The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-01
A sLooD-cuRDLING APPARIrIox.


The Terrible Adventure II = Rail.
read Maa With nm Object.
Do animals walk in their sleep? asks the
Chicago Record.
1t would seem so, according to several
truthful persons connected with the Ring
ling circus. They maintain that they are
acquainted with a somna mbuiissic goat.
All Ringing tells the story. and not only
does ne vouei, for II, but there are half q
trains crew who saw the occurrence ard
who are willing to, but it's a good story,
all right.
We wero eut in Iowa last June" said
Mr.. Ringing and tx was hrs ght. clear
night that We made the run from Waterloo
10 Cedar Rapids Everything was going
smoothing, and all but the trains crew
were asleep after a hard days work. when
il happened. 1t came near causing the
death OF the brakeman on the fourth sec
ton OF Our trains-ard the goat was the
cause Of Ii all.
The brakeman was riding in the ca
boose at the rear Of the train ard the con-
dactor had noticed that he was watching
something on one OF the cars forward.
The train was runbiing along at a good
rate of speed and everything appeared to
be all right, but. continuing to note the
brakenan's fixed attention forward. the
conductor asked what he saw.
81 Il don't know what Ii u.s. said the
brakeman, but there Is some sort Of
queer-lookiug thing out there. and / can't
make IL out Tor the life OF me-
Nam queried the conductor.
Nope
'AnimaI?.
Nope
Then what the devil is itr
'' That's IL: it's the devil. sure enough
said the brakeman. as he began 10 scram-
bic down from his seat in e-.e cupola.
The conductor ordered him to go for
ward and End what the object was, and.
with determination 10 throw the thing
of the train. no matter what IL might be,
the raiiroader set out across the car tops.
When he came 10 the fat cars he had to
Chamber over cages. rolls OF canvas. coils
OF rope and other circus paraphernaiia
until finally he reached the car upon
which ne had seen the strange and mys-
FERROUS apparition. The strong moon
light threw GenSe shadows in the lee OF
the cages. and. while il was as bright
as day on the one side, IL was ali the
more gloomy On the other. The brake
man started around the dark side OF the
canvas-covered esus and had reached a
point Just at the forward end of the car.
when he heard a movement above him
and looked un. The sight he saw almost
chilled the marrow in his bones. His
hair rose on end and lie almost fell from,
The car-Would have gone under tho
wheels. in fact had he not ciutched the
iron ladder on it's side intuitiveiy
" Oh" he gasped. as he gazed at the
frightful figure glowering at him. with
glowing eyeoalls and an enormous head.
surmounted by horns. The ghouliSh face
was hewhiskered. and terminated I'm a
long. fierce beard. A hoarse. husky voice
uttered some unearthly sound and then
the arms of the creature appeared. Its
= nd. W. -. l.
breath was hot upon his face when tha
brakeman turned his back i'm the vain ef
Tort 10 fee. Ills feet refused 70 move; he
was as one Paralyxed. The hoarS. breath
lhs OF me hend was at his very ear now.
and the deeds OF his life his sins OF ou,s-
sion ana commission flashed before his
brain with Hshtning-like rapidly and
WIN startling vivldness. Then h. let out
q yen thar WAS heard by The engineer
twenty car lengths away. Ills wall ~ Ter
ror was his final effort. and as ne went
stumbling away toward the caboose. Yell
ing Ike maniac, he was caught hy some
OF the men who were sleeping under the
wagons on the cars and held until he
could offer an explanation
oh, boys. let me go. The dev!rs on
the car. he cried, then started answ for
the safety Of tie cab0ose
The men went forward tn the car he
had Just left. and one of them set the
rest roaring with laughter when he called
our that the apparition WAS the Nenaul-
csc goat.
Hes taken TO sleep-wagkIng again.
they said.
taatiohiug the rest - remain 7t,ie-
the BOYS watched the goat t. see vnaf
ne would do next. lie walked abnl. ,ba
top - the cage for time. then. indcinr
ms distance 10 a usceIy. unmindf,1I of the
motion Of the train. leapee down ,1pan
pile Of canvas. From there anntbar
tound landed him, or rather her. ,,noy,
The aoor Of the fat car. After WANDERING
ahout FOR minute ar teo in an z.,,a,-
emily asmiess wsy. not noticing any ~
the fasn. although she went ain,os, rIox,
enough 20 them to rub against ,he-, sho
walked u the dooy OF her cage tnrne,,
IN and when the bows losske,i AZ har
fe~ seconds later she vas iyiar dow
fast asleep. -
Never heard 81 a Slsep-walginr rn..
eaF Well that's just what that roat We
doinE all right. ard | guess she-S ~
only enc on recosd."