Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-24
The Drummer From New York Nar-

The Drummer From New York <nr-
rntes a Bit oS Romance.
The drummer had just finished read
Ing story of a train hold-up and let
his newspaper fall into his lap.
II had rather romantic experience
once with train robbers" he said,
(which | think | won't ever forget. l
had been laid up sick for a week at a
tavern in Kansas town and my at
tendant had been a very sweet and
gentle girl, who was relative of the
landlords. She was such Il nice girl
that was in no hurry to get well, and
while I was putting it off all | could
was as industriously putting on the
chains of love- At the end OF ten days
was able to take up my sample case
again, and when | left the town my
gentle nurse was on the same train, in
my charge, bound for Kansas City.
where she was TO be met by friends.
had never talked love to her, and
fancy she didn't suspect me of any
thing except a desire to flirt a little,
but | had made up my mind TO talk
seriously to her before | let her friends
take her away from me.
Il fooled along, as most men do un-
der the same circumstances, waiting
for real good chance to come in, but
before | reached the proper condition
the train came to a sudden stop in
lonely place, and by the time we had
asked what the trouble was half
masked train robber stood in the aisle
Of the car with a revolver covering the
contents. The girl turned as white as
sheet and / thought she would faint,
but I told her she wouldn't be hurt,
and she sat there staring as II she had
turned 10 stone. AS it happened,
kept my wits and when a shot and a
shout rose on the air outside and at
tracted the robbers attention for mo-
ment, / whipped my revolver ont OF
my overcoat pocket and would have
got him sure, but as | brought the
gun around the girl at my side caught
my arm and stopped me. looked at
her in amazement.
Don't she gasped, its my faith
err and then she fell in n faint, while
the robber hurried out in response to
the calls from his partners.
"As for me- concluded the drummer.
81 thought probably it would be just as
we'll for me not to add to the poor girls
troubles by trying tc get into her fam
lily
make an encampment on a ledge of
rock in an unbroken forest asserts that
he witnessed the beginning of one of
the most destructive forest fires that
ever occurred IN that region A dead
tree of enormous size blew over and
lodged against another tree, which it
bent almost in the form of bow. The
fierce wind swayed the top Of the bent
tree which supported the trunk of It's
fallen neighbor. 1t SO chanced that
&here was space of several feet where
the fallen tree was smooth and rested
on the other. The force Of the wind
in sweeping the bent tree back and
forth soon ground the bark from the
trunk of the tree The friction caused
by this grinding developed high de-
gree of heat, and the tourist, to his as
tonishment, saw the wood of the dead
tree burst into a flame. The top was
soon consumed and fell, scattering
burning embers upon the dry leaves
for some distance around. These
famed to flame by the wind, soon
created Il fierce fire that swept over
miles of valuable timber Much blame
has been attached to campers and ma
licious persons who have, it is alleged,
started fires either through careless
ness or for a desire for wanton mis-
chief. Owners of large tracts of land
would do we'll to keep close watch of
their forests during and after heavy
wind storms which are not accompa-
MED by heavy rain. A little precau-
tion might save thousands of acres of
valuable timber