The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14
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q tie CITY o I4og. tApre vas .
hong. na<rov. dark. sifmy, tun.
Al mel uke Q WORM hole IN the hills
such . terrible tunnel that no
ono had ever ven.ured inside for more
than few steps. and then only b. day.
light BY night no one ever dared 90 near
tkIs awful round hole as all. for In It lived
fearful. fierce and furious railway train.
the most terrific train that ever waA It
had once been harmless enough, and had
carried many . load az passengers from
the seaside up to the City o LigK. but lsng
ago II had escaped fFcn the railway stati5n
and had run away into the hills. % that
II should not have "a work.
The traan hooked nue al the world Ike Q
big snake, especially when Il came out At
night TO eat the fenceo: for. n the neigh
bors had taken mp tho rails leading into
the tunnel II had TO hump itself along
IKE An immense inch worm. covering an
eighth of . mile e each hump. AZ It
worked its way along Il waved In yellow
locomotive head fruzw side To side and its
country Int HE house. there 70 look, with
white face. from the third-stogy windows,
trembling. TIL the monster Ead passed
and had gone back into his tunnel to sleep
lily digest . few miles Of picket fence In
peace.
Now. many rewards had been offered By
the mayor ct the City O Lieg for the cap
ture Of the terrible train, but for long,
long time ne one had dared even % think
OF attempting such . dangerous feat. But
there was In the taWn Z little boy named
TAX. very valorous and high-spintel, who
had set his wits 10 work upen the prob
lem. TIL at last q good idea crawied into
his small head.
So one day he painted himself with black
paint from head to foot. 20 that he could
not Be seen In the dark. He took q bar Of
jam sandwiches. and he crawled into the
tunnel. TO spend the day In watching the
train After he had got q few miles he
heard the munled "ding-dong'' az the en-
gine's bell, and no nattened himself
against the side o< the tunnel. and edged
along In perfect Silence. He worked HIM
self alongside the carriage ill., round q
curve. he saw flicker. and there was the
train eating away. with tn headlight fash.
ing first on one Ede Of the tunnel and
then on the other! The side walls were
black and shiny masses Of rock; II was
AZ Yak had expected-the train was eating
its dinner Of anthracite coal!
AZ the boy watched he accidentally
touched q second class carriage In the
trains most sensitive and ucklish spot.
With roar and . loud. screaming whistle,
IL began TO writhe backward to get at the
intruder. but Yak turned and ran for his
life. and reached the mouth OF the tunnel
just In time to escape being crushed under
the wheels.
In spite Of the danger however Yak
crawled into the tunnel the next day and
the next. to watch the train eating its din
ner Of anthracite coal. He had the good
luck never to encounter the head Of the
train. which would undoubtedly have
bitten him into little pieces. or even swal-
lowed him whole. The next day he went
in was Sunday. when he found the train
feeding at a new place, and Yak saw. by
the look Of the dull black walls Of the tun-
mel. that this was where the train kept his
soft b.tuminous coal. There was 40 little
Of II that the train kept II only for Sum