The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

"llczckiah W!Gtcts,' said one gentle
man. rising aud placing chairs for Miss
Alden and myself. was about to tell
of the Phantom Train which IL popu-
larry supposed to appear every Goth
of september"
Let us not interrupt his recital"
said Mr.. Acklcy as We all exchanged
Eiun,ca.
You see said the old man. Il was
hustlcr down to Cohos, aud | was n
tcndin' to my duties. when into the
stable comes u young man. gentccl but
sorter disslpated loOkin', md with
somcthin' In his eye that I didn't like
the looks Of.
They tell me at the house that I
cant get 10 Dixville tonight. but I'll 20
II the devil will help me. and | believe
he wlll'
"'Thcy say he helps his own says
|, pcrlitcly. but he didn't seem to mind
what | said.
"'IOu see says he. there's u young
lady with me. an her mother Is very
SICK. If We can get through the Notch
tonight maybe she will see her mother
before abe dies. We've cot to 20 an we
will go
but there ain't no train and there
amt no team that Lucs this time or
night says |. and | turned round to
card n or the hosscs aad when | look
ed round he want there. was sur
prised, because you see. the stable doors
opened and shut terrible hard and
squcaked on their hinges.
We'll. he was gone. Vanished like.
| went up to the house an the cook an
the chamber maid was u taikin' about
u lady in the parlor.
shes handsome as a drawn pic
ture,' says Mary. and her Teller IL
handsome. too. They're q runaway
couple, ! blcvc.'
Handsome said the cook, He's
too wicked lookin' to be handsome.'
81 wish | could see her says |. for
you see ! pltied the girl II she was go
ing to run Off with that man.
well. come with me-. says Mary.
i guess you can get n look at her, for
| am Jest a goin' to ask II she wants
ANYTHING
Il followed Mary ms fur as the par
lor door. but I'm u minute she comes out
lcokin' scared. She amt there says
she.
Wall. ladies' ana gentlemen, no one
ever set eyes on them after that. but
strange sights and strange sounds was
heard that night by more'n one. MisC
Higgins. the m%llliner, was wakes ny
a noise like a train passin' her win
der, and Dick Henderson was run over
by a train and had his leg broke. There
want no track, mind you, where they
found him, and a good many folks said
Dick was too drunk to know what hurt
him.
but old Mr.. Fellows Is the soberest
man you ever saw. and he heard a train
a tOotin' and bcllerin' that night, like
all possessed. | hccred him tell ont
down to the store. He thought the day
ofs judgment had come. And the Wild
der Storm. a mother In Israel. II there
ever was one, says she was a comm
from a sick neighbor's and saw right
before her an inginc. but she didn't see
no n else Till the car passed her, and
then. sittin' by the windcr that was
all lit up, she saw a beautiful young
lady and she was a cryln'.
She felt so sorry for her. the Wild
der Storm did. that she says she never
thought of there beln' no track for the
ear til she got home and then she said
she shook like a leaf, and she remem-
bered that the smoke had a dreadful
curious smell.
Just a year from that night | hap
pened to be camped out In DiXville
woods. and long towards midnight. |
saw passln' high up on the peakld
rocks a train tearin' along at a ter
rible rate. 1t was all lit up. but there
want only the ingine and one car.
Twas too fur off to see inter the win
dows. but ! knew II was the same train.
That Teller was a tendin' of the ingine.
and the pretty girl was cryin' inside.
| was sure ont, fur when a man calls
on the devil as he did, he's sure to git
help, and he's pretty sure to git more'n
he wants ont.
wall. the next year ME and Jim
Gallagher thought we'd git higher, II we
could. an so we set out to climb the
rocks, 'lOng In the afternoon, but sure's
your born, we never got no higher,
though We elm an elm. When night
came, we was in n different place, but
no higher. BY an by the train came
tearin' along. II looked wickeder this
time. The ingine seemed possessed, an
belched an blowed an quivered, and
throwd fire, and this time ! could Just
make GU the figger of a man walkin'
on the car. l looked round at Jim an
he laid on the ground rollin' an twist
in as though he was In n fit. l shook
him pretty rough an he set up and
gasped.
"'Wall, Ki,' says he. i never believ-
ed nothln' before that you ever see II,
but that's a phantom train, sure 'nough.
Where's II goin' to-
"Sure's the world. ! never thought of
that, but Jim's a readin' Teller, you