The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-28

who had their kni ss drawn. 70 hRht Tor theiI
wished him God-speed. while halt a dozen
panic.snitten tinpot. railroads pcrked no.. and
spoke 10 the:wonderful IL ings they would have
done had not Cheyne buried the Ratchet.
L. was n busy weekend among the wives
for. now that their anxiety was removed. men
and cities FASTENED TO Accommodate. Los
Angeles called to San Diego and Barstow that
the Southern California engineers mi Eht know
aud be ready In their lonely round houses. Bar
stow passed the word to the Atlantic and Pa
ciiic. and Albuquerque lunR II the whole
length of the Atchison. Topeka and santa re
management. even into Chicago. An engine.
combination gar with crew. and the great and
gilded "ConStance' private car we're e. be Eek
reditsd" over those 1880 miles. The tran
would take pre- cedenco OF III others inee ting
ind passing: all drsDatchers md crews OF every
one Of those said rains must hc notified. Six.
teen engines. sixteen engineers. and sixteen
frcmen would be needed. each AMI every one
the best available. Two and a half minutes
for watering. AMI two for coaling. warn
the tnen aid arrange tanks and cnutes nc cord.
insly; FOR Harvey Gheyns =, in = hurry; q hurry
hour viii be expected. and division superin.
tenhcnts vii ACCOMPANY This speCiai over their
respective divisions. From san Die 70 10 Six
tenth street. Chicago, let the magic car pet to
laid down, furry! oh. hurry -.
IT VIII he hot. said Cheyne. ns the. rolled
going To hurry, mother. Just rs fast as ever
we cnn.hut l.don,t think there's any good 4 fyour
better lie down and take your medicine. I'D
play YOU n game o dominoes- but It's sunday"
III DC kOOu. OH. III NN kDOu. Only TAX
inr on my bonnet makes me feel as ii we'd
Try to sleep n little. mother. AID we'll be
But It's Boston. father. Tell them TO hurry"
TIT ~si&.inot drivers were hnmmering. their
wastes. bat this wa. no grade for speed. That
followed the .hea, OF the hills a; they tarnci
The car cracked in the utter drought and
glare, and they put crushed ice TO .drs.
grades. past Ash Fork. toward Fiiasstaii. where
the forests and quarries are, under the dry. re-
mote. stars. The needle OF the speed indica-
tor Kicked and wagged 10 and fro: the cinders
ratified ON the roof. and n whlrl of dust sucked
after the whirling wheels. Tho crcw OF the
combination sat on their hunks. painting. in
their shirt sleeves. and Chcyno iouLd himself
among them shouting old. old stories OF the
railroad that every trainnan knows. Above
and how the sea Ind given up is dead. and they
nodded and spat and rcIoiced with BIN; asked
s saifG . nngFii f. e' Il the sa' as.ine sna ,.i Tsf har ont sh a
piece and Chcyne thought she could. Ac.
.ordinGlv, The great tire,.horsc was let out
pcrintendcnt protested. But Mrs. Chcync.
In the boudolr stnteroom. where the French
maid. sn~llow-whi'e with fear. chung 10 the
ana begged her husband To- bio them hurry"
And so they dropped the dry hills and moon:
drilled on till the crash OF the cot plinps and
the wheczo OF the brake hose told them they
were at Coolidge by the Continental Divide.
Three bold and experienced men cool, conf
dent, and dry when they began: white. quiv-
ering. and wet when they had finished their
trick ut those terri lie wheels-swung her over
the great dips and falls from albuquerque to
Glorietta and beyond Springer. up and up TO
the Ration tunnel on the State line. whence
they dropped rocking Into Ia Iunta. had sight
OF tue Arkansaw. and tore down the long slope
to Dodge City. Here Cheyne took comfort once
There was very little talk 10 the car. the ses.
retary aud typew ritter sat together on tho
stamped spanish leather cushions by the plate
glass observation window ut the rear end.
watching the surge and rippl. OF the ties
crowded back behind them. and. II IS believed.
making notes or the scenery. Cheyne moved
bet wecn his own extrava CANT gur-
aud tho naked necessity OF the con-
an uulit cigar In his teeth. and the
crews forgot that he was their tribal
enemy. ami did their best to entertain him.
