The herald., 1896-01-05


the sun shining. But Schwartz walked
up the hill. He never could explain
why he did, or what moved him to do
SO, Sixty rods up be foInd where
the mountain had settled down
on the rails. Fortunately he had
plenty of time to think. He clint ed
over the mud and rocks and pine
logs that had come down, and bumped
himself up the track. Up toward Bo-
reas ne could hear the freight train
coming down. 1t was double header,
with Enginser Specs in the forward
cab. On came the train and up putfed
Schwartz. Specs and his fireman
weren't sleeping, and when they saw
Jake's lantern making all kinds of cir
Giles and elipsee in the air they gave
the train the brake. They slid past
Jake and stopped less than sixty rods
from the landslide. It's a Thousand
Chances to one that if some inexplica-
ble influence hadn't dragged that Sec
ton man cut of his bad and started
him out to walk for his health, not one
of that train crew of SIX or e egnt men
would have made another trip. 1t was
certain fall to death that lay at the
track side"
Cy Warman, the Colorado poet, gives
from bis experience an Incl lent pre-
senting similar features. Warman was
once fireman on the Denver and Rio
Grande railway. He has since turned
his railway experience to good account
In literary way.
"One night" said Warman, tive had
smash-up on our division, which re-
suited in the killing of one Of the
brakemen. He was a good boy, re-
lu Tn 4
sorry to lose him. We took the body
back on the wreoking train, and two of
us-myself and another msn-were de-
tailei to accompany the .sket back to
Indiana. We telegraphed ahead to the
young mans family, but three days
later, when we reached the little way
station, we found the dispatch still in
the office. The parents lived six miles
in the country, and hadn't been in
town that week. We hired wagon
and started out on the joy ess trip
There is nothing cheerful in coming
unannouncsd to the home OF parents
with the body of their only son. Some
distance from the farmhouse we
slowed up, and the driver. who was an
acqu 4intance of the family, walked
ahead with me to break the news. The
old mother. her eyes heavy with tears,
met us at the door.
Have you brought my poor boys
body?" che asked.
II was at loss what to say, for her
question, evidently based upon
knowledge of the accident, disturbed
my arrangement of the statement of
facts.
az knew he was killed. she went on.
Il saw him last Tuesday night lying
dead beside the railway track She
also described accurately the position
and nature OF the injuries which had
caused death. The principal hurt WAS
deep c t across the temple and left
side of the face.
Later she told me the full story of
her vision. On the preceding Tuesday
night about 10 o'clock, and shortly af'ar
golug to bed, she ha1 An impress on
the wreck. The mental pictu wa
somewhat confused; the only inct
OBJECT WAS the body of her sou , .ug
by the track. She awoke her hus 49,
and told him OF her dream. He was
disturbed at the time, but soon argued
himself into calmness and unbelieF
The mother knew her son was dea 1,
and did not cease to mourn him. AS
matter of facr, the wreck occnrrei
Tuesday night between and 10 o'clock,
which time would correspond to the
time the woman had the vision, as the
difference between the Indiana and
Colorado time is not far from one
hour.
"How do you explain it?" concluded
the poet.
One man in Colorado certainly does
not believe in signs, omens or Jonahs.
He is III. III. Tammen, who, with Frank
Bontils OF Kansas City, recently b ,ught
the Denver Evening Post. The paper,
owing to an outspokeD, frank way OF
dealing with matters of local int rest,
has largely increased its circula ion,
and gives every promise of being a
winner Mr.. Tammen is young man
who before his newspaper venture had
built up large business in Colorado
gems and minerals and cnrios. Among
nsr articles of personal adornmenJ
he wears large opal.
"How Can you make the two enter
prises of opal wearing and newspaper
publishing harmonize?" he was asked.
"Don't you know that an opal is ihe
worst thing in the world for the circu-
laiion department."
Don't believe it," replied the un-
OauQt6Q mau; "Cuere Is no more DHQ
luck in wearing an opal than there is
in finding 500. L always wear one,
and when things go against one l lie
another to my watch guard. Ten
years ag '" continued Mr.. Tammen,
interestedly, II was just starting in
business, and owed an eastern house
$500. l went to see them to get an
extension of time. Any attempt to
pay up would have laid me out fiat. I
had an opal watch charm then as big
as the end of your thumb 1 made |
my talk to the manager, and he not |
only enlarged my credit with the
house but let me have $500 in cash.
l owed that concern $35,U00 bef re- 1
owed it less. Today don't owe 800, |
and have got enough in the bank TO |
run this paper year. At tie end of
that time I'll have enough to run it an
other. Don't decry the opal."-W. E.
L. in Chicago Tlmes-Herald.
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