The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-16

'TlI register % T. at Franklin to-day, or
this mill will go to the shop on fiat car
tomorrow" Dave shouted back.
When through the tunnel and clear of
the freight yard, he dropped his hat in
the seat box and tied red bandanna
around his head. He was out for bust
ness Then was seen a bit of slick run
ming. The old engineer brought into play
all the fine points he had learned in
twenty years at the throttle He cut her
back. or dropped her down a notch as she
approached Says and knobs so slight as to
be imperceptible except to his tinely-train-
ed sense of feeling. He fed the cold wa
ter to her with the precision of a physi-
clan guiding a patient through a crisis
and babied and coaxed her ike a spoiled
child. And nobly she responded she
seemed TO lay her ears back take the bit
in her teeth and fly.
The fireman-mindful of his chiefs adj
monition, and that a mOdicum of the
credit of success, as well as ell the odium
of failure, would be his-toiled like a gal
ley slave Between them she carried the
white feather a her safety waive mile aft
or mile, and the Steamboat train was
wheeled as ii never had been wheeled he
fore.
1t was an ideal day. An early morning
shower had laid the dust and freshened the
dark, midsummer green of trees and grass
until they sparkled gaily in the bright sun
shine Even Grabbed old Dave felt the
soothing influence of the perfect day as
he tore along counting mile posts and
noting time. He congratulated himself
on the squareness with which she chopped
it off and the lively manner in which she
picked up her heels, until he remembered
that the kid had had the valves reset;
then he resumed the mental stunt known
to engineers as 'fggerin' ahead"
In, olyo fec of
a minute, in others he would Re thankful
TO hold his own. He must have enough
water in her so he could shut OF his in
jector and lace the life out Of her going
into New town. If old F9annlgan should
hold the semaphore on him to-day he
would feel like numbering him. And so the
old fellow unused as he rode along, getting
better natured every minute as he saw
that he was gittin' EN- there"
The approach TO Nowtown was "poky.'
There was a mile and half of liff grade
right up to the stat,on-that was where he
would need 10 have them going. Half way
up this grade the road was spanncd by an
overhead railroad bridge of SOLID masonry.
Fifty yards this side OF the bridge there
was freight yard switch, the track
branching off On Dawes side. The yard
was concealed from approaching tTans by
an immense coal shell. which. al that lime
Of day, threw d nse black shadow on the
switch. When the switch was open, It's
round red target bfazed a warning 10 APP
preaching engineers. When closed, the
thin edge of the sheet iron target was in
Wis bic. 70 render L absolutely, safe, il
was interlocked With a semaphore 900 feet
down the line.
The rules required that the samaphore
be pulled down-to safety-only when in
view Of the approaching engineer. II could
only be pulled down when the switch was
closed, because hole in the switch rod
would then be in position that would all
low the semaphore locking bar to pass
through Ct, locking the switch. When the
switch was open the solid rod was pre-