AT night the punched %elestrics lit up hat
Jared sumptuously. swinging on through the
OF abiect deeolGtion. No Y they
heard the swish OF a water tank. and the gut
tural voice, OF n thinaman. the clink- cliuk of
that tested the kruDp-steel wheels,
and the oath nj II tramp chased off the rear
now the Slid crash OF coal shot into
the tender. and now a beating back OF noises
A. they flew past u waiting train. Now they
looked out into great nbysscs. IL trestlc passing
out half the stars. Now scnur and ravine
changed ard rolled back to Jagged mountslnson
the horizons edge. and now broke into bills low
er and low:r TIL at last came the true plains.
At Dodge City an unknown hand threw In a
copy Of "a Kansas pa per containing some sort
Of an interview with Harvey. who hat evts
IDENTITY fallen in with H. enterrrising reporter.
on from Boston. The joyful jour
nalese revealed that 1t was beyond question
Her one word hurry was conveyed to tho
engineers at Nickerson, Topeka. AMI Marcelinr,
The continent behind them. Towns and vii
lagos we're close together now. and a man could
feel here that he moved among people.
~ can't see the dial. ami nj eyes ache so.
What are we doingT"
The very best we can. mother. There's no
sense IN getting IN before the Limited. We'd
II don't care. want to feel we're NOV
ing, sit down and tell me the miles"
Chcyne sht down and read tho dial for her
there were some miles at S2). but the seventy
foot car never changed, is long steamer. like
a giant Ice. Yet the speed WAS not enough
Tor Mrs. Cheyne, and the heat. the remorse-
less August heat was making her GIddy; tho
tlUck hands would not move. and when, oh,
When would they be in ChicagOi
IL Is not tri" that, rs they changed engines
At Fort Madison. Choyne. passed over TO the
Am~algamated brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
pineers an ehdow me- sufficient to enable them
10 hight him and his fellows on equal terms for
more. lie paid HE obligations TO engineers ever
and hremcn AS he believed they deserved, and
only mis-, bank knows what. he gaze tho crew,
ord that the last crew took entire charge OF
swltcning operations NJ Sixteenth street. bc-
,ause she" was In a do2e at last. and heaven
TO help any one who bumped her. Now
Shore and Michigan Southern Limited
from Chicago To Elkhart Is All autocrat, and
he does rot approve OF being told how To back
ip 10 u car. None the less he handled the Con.
STAGE" a. she might have been = load OF dynn-
mite. and when the crew relukcd him they did
I In whispers and dumb ihoN.
N'Pshaw w said the Atchison, Topeka and
santa re men. discussing life lR;er:"'we weren't
rnnnin' for n record. Harvey Cheyne's wiz
she were sick back. an we didn't wart to iounce
.er. Come 10 think. OF 1t, our runnin' tim.
from San Diego 10 Chicago was 81 sol. You can
Tell that To them Eastern way trains. When
we're tryin, for n record, we'll let you know."1
To the Western man Though this would not
please either city Chicago and Boston are
heck by Jowl, and some railroads encourage
he delusion. The Limited whirled the Com
stance" into Buffalo and the arms OF tho New
y ORR central and Hudson River ullustrious
nagnntes with white whiskers and gold
on their watch chains came on here 10
lax a little business to ChoyneI who Sid her
gracefully into Albany. where the Boston and
Albany com plctcd the run from tide,, alter 10
dewatcr total time, eighty-seven hours and
minutes or three DAYS. fifteen hours
and onc-hnlf. Harvey was waiting for them.
After violent emotion most people and nl
boys demand food. They feast. ID the returned
prodlgai behind drawn curtains. cut OF In their
great happiness. while the trains rohrrd in
and out around them. Harvey nte. drank,
md enlarged on his adventures ali ia one
and when hc had Il hand free his
mother tordled II. His voice WIS thickared
with living ~, tho open. salt air; his palms