing up to the lS2 as she
lay under the water tank getting water
Great heavens, Boothbyr' cried the
eeon d l,i; -do you know what you've
The o. and Ms hottest stuff, and
cooled Ii for EN-"
Yes, you have You've been running
against an earthquake. That o. and NJ
train was picked up by it just out of town.
a hill twenty feet high followed her
last Pullman and she was running down
NIL the entire way, being pushed forward
all the distance"
Say, Han" said Boothby, "did that
earthquake help us any?'
mo; we were 100 yards ahead of it all
the time"
Boothby climbed back on his box and
Hibbard returned to the train. But al
though BOothby's achievement brought
glory TO his round house he would never
race again. He said he didn't mind whip
ping an ordinary engine run by ordinary
steam but he didn't want to combat with
thing that laid up with devils and
was in league with cyclone, storm and
earthUuake