Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-29
\ CHANCE MEETING.
\ story of the War and of Many
Years after.

Years after.
From tie, Worcester Gazette.
As large as the world is in square miles.
| and as many people as there are in it at
! census time. still the unexpected thing is
/ continually happening to bring one back to
| a realizing sense that the world is not
| such a large pace after all People meet
| today i'll out of the way places friends OF
| years ago whom they had known and with
| whom they had lived in other parts of the
world. y Worcester man and veteran of the
civil war tells the following story. which
is q good illustration of the worlds small
ness and has considerable dramatic interest
Of its own besides:
To start at the beginning he said
"OUr family was living in Illinois when the
war broke out. and my brother and / en-
listed in q volunteer regiment from that
state. | was an engineer at the time and
gave UP my job to go to war. We We're on
our way south. travelling slowly through
southern Kentucky through rolling coun-
try covered with woods and brush, when
the train slowed up and came to stop.
There was a high bank on one side of the
train and grove on the other. The train
was Hdf round a curve.
The colonel came down to our car, look
ing worried. and called the captain aside.
| They talked in ,ow tones for a while and
then heCkuncd to me. Can you run an
engine? asked the colonel Give me
good fireman and 1 can, l said. Do you
know of one on the train? Bill Casey OF
Company X Is the best man l know when
! he's sober l replied winch lSh nuch OF
the time He fired for me at one time, and
he can get anything out of an engine that
! anybody else can. Inc result OF TINS con
( yers8tion was that Bill ana We're sent I"r-
/ ward to the engine, leaving the boys Won
Gering what the delay was all about
when We reached the engine we found
/ the old engineer and fireman under guard.
and swearing by all that was holy the en-
Gin II | learned later that the
engineer had been suspected al along OF
being 'SeCeSh sympaLhizer and Aad been
closely watched me engine was an right
only they had allowed the IRE 10 go Gown.
w pulled around the curve gaming speed
/ at every turn oi tht "HEe-S. W iSi"l SvO
more than fairly started cine tram was
long ana hr1NA ono "ilt!l Sut'utiLlF
| heard "A yeil-it was Inc rebel vel ana you
| het | know 1t next time heard 1t: -and
/ looking down d i'a" nd t'p@7," tLI9
track SD" d JIe1p %! iei''t G'tl III ) I'm
ing down on 'Ae "t an" II, ~ - ne
came mere must NAV. peeN -''''' "l Ill
BIZ ~tW them al IN same llIiG / al"
anu ne shouted ntSh i N-'t,.ti'E 10 ti', lLIi
m tl' h.Nt car '3'h D' u ne - az -
way. / looked back at Bill, 'How's your
Ufy- / shouted above jI!r idtAtl 81 Tn
rugiE.- Al right. and he grlhned, lie H"d
got hold OF some HG"or some place ana
was f.eijH1 good. Keep her not, shouted
again. Il IN going to tEfo" h-f Woe open
Give her l-Il he fairly screamed, dlo
beg SuoVc.fUS coal Tor dear lie. ell,
! I p-'lvd her wide open ana l iApHshI Sli7
would jump the track. Al! this happened IN
much less tim. than ii takes to tell H. ana
10y tHi~ tlu-r the T'hS were pretty Close.
could hear the gums popping from the cars
hack of Us in answer TO the CayalrFfnell =
CarblueS. w We're gaining speed iis' no"
and Us the last car passed the crossing the
whole lot of them swept Over the track
Thr guaTG ON the rear platform ID tZed