The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05


/ the handles, put his feet or the ped
tls ard in another moment was spin
IS along: Increasing his speed by
pushing With his feet and pulling and
,ushing with his hands
Perhaps you have seen a railway tri-
cycle, or 'yeIociDede." as they are
called; for they are much used by road
+ masters, inspectors and others who
want to go over their railways. indie
pendent Of the trains. If so. you must
have noticed that it has two large
wheels which run On one rail-, and
smaller wheel at the end of an arm
reaching across the track. which runs
ION the other rail- The body of the We
Ilocipede and the weight of the rider
rest chiefly on the two large wheels.
Benny had been permitted to taloe
rides on his fathers velocipede q num-
:, Der Of times: little rides on the track
and switches at the station and under
the eye OF his father; but he had never
been trusted to make such a trip as the
one he was was now undertaking.
Perhaps he would not have been
trusted 10 make ii now. but that Mr..
iSelwyn was hammering at the landslp
With the engine and a fat car, using
! them as hatteFing ram, and he be-
lieved Benny could bring the fuses on
| the Yeiocipede quicker'than they could
| be got in any other way, aside from
! the use Of the engine. He knew that
no possible harm could come TO Benny
from the fuses except through the ID
| most recklessness-
Propelling the veloeipede UP the steep
! grade from Eimdale to the CIT Was
| bard work. and long before he got there
| Benny found his arms and legs ach-
ing. and vas glad to Gisrnount when
! the journey was ended
Three or four fat cars and work
| ing train caboose were standing en- the
track at the end OF the cut. Benny
left the veloeipede on the track behind
these, putting small stone under one
Of the wheels TO keep it from starting
! backward down the grade
A stone so.large 1t could not be moved
except by blasting had fallen into the
! cut. and against it the dynamite was to
be directed Benny saw some of the
sticks of dynamite, and was almost
frightened when he observed a work
| man CIR GUS OF them in Two
Naturally Benny wanted to stay 70
witness the blasting and the work of
clearing the cut. but his father. fear
lpg he might be hurt ordered him
home. and. somewhat downcast, Benny
| started back on the VeloeiYede.
He grumbled TO himself and lost
| much Of the pleasure Of the downward
journey But the velociDede ran so
/ smoothly and easily that he really
found il hard TO suIk; and before the
trip was ended how gladly Benny Sell
| wSn was that he had promptly obeyed
his father
The sun sh6.le pleasantly after the
rains. The tops of the distant mount
aims swan in smoky blue and the
nearer heights looked green and re
freshing. Birds were calling from the
trees, and gray squirrel hoped
across the track in front of him and
| stared at him questioningly from a
! bough as he whizzed by He did not
need 70 use either hands or feet to pro-
| pei the relocipede, and when ne shut
1 his eyes ne could fancy he vas flying
! Thsn ma explosion OF the dynamite
! ia1pad tho- hrsls.
= e'=.s;iS i. is Just too bld father
| wouldn't lat me stay and sae thar was
| Benny's reibelllous Thought I'm sure I
! shouldn't. h2va got hurt"
de could see tbs top of the station be-
| ycTd the bend. ac1d s001 would tie able
! 10 see the houses He Gid not want to
arrive tEsra too quickly, ard put a foot
On the brake to dsarsasa his speed
\ iittle laeT he heard an olninOus
! roar. He pressed sttA harder On tina
! brake, ard brought tina ve1ocIpeda TO a
! fun stop, twisting his body avound that
| lle nlcht see UP The track.
. itre lSar sT6W lCud5T and louder 1t
! teeh- on a quick rsthnio bsat of rapidly
running cars Then Bsany's cheeks
paled. as IKE caibooss a1sd fat cars shot
into view. coming down The steep grade
at frightful speed. and running away,
as ne ltTlslw-
Benny learned ap,erwsrd that only
enc brake had been set ON the cars. and
| Il ssah,sgy, and that tie shook Of the ex-
( picsi0n had sat them in melton No one
4 WSs on ltaam at the time, and they
I gained hsadw7y 50 quickly they could
not be reached by any of the qnaa,
While 80 much esrth had r.ippc1 l-.p
The cut bshind the engine it could not
! be brought into instant Use.
Inv0iuntarily Bennys foat came off
the brake, and he began 10 urge the
veloc3ueGIe forward but he began to
! question Immediately If it would not
| be SAFER for him TO leap off ara try 20
| lift the Velocipsde from the track.
The question was settled fer him in