The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-10-03

ing Off. for she was running at GOOD
pace. and the snow on the tracks niaue
the ears lurch and swing. l looked
up and through the snow and the DARK
/ recognized the landmark, and knew
we were nearing the water tank, where
Johnny's girl lived. Just at that mo
ment the train gave frightful JERK
and | saw the engine go rearing IN ar,
and about a hundred feet ahead
saw a lantern swing wildly In the ar
and go down. went fat on the ear
and hung there for dear life. we
stopped in ten or twenty yards and
swung off the car Ike mad. Great
God / thought, IL that was Johnny!
"Something made me feel that ne
had gone under the wheels and when
| crawled ahead a few cars there
found him, lying all white and still
He was too much stunned to say
word. We picked him up and started
to carry him to the hOuse-where Jen-
ny lived. / saw that the wheels had
gone over both legs-over one near the
thigh and the other below the knee
Ny but he was a game lad, for all the
torture Of carrying him up the NIL
couldn't wiring a word from him. we
knocked at the door and said one OF
the boys had got hurt-that the engine
had jumped the track. A white little
face came to the door and looked at
us a moment, and then as soon as she
saw me and my face Jenny shrieked
out, It's Johnnyr But she didn't
faint or cry, nor say another word.
We Just carried him In and put him on
the bed and she took charge of him.
One Of the boys rode over to get
doctor, but when he came he saw at
once that 1t was no use. 1t was only
a question of how long Johnny could
survive the shock. He lay there very
quietly, and finally when the doctors
examination was finished, he said: us
there any show, old man?'
IL couldn't reply, but he knew as |
turned my head away what the an
swer was. Johnny was quiet for a
| luOutult anu lhth puiiihS jenny > mana
with his own weakly, he said in a
husky voice: Little girl, | want 10 90
home And that he insisted an all the
rest of the night. We didn't think
that he'd be alive by morning. But he
was, and we decided to put him on
board the morning express. The
wrecking train had thrown the engine
out of the road and cleared the track,
and when the express came down we
tagged her and took Johnny aboard.
All Jenny would tell us was that his
father lived In New York. But she
gave the conductor an address for a
wire.
I'VE didn't think that he would last
the journey, and about half way down
he suddenly clutched Jenny's Dand
hard and then lay back still. The
little girl threw herself upon him sob
bling as If her heart would break, bui
1t didn't do any good. Poor Johnny
was gone"
Joe paused a moment and looked
into the fire.
"Well," he said, "to cut 1t short, wher
we got into Jersey City Johnny's IA
Their was there. 1t didn't take NOR,
| than a glance at his clothes and mi:
! portly bearing to tell me that he wa.
rich man. lie sprang into the chi
/ and would have pushed me out OF tn,
/ road. l knew who he was, and | helI
on to him, and l said: Wait a MN
r ute. Johnny was pretty badly hurt.
, He grabbed me like wise, and said
5 in a set voice. Can he liveY | shoOl
! my head. and he gasped, is he
I II led him over to where the DO,
I lay, but he didn't want to see him
1 He looked very hard at the little cir
e who sat there sobbng. and said. slow
2 ly. is thls-JennyT And then he tool
r her very quietly In his arms and kissel
B her.
. Il went to the funeral the next day
I That was the day before Christmas
/. The old mans hair had turned whit,
b and his face was as lined and rigi,
v as though he was mounting a scat
Y fold. He was twenty years older thai
[ the morning | saw him first. 1t seem
q that johnny had been brought ur
( like most boys. to have all the none
he wanted He got wild and in with
|, fast gang. and, to try to curb him. hi
h father. who was a wealthy banker
A got him place in store as cashier
n Johnuy's allowance wasn't enough, an
4 he made 1t up out OF the cash drawer
q When 1t was discovered his fathe
! made up the amount, and then ser
4 Johnny adrift He never spoke to hil
, afterward. and when Johnny, after
. years good service on the road. al
: pealed to him for money enough
9 get married on the old man returne
n the letter. | found 1t in Johnny's COS
a pocket the morning we took him home
r. The train whlstled for a station. an
Il "Joe." grabbing his lantern. escape
4 into the night and the falling snow.
New York Herald.
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, Memorial TO John Hancock.