The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01

he'l have 70 run mighty Keen 70 catch me, says
the Beebe
speaking OF ieuos says L near 'heres
one going on around nero now.
No'mn 70 pnde aoosh no says Just
niue trouble WIN Inc railroad.
Tvs poor-iooking ROAD, l saya
IT'S pizen moan road, slid Chris getting
WMmoo up Inc OLD man an BRAD, my noHt
brother, went oVah acrost the rivah week ago
an $1,000 on the Track waVin 'heyah guns Ion
the train to stop Any TOOL could see that they
wanted to get on, but sweah that train Just
footed its whistle an II they hadnta jumped
mighty lively thcyd-a got run ovah. OF cose
they let fly with theyah guns, but don't reckon
they hurtnothin.
Perhaps they don't STOP anywhere out AZ
'ho S'auons s"escs'ou 'onne fo"as orc
paauSui"t 'no' way.
,hes oo'oi NC s"ify ivan 'aie 'ino' 10
na,Aoi Ciu.s as no iuoDeu ms sun o"liol INC
DoeocS am .eAin no 'ns"'S from any conpore
W." iho' ON 'o'Aoh'i 'on'in' no"i eo"oS
INC 'u man.
old man Beebe was q iittlo bigger than Chris
and not OF 80 easy temperament He looked
us over pretty hard and II didn't seem 70 me that
Jonah was exactly in line with the hobo diplomacy
when he suggested something 70 cat
Nevah tuhncd no man away hungern, says
the old man and he sent the girl in 10 fetch out
some feedin's,'
The feedin's proved to bo raw onions and corn
bread, ono slice apiece Of the bread We ate the
stuff and then Jonah threw out a remark about
his having an appetite for cold meat
THAT tbeyah ia ouah REGULAR suppah eays tho
old man very SLOW. We don't have no mea. OK
cent on Supdays when one OF the boys r4dss down
70 the stooh an gets slice of ham
1--WE ain Z busy SAYS Jonah in spite Of my sig
Mailing TO him not to get gay with the old boy.
We can wait till Sunday just as well az not
mo sub, cried the old man, and his voice gave
me a pain in the spine You git right now
Theyah was eighty fob eahs Of 90 n in the Gel
last night an now they aint bu, seventy six rIf
l had cotched you a II you'd be dead by now.
Not a wohd Gin'
He covered Jonah with The rife he had over
his shoulder and Chris leveled his gun at me
We went down that path mighty swift, tell you.
At the bottom we helped ourselves TO one Of the
Beebe boats and padded close under the bank
till we were around turn and out of sight II we
didn't put in some tall rowing thenl We figured
out that family that counted the ears Of corn in
the field every night would take the loss OF boat
pretty rough and We didn't care TO be around
when the loss was discovered BY the time 1t
dark we had covered pretty close TO ten miles and
felt tolerably safe. Except for occasional
cutoff The railroad follows the riyer. and where
We finally landed for the night we found three
empty freight cars on siding with no sign OF
house or station anywhere near II was Just
like running into hotel out there IN the wilder
ness In The car we picked Out there was heap
OF Dig lu'e bags ana theS mace as gooo oeo as
man would need I'd been asleep century OF so,
when Jonah gave me swift kick In The nbs and
TANNED his hands over my mouth to keep me
quiet. heard low voices outside and 'hen got
10 my feet IN hurry, Tor smellcd smoke
That's enough oil 'heyah' said voice mat
recognized 'Shes co'cned all ngnI
1t was Chris beeoe. Ano'her voice answered
him and heard footsteps on the iur'hor sioe
OF the car MY hrst thought was tha' they hao
tracked us ana were going 10 ourn US ahVe' linen
sudden Idea s'ruck me-
1.-The Fiery Avengers I whispered 10 Jonah.
They re doing that dime novel act to get square
with the railroad
That settles us, says he AS soon az We
go to the door they'll us and shoot
We've got to take the chance I cried. for
a little tongue Of flame was licking around the
further corner of tho car I'd rather be shot
than stay here and burn
Hold on, says Jonah We got . chance
yet II you can do your part we'll give them
Bsebes ghost scare thatn let us OUT ana last
them the rest OF their lives Can you carry me
| on your shoulders
Easy, I says for Jonah is a little chap. Get
| a move on. though It's coming our way fast
"Snatching up a long iute bag he got on my
! shoulders and stood up at his directions Then
he let the bag down and 1t covered us both. We
were two story ghost for fair.
Keep your nerve now says he. and don't
| let me drop or we're both gone Wait minute
| till the flame gets q little brighter so they can
| get a good view Of Us That's all right. Now
walk over to the door and open it,
1T looked to me like the last act I'd ever do,
but set my teeth and felt my way till l got &c
| the door Back ii went with bang l felt Jonah
| lean forward and knew that the top OF must
be sticking out into the night air. then he let out
the most awful moaning shrek that ever heard.
| OF course | thought he was shot and followed
with yell that woke every echo in the mountains
That double header was too much for the Beebes
For one instant there was a dead silence; then
| old man Beebe howled
| "'Grange Trbbles haint and heard his feet
pounding the ties Yells OF dismay camo from
| all sides and the sound OF crashing brush told