The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-14

Hermann Track Blocked Get NJ!
Father Out of Job.
Our unexpected liberation was 81
agreeable that we forgot 20 thank ole
Jack for it. We ran lightly out. ant
Joe pitched heels over head over &
pair of car wheels. Peter and l helped
him rub himself. for he was bruised
and scratched.
Say says Pete. that old Jack is a
nice old Teller after all, don't you like to
hear him TALK"
breath, l replied that l did, and would
like TO come down again.
L s'pose they'll have that hole stop
ped up tomorrow said Pete ruefully.
L got eight watermelons in my
patch" said Joe, who was recovering
rapidly. two of EN- are ripe; I'll bet il
we bring one down they'll let US in
I bet they viii, too" said Pete en-
Enthusiastically. Il amt got any water
melons, he added. but there's lots of
fine, big. red tomatoes in our garden
S'pose they'd care for theme
- Course they would," said ]. TN get
some cucumbers an We'll come down
tomorrow evening. If the hole is stop
ped up We'll come to the door after
DARK w nat DO you say
They agreed at once, for we were all
anxious to hear sooner a story father
often referred to of Jack Dowd's expert
ences, especially as to what happened
at Jenkins fill.
That night we sneaked along eau
tiously in the shadow of the wall and
sided in through the big doors
Mr.. Dowd sat at the desk reading:
no one else was in sight. We watched
him awhile. tramping on each others
bare toes and poking one another in
the ribs. while we held our noses to
keep from giggling at beetle that was
buZZing round the old mans head,
causing him considerable annoyance.
He made a desperate swipe at il,
upset his lantern, and said dreadful
things. When he got his lantern re-
lighted we three stood before him. con-
spicGously displaying our gifts.
What you kids dom ere agin?" he
asked sharply. Didn't tell We to keep
out o this r'und us'?"
we thought mebbe you'd like some
o these things with your supper. Mr..
Dowd," said l. I'VE brought EN- in to
show that we haven't forgotten your
kindness in letting us off the other
night
'All right; put 'em down there, an
go help the men turn the table: il
turns hard tonight. somehow or other"
We piled our plumber in corner and
scampered away, delighted. We were
willing to work, and the gang had no
so we hustled like good fell
lows. We took water, turned. switches,
turned the empty table. ran errands
for Barney and Dan and BECAME very
popular. We were surprised when Mr.
Dowd told Barney to get los out and
then knock off for supper. The time
had passed very quickly
When the job was done we begged
Barney to get Mr.. Dowd to tell what it
was that happened at jenkins"
All" said Barney. Tn tired listen
in to his lies. He's allus got yarn on
tap to prove annythin he wants ter.
He makes me sick"
Dan. laughed. "Barney's sore about
the double surface business said he.
Never mind, boys. I'll start ole Jack
fur We It's the easiest job there is"
When all hands We're seated round
the office. door. "fillin' in Dan re-
marked:a Seems ter me it's mighty
quiet on de WarbaSh tonight Can't
some O We Of railroaders give us lit
tie more experience We amt heard
from you yet, Barney. Jack toll us
other night bout road he was on
where they took mighty long chances
Yes. he did" Interrupted Barney.
He tor us he thought they was takin'
but it turned out he was mis-
taken. The roadmaster kpowed is
business better'n the engineers gin i'm
,redit fer"
E did. hey? MI Know-it-all. !
That's Were you're mistaken, and
twas jest q bit o. dumb luck. an e
rusted to it once too often. as l was
lgoin to tell We. on'y didn't ave time /
like all new roads. this one 'ad plenty |
If enemies; the OF roads cut rates /
lgin US. an the sharks run the stock /
Town OF course the road didn't pay, |
epairs was sighted, an as far as pos (
ible abandoned. The engines bumped /
IN ratified over shaky trestles that /
waved under US like the limb of a !
rec, an over fills that 'ad melted an l
rumbled away. till the ends o. the ties (
tuck out in the air. Rocks an dirt !
m trees was everlastngly tumblin' /
nto the cuts. an Were there wasn't 4
10 red flag, there was a green one. /
every little vile there'd be a slump
but as they generally allus
to freight trains, there'd on'y
,e a few employees killed. witch didn't |
natter. If the widders sued for dam
ges, the company sprung the co-em-
loye act on 'em, an that shet them
p.
Competition prevented lengthenin'
he time. so the boys 'ad 10 swing EN-
or fair. between slow-ups. an not slow
learned 'ow much shaky piles an
ridges can sway. an creak, an groan,
nd yet 'ang on.
Dumb luck stayed with us a good
-'ile. but everybody knowed the crash
I'd got 70 come, an everybody 'oped
wouldn't be i'm. They KEEP takin'
len off, for not maxim time. so we all
There was little knoll on Jenkins
arm that ought TO ha' been cut away.
ut instid they dumped a few carloads
snow an mud alongside on it, an
IN round it. 1t o'ny made a fill about
fteen feet high an 100 long, but twas
Illus a nuisance. Every time it rained
ard a little stream would run round
ne side o. the knoll, trickle across be-
veen the ties, an gutter away the
II. The section man would throw
Nv shovelfuls of dirt into it, after it
opped rainin' an 'twould be all right
gin"
As Jack passed the melon he re-
larked:
watermelon for 'ostlers! wat
outrage
Barney observed that Jacks recital
as the tale of a "despritq sad case
- 'Tis 'ey2" retorted Jack saVagely
Well. me bloomin 'uckleberry. you'd
: thought so if it 'ad 'aPpened to
ou. One AFTERNOON, arter a ten-hours'
1wnpour. the fill went out altogether
m under the west-bound track. 1t /.
, 'appened that the section man was
lie O. them kind that gently gifts to be
iperintendent. Instead o. pikin' off
me at o'clock--as e 'ad a pe..ect Y
ght toe walked back two mile in I
own time an flood o. rain to look i
il. OF course e found the washout, I