El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-13
A SURE ENOUGH GHOST.
1t Carries With 1t All Signals Used
BY Railroad Men In the Train
ServiCe-the Story as Told BY
An Enqineer.

An Engineer.
Saturday was bitter cold day and
the ferceness of wind drove all
whose duty did not require their
presence On the streets to seek shelter
and warm fire. In consequence of
this there were clustered around the
stove in the G. II. g. S. A. depot, q
crowd of railroad lights in the train
service. The crowd seemed to be
directing their criticisms at an indi-
vidual who sat to one side but
be present, noticed that he
was not in the least affected by the
pointed remarks which struck him.
The laughs of the those assembled
werelouo and harsh and mirth FREEDOM
mated. When one of the crowd MOTTO
ed the reporter standing close by he
remarked something like this: ''Ssy,
reporter, talk to that man He'll tell you
something rich, The reporter, did
watch his chance and when the crowd
had their victim thoroughly mutilated
with jokes they departed.
At this point the reporter saw his
chance and ne approached smilingly
and asked the cause of all the merri-
ment, and the solemn individual, who
has had considerable experience on the
engines running between Del Rio and
u }. i
very earnest tones:
"They a~e all good friends of mine
and let them enjoy themselves at my
expense if they wish to do so. 1 would
not by even one word of contradiction
mar their pleasure. It was all caused
by true narrative of one nights ex-
perieDce between SandersOn and Del
Rio. 1t will not take me long to tell
you and if you will just for one moment
r6 TO frnr inc ho rid 10
which has been placed upon me by
that crowd of friends which has just
left, I will tell you. Well,
to start with 1 am strict believer in a
hereafter. You may call me what
your Judgment best dictates, and l will
accept it without murmur. The
night 1 wish to speak of L will tell you
frankly. is only one of the many. I
have seen the, same thing hundreds of
times but 1 we'll knew it would be all
folly to tell that crowd which has just
departed concerning the frequent Oc-
currance at the same spot of which 1
am about to speak. OF course the
boys all look upon me as 'bOoby' for
being so apparently childish, but as
my eyes beheld what 1 am about to re- |
late feel no delicacy or childishness
in telling you the first nights ex-
perience.
"Do not put any particular stress |
upon this night for it is only one of |
the many We left Sanderson at 9:45, |
just twenty minutes late and went |
against stiff southeast wind and was |
BOON lost in sight of in the darkness. |
l was on thu right hand side of the |
engine. We were travelling along at q |
lively clip with my thoughts centered |
on the family which I had just left.
when all at once 1 beheld the danger
signal swinging to and frow within
500 yards in front of me. I reversed |
the my engine and stopped. AS the en-
CINE came to a stsndstill the lights dis
appeared 1 was almost dumfounded
for a time, but I again applied the
steam without saying a word to my
fireman. AS pulled away from that
point the lights again appeared about
LOO yards wess of the track and
travelled along with the engine for
about mile. Sometimes q red light
would appear and then the white and
green lights would show up. On sew
oral occasions when 1 passed that point
the lights would be visible possibly a
mile from the track and the white
light would be indicating the go a.
head signal. You m ay think this un-
rue but if you would take the trouble
70 go over the line with me sometime
will convince you of the truth of what
have just related"