The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-05-23

l. Ill. ANGASl n1d1 1 lOISCG lIlC uCdJk1y
pa1lo-, the lock Of agony that seemed to
have frozen Gu his handsome sunburned
face. / saw the tears ill his eyes and
his broad chest Leave with his strong,
manly emotions and longed to comfort
him. At last. i'll a low. trembling voice,
he said, God bless thee, lad-aud Jen-
ME too" And then, with his hands
clinched ard his head low down, he
staggered slowly away. And I sat there
feeling that I would rather a thousand
times Lave died than have caused him
that cruel pain.
Once only did I see him after that,
for when st last | mustered courage to
60 home they told me how he had gone
ii an,l kissed them ono Iy one with
t%reriulous lips, ;Ea willie they were
wondering fca-fuliyw WY he was Sc pale
had gone CEJ and had lot coc.c back. I
knew.
Three years passed aNay-three years
Of happiness only Iaarred by the mem
CRY Of that last sad scene. Remembered
his agony. Saw, over and over again,
his Leaying chest. Heard his painting
breath aid knew tla5 he could net have
forgotten Jennie. | knew not then lLst
the tr.est happiness q ria can have
me from the Going of a noble, self
sacrificing action, ard that, surely,
in11st have been his. WeEever saw him.
Occasionally he wrote to us-neyer.
however, giving any address, and his
letters were posted at widely separated
places. He was an engine driver, and
that vas all We knew.
BDt there vas cne thing he never
cEli-fe1 II his letters, and that, Though
We anew i was there iefore We saw it,
always E-,tsse or eyes I'll, Give ny
love 70 jennie.
we were going to be married carly
III IS Spins, ald I N"s 1cokza@ Tor
N''+o Vlth afasn1 longing 20 f.c con-
summation OF n1y hepes. Iapn5 ti.les
they were, ana teday was happier than
taat ~ inc summer When, the farm
Wofk oeihg cone, she ard ! went lor a
monday 10 1hesser.
Oa GU Journey PACK a strange, awful
th.ng happened. was cleso e Jennie.
I1ef nan vas "a NINE, and we We're
dIcahaan2 Is the harry times 70 come,
W-lei1 suddenly We We're aroused by the
slizll1 whistle 81 the englne, z q few
sseeaas Si5ef 1Ae carriage began TO rocA
Neietstly lfeln side GO SIDE. | cannot
say TIA WIS not alarmed, but when
5eli-1e pus hef arm round EeGad chung
g 'he 1or protection, as trdstluily IS 8
ca1lt 'o II E1othef, my courage re-
turned. for vas proud o. that IN
FlLeiv t4ts'' NJ 'A-5 l forgot ny feaT ~
q leel-iig e sFFt1e responsibility. Al
1sst 1~Hlaaedlateiy ne tram began 70
sl&cAsn aesFh lh speed, and at last came
60 Z stShds1-ll, a2a az tue sane instant
VS. lies'fa q lealIal crash Then at N2s
sl-c--s.
let down the window and looked up
the ire treat soft clouds Of steam
We're roiling silently toward rs, their
an1er surface glowing g dull red as
though dyed with blood. Our train was
without engine, and Is the steam SLOW
Is a-ltte{- isWFty and 9ur eyes got acets-
tened TO the gloom we made out aboa5
q couple e hundred yards up the line
TIVE engines locked together as il q
aeath embrace, While TIC fragments q
I ga0as tram lay scattered around.
we hurried toward the scene Ct the
accident. The heavy goods engine lay q
It's see, I Jami4ea. between i ard the
rocky oanh was the passenger engine.
Inc NE i1aa been shaken out Il the
ayla5 enl5efs s-9Wed With q dull rcd
iishS' as they lay spread OFT en- the
ground ahos1s fragments OF wheels and
tSSi.ted roas, und6r the goods en-
CINE we dragged = poor fellow with