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

We're unable to circumvent the deed
and Dawes offer was quite reasonable
it was accepted. Judge Davis drew UP
a cast iron contract in which he had SO
much faith that he promised Dave to
defend it for him at any time free of
cost. AS the company was DESTROYS OF
getting to work, it was signed at once
thereby placing Dave and his newly &C
quired family beyond the possibility OF
any other condition than that Of affiu-
ence.
Under the new conditions the well-to-
do young fellows in Melton suddenly
discovered that Dawes stepdaughter
was a very charming and handsome
girl. Although the family remained in
the old homestead, they had il greatly
improved and more stylish buggies than
any belonging on the ridge were fire.
quently seen standing all the evening
at its door.
Although Carrie was as friendly as
ever, when we met-which was at more
and more infrequent intervals--I was
conscious that. in contrast with her
city callers, cut but a poor figure,
so, to avoid meeting them Il said to
myself, / gradually stopped going
there. She asked me couple of times
when ] met her after church, why l
had become such a. stranger all at
once, but as she was surrounded by
nGI new IElGnQS L lOl 6ABld1AAs
and, besides, l fancied she only asked
out of politeness, anyway. 1t was a
sore experience to me. and cast a
shadow on my other trirmphs, but l
wouldn't let on that / cared.
The very day. that Dave got his con-
tract he called on father. Jim" said
he, Its not much use for an old rail-
roader to take up farming till he has
TO. l shall want two good men to run
the limited express on this division in
side of three months. and one side of
it is yours if you want it"
Father thanked him heartily and said
that, while farming was all right for a
man who had a good farm and knew
how. there wasn't 500 a month in it, so
he accepted. So if l got my dad out
of his job in Belleville, 1 was instru
mental in getting him a better one
here.
Dave said he was entitled to a chief
clerk. and though he didn't really need
one just yeti he proposed to have all
the trimmings belonging to his position,
besides, he wanted his clerk to grow up
with the road, so as to be perfectly ia
iniliar with all the details. so he APP
pointed me, at a salary of SO a month,
and made Tommy timekeepeT at $50.
Under the new administration, and with
plenty of capital, the work went on
with a rush. The roundhouse ana ma
chine shop were completed. the brand
new locomotives and shop machinery
were arriving daily, and the foot of the
ridge was transformed into scene of
busting activity. The work continued
during the winter, and by spring the
road was completed to fifty miles be-
yond Melton.
One day in the latter part OF May
Dave-or. as l must now call him, Mi.
W. H.. = Il. r-.,f1
There's TO be a grand opening of
this division on the first of June. Frank,
and I propose that you and l open the
road: what do you say"
open the road, sir; how?"
The president and board of directors
will ride over it in the first train, and
I expect there'n be quite time. I'm
going to run the engine; don't you want
TO Gre it2'
.oh, yes. indeedr' i replied. Il should
be delighted"
Very well, then: we'll take "a. She's
in pretty good shape, been hauling
gravel long enough to be pretty we'll
broken in. I'll put her in the house,
get ier cleaned up, and give her coat
OF vafnish. and YOU can get her ready"
Twenty-four was one of the new hard
coal passenger engines, a magnificent
machine though from having worked
a month on construction she was pretty |
dirty. They knocked out her fire, blew |
the water out of her, and turned on the |
hose. The painters scrubbed and var !
nished her, while I took two men and |
cleaned up my part. When we were /
all through she looked fine enough for /
a mantel ornament.
Wednesday night we took her and |
dead headed down the city-140 miles. |
1t was my first experience in main |
Lire railroading. and 1 felt bit skit- /
fish when Mr.. Willoughby ran slap
around the curves without being able /
to see what was on the other side of |
them. maryeled TO see him blow for
road crossings before the whistling post
came in sight, but he had helped build
the road and knew every inch of thos I
40 miles, as well as / knew the way
from our house TO thae barn. 1t took
US from O'Clock in the evening till
next morning. and I was pretty tired
when we arrived.
Mr. Willoughby told the hostler to
get her ready to return as quickly as
possible We went to the hotel, had a
Eight lunch and went TO bed. When 1 5
woke the sun was shining brightly in
1t the window. and Mr. Wiliougnby
Was gone. 1 hustled out Of bed, swal-
owed my breakfast and ran all the
way to the yard.
The hostler was pulling down the
ire and Mr.. Willoughby was under her,