Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-12

polls, and this was not the first time he
had used his position to vent his spite
1t would not do to refuse an order from
n MN so tather said: An right; You tell
L o CLOCK Then, turning to us, he said ::
our game is up for today, boys, but never
mind, some other time will do-it'll have
! to-
| As we wendell our sorrowful way back
I TO the house an idea occurred to me- I ask
ed father to let us ride on the engine with
! ! !tn he readily consented, but said
| Don come down before 1:3O or o'clock;
| give old Martin a chance to get away. for
| ne thinks more of that engine than he does
| OIL ms Wlie; and If he saw you boys on her
| he wouldn't be able to get to the office
| quick enough to tell Hinckley"
we We're on hand at 30 sharp. The
nfeman, a nice young fellow, was glad
| eh9ush 10 nave another engineer for half
| d gay Tor like everybody else. he disliked
hartln, and told us many amusing stories
| ABOUT his crankiness. He vowed that he
! hoped somebody would steal the old viper
| before he got back. We helped Johnny to
| clean up, shoveled down coal to him. rang
| the bell looked out for signals, and had q
| sIorious time generally. AS father had no
more NOR aIection Tor Martins engine than he
| mad for Martin himself he slung her
| around in great shape, with the result
| that, at 3 O'Clock, the conductor said he
only mad a couple more tracks to pull. and
| ne guessed that would be all till 6 o'clock
| AS these two tracks were half a mila nm
| the yard, father told Johnny to take her
| ana nnlsh up the job, while he visited the
| friend of his. N 'i'
| Johnny gave us great ride I'D the ward 8.
| we mad TO hang on for dear life, and wore
| scared haif to death, but never let on. He
| finished the work in an hour and tool, ~
| crew back to the Office They all GOT off
leaving us three boys on the engine 7 sat
! on the engineers seat, and pretended to he
| running. ~ NC
CO., Member the night you tried to run OF
| PIP asked Joe. VI
Sht' L replied "Ain't Won got anv
! sense?" 'N SUI any
| think" sneered Pete
| Joe grinned Endorsement
! You fellers amt got any sense" 7 re-
| torted angrily; ''27's an old scrap hean.
used to her. "eie
| Can you run this one?"
| Johnny or pa" eN Go
Lets see ye," demanded Pete, with n
II can do it, but I amt agoin' to; pa
sent. 'ou aaS-
"Dassent 1? I'll show We whether dare
| The lever was ahead gently. very cara
| fully, l pulled the throttle out. It worked
| quite easy. There was a light Whit of
steam from the cylinder cock, and she
! moved ahead. shut her off at once
| "Lemme tryr' exclaimed Pete reacbins,
| for the throttle.
"Oh, no. 1 answered. I'm in charge
| mere, an If there's any running to do. IN
DO 1t myself. gave her another little
| jerk ahead 1t was perfectly easy. and 7
enjoyed it immensely. She had run in be-
| hind string of cars. which hid her from
| the office. Joe helped me pull the lever
| over. and backed her out in sight again
| A brakeman stood in the door watching
| When he saw her come out and stop. he
went back in again. closing the door We
| became mildly excited They both wanted
| to handle her. I allowed them to do SO un-
| der my supervision We ran up the track
a little way, and back again to show our
/ selves to the Office. Becoming holder we
/ ran further. We had a grand time T
| would not leave the throttle, but Joe and
| Pete went out on the front end, and on the
back of the tender, and gave signals to
| come ahead and back up. They didn't al
ways give them right, but what odds; one
| signal was as good as another to us.
| This was the modern end of the yard.
and 1t was provided with patent switches.
but We didn't know that. What did we
care for switches? You can run through a
patent switch without going of on the
ground, as we did with the e. 1t will
| spring open. allowing each pair of wheels
to pass, and snap shut behind them, but Il