The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-02

out "All right" to Mr. Willoughby
and we were off. The ride of the night
before was nothing to this. 1 expected
her TO leave the track at every curve
yes, and between curves, too. l Won
dered that the president didn't send
the conductor ahead to tell him to
! take it a little easier. l wished he
I would, but he didn't 1t was fortunate
for me that we had a hard coaler.
could sit in the cab and ride. 1 never
would have been. able to fire soft coal
the way she was bouncing around. ]
would have been thrown out the gang
way.
When we came to a steep hill, where
1 expected him to shut off. he merely
cut her back notch, and she flew
| down there like a hungry hawk after a
chicken. Rattlety. bang, she went,
/ round a severe curve half way down,
and still on, without a bit of let up, to
| the bottom, and away across country.
When 1 was becoming reconciled to it,
he told me to open the furnace door, as
he was going to stop.
| Wondering why he was going to stop
there, did so. and directly we rolled
around a curve into quite a large town,
which [ had no recollection of having
seen the night before We stopped at
a handsome new station, and I went
UdCh 10 TAKE water. While MI. w IL
loughby kindly fired up for me.
II was wonderful how the great pile
of coal 1 had put into her had disap-
peared; there was room now for nearly
as much more. This was the dining sta
ton. and, while Dave was telling me
that we We're now a little more than
half way, a. white-aproned waiter APP
peared carrying a tray piled high with
good things. 1 was good and hungry
off iii
we both did justice to Mr.. Hunnewell's
thoughtfulness. When we had finished
our lunch Mr.. Willoughby said: Now,
Frank, while I oil, you get up there
and load her for bear again. And
did. l piled in every bit of coal she
would hold.
When we left here 1 had become suf-
ficiently accustomed to the fast riding
to enjoy it. She didn't steam quite as
freely as before, because the fire was
getting dirty, but Mr.. Willoughby said
she would hold out till we got in all
right, as though he had been hauling
trains over the road for years.
We found an engine in a siding that 1
knew we had left in Melton the day
before, and 1 wondered what she was
doing away down here. Before 1 had
time tc ask, Mr.. Wilioughby blew a
long blast on the whistle, we rounded
and shop
All the engines, including the shop,
saluted US with their whistles We
rolled rapidly into the tunnel As we
emerged from the other end the station
came into view, gorgeously decorated
with flags and streamers, and crowded
with people. A strong hand gripped
my collar and Mr.. Willoughby hauled
be across the big boiler TO his side.
Here" said he, as he stepped back.
bring this train into the station It's
little down grade here; get 'em pretty
nearly stopped. and let 'em roll in slow.
SOS TO give the folks lots of time to
holler"
A lump in my throat prevented me
thanking him for this act of extreme
kindness. 1 took the seat he had va
Gated, leaned unconcernedly on the
arm rest. and, with the great engine as
thoroughly under control as we'll
broken colt, ] rolled majestically in.
When l stopped. the Melton band
struck up. Hail to the Chief" The
crowd waved flags. hats and handker-
chiefs and yelled to their hearts con-
tent. Ed Dennison and a couple of
other fellows, who were working in the
machine shop had three loaded anvils
on the bank back of the station. At the
first iull in the noise they fired them in
rapid succession, and the crowd yelled
again.
The president, followed by the board
of directors, left the train, raising their
hats and bowling continually to the
crowd, who cheered them to the echo !
Judge Davis and the reception commit |
tee escorted them TO the spacious wait |
ing room by one door, while the crowd
poured in at the other. 1 had not seen
Carrie for nearly a month, but / saw
her nov. She was hanging on the arm
of Arthur Souires, son of the cashier
Of the First National bank in Melton. |
She was looking my way and waving |
her fan; it was a drop of honey in a cup |
Of gall.
Tommy got on the engine and asked I
with eyes bullying if 1 had run her all I
The way. When 1 told him 1 had only
aiken her after she came out of the
tunnel he seemed TO feel relieved was
giving him an account of the trip when
Judge Davis came out and said:
II want you two young gentlemen"
Tommy was dressed in his best
clothes, but had my overalls on and
hey, as well as myself, were pretty
iirty. l started to take them off, but
he judge said: Here, here. don't take
hem off; leave Fem Dn,s and come
llong.s
He took one Of us on each arm. and
ed us right into the waiting room
wondered if the people could see mel