The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-11-11

2 Won't cross ! 5onl Euch believe II
d wswiil ieteh ths bridge bat Il We dos
= d, wou'i be bssausp don't drive thisby,
eaeibe Tor eli she's worth. We're dss
" men Il sho lamps The track Aud we'
D. dead meu II We stop short OF the rive
b so Ne migt, sc well lei hsr so aud tsk
= Oar chAnces
q sam huug ou 10 The lever and bnhg O
TO the edge Of the cab window, Nei,ht
. OF us could have kept our feet withou
D hsngiug on 10 something | am free I
. Say thst hrst along vas pretty bsdl
scared, but when the engine didn't lesv
tbs track, for all her slevings aud jun
. logs, began to think she would carry n
through, SO far as could see. the ht
dilut gain Any on us, but then We didn'
seem TO be gaining suy,bing 10 speak o
on the FIRE.
Presently Sam swors 10 general sor
OF way and sung ont TO me to rake uI
the FIRE. did so; aud then. supposine
that something must have dissatisfied him
| asked him what was the matter
That coyotes the matter, ssid hs. We
don't gain 40 inch on him and do most
eveflsstingly hate to be beat by a coyote.
| Here you take the lever while | lie her
lints little. I'm bound to beat that
coyote between here and the river or to
pile up this engine. never see such sn
impudeut brute since took to railroad
ing,
Well sam went out on the engine with
his oil can and when he bad oiled ber 10
bis satisfaction be came back and rsked
up the fre sgsin and fused round with
the gusges II seemed to have for 3otten
sll about the danger we we're in. and to
think OF nothing bat rsclng With that
coyote, Pretty soon we could see that we
had gained little 90 the beast. and Sam
was as cheerful as he would have been il
be bad been sitting comfortably 10 q
Bucepbslus saloon. He never so m uch as
looked back at the prairie FIRE, that was
as near as ever and ss bent on gathering
us in
The ground is sort OF loose and
swsmpy Just below here, If remember
right said |. Will abe keep the track do
you ttink2
Sam didnt answer me, for be was lean
ing out Of the cab and watching the
coyote, Suddenly be sings out, Hurrsh,
boyl The coyotes losing his wind
There sin't ten minutes more run in him,
and we'll be stop Of MIN 10 less than that
time.
Just then we struck the sxsmpy part OF
ibe road that had been speaking OF and,
one side OF the track sinking little too
ieep, the engine Jumped the rails aud
struck ont scross the prairie on her own
book. Sam aud Jump at the same min
ate, and when we picked ourselves up the
,ngine was u ing on her side sb ut a rod
,way from the track and the tender was
ryng TO climb over the wreck.
Thst there coyote won after sll, fsid
sam. He's got fresh wind, and he's I
to axe the river in time to save his
,scon. {
What's the use OF talking about him 2 {
sys l. Tell me what we're q ing to do 9
There amt any sort OF use in trying to
un, suppose2 |
Not the smallest grain, says Sam. That 6
Ire is due here in about fifteen minutes. |
nd We might as we'll sit down quiet and 8
isit for it. b
! saw that Sam didn't consider that 8
here was the least bit OF chance for us, /
nd you can imagine whether was scared 4
r not.
! did read once, says Sam, about a chap /
ho was riding on the prairie and was \
based by fire. same ss we are now. he
bot bis horse and ripped the hide of and il
raped himself up 10 1t. The hide be q
lg green, you understand, diGn't burn. n
I'd the man came through all right It's b
middliDg tough yarn, but ell the same [,
s thing that might have happened. ! q
link that II the hre would wait half an e
our till my boiler tubes cooled down, / 4.
,uld pull them out snd VIC could get o.
to the boiler, the me ss the man got ~
TO his borse's hide But there's DO use m
signalling that ire TO stop and lay mp fc
] siding igr bali 80 tour, l1st to suit tc
There is water 10 the tender, said !,
,uIdn't we do anything With that? ii
Your bead, psrdner, says Sam, getting Y,
3 aud going toward the tender, sin't 80 et
7 Iom being level. Lt's see how much /.
ster ve'se got. %
With that he opened the water tank and v
oked 10. v ere all lshtssys be. You cl
me along here sDd get into that tank O{
lib me. Well PIT the cover on when m
o fire resches as, and expect that we ID
u stand /, for fye minutes or so. It's at
heme that lays way over that fellows cc
,rsehide game. aud shouldn't wonder
it turned out satisfactory Tor oil con vi
nei, 81
The msuwhole was big enough TO let q Sc
40 through and when Sam and ! got Z
10 the tsak and crouched down 10 sort u
sitting position the wster came Just up Ct
our ehias, aud We hsd about ten inches az
herd room. Sam pulled tue iron cover
1T way over the hole and said, Nov
ire pretty cersin not to be roasted,
lick thst iire is aimiog st, In be some
iisiacliou to the better Of it. is
don't see, ssii |, that we're beiterine X
iuss very much by putting ourselves 10 B'