The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-03-01

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I, lever ard soli si ihs Ore myssii. Bat
. ". Of 90 nee The coal Icy black sr'
= dead in ths ftbos. rot spsrk cam
! from the tses, sns Mtlsof declared siit
wnd taa, he coala tot bear her rrhso'i
sua be was coupled 10 ny pilot bar
Mo.lsy b,i bsen eoilsh dHser. snt
ja.i cvtr the iurasce door be bad bsvs
edged mirror fss,eued
saidsnly straight q up. glanced ihtc
ibe niftoi .ud s.v Mo,ley - rlsin I"
hsd ever setn bin. sesrlns the litlii
bfJsn osp ibst be bad sofp on bis last
TIP
Well /, gave ne star, thouab am
GOT II sli separations. la nomep,
emtmbefea that ] wsS wearing the cap
tha bad besa aain by the dead drvef
and umatked for the fret time that We
hai looked slikr, bad the same bair. the
same smslI. brown mu,lsche snd nearly
the same eyes The inspsse heat bad CIV
eu me for ths moment the same rnddy
glow lbtt bad been BIS 10 short, We
scfe ifen,ieai, tsve that be bad been
handsome sud ! vas not
was uncomfortable. Climbing up TO
my plscs sgsin, said 10 Noah that the
cap was too tmsli for me and exchanged
with him without sskiag bis consent
ln at tp4.. Ig
caught sistt Of himself 10 the mirror be
put up his hands again. TOOK d the cap,
folded II carefully, pu, it into bis clothes
| box aud iIed big red and white bsndkr
chl,i about i, head.
BY this time my two helpers had bsui
ed me TO the top OF the hill where held
the Leyen four wide open for ten minutes
to save her erownsbeet, Tor there was
scarcely ef ough water 10 the wer gusge
to wet postage stamp.
10 little willie We were going down
the uouutain slowly, the heavy cars crssk
log on the tsis ing. cnrvipg Trail, and that
add the low breathing OF the sir pump
was all We could hear. Presently tn big |
black engine began to rise aud fell At
ftsi it seemed that she would climb The
rail aud then fall back into the groove
again. Nov she was hesviDg great. deep |
sisbs Noah noticed it and glanced over
at me. ] be whole huge bulk OF mschin
cry wosld lift and fall. sobbiDs like
troubled sea
What's the matter With her nowP | ask
cd. Did you ever see her do that beloref
Not exactly that, said Noah, I've seen
her cut good many cspers but nothing
like this.
Well, be added alter u pause. II she'll
tote me 10 this time promise never to
bother her sgsin and | saw the fireman
cross himself.
They doa't have DO mercy on locomo
tive, Nosb vent on. staring through the
narrow window 10 front OF bin. Engine
sin't had no time to grisve.
VIII, Low that he had mentioned il. l
conli see tbbt the great tngipe WAS
sobbiog eilehtly I rough the light,
heaving and falling like troubled breast,
though. es remarked before, was never
the lsss. biz superstitious,
As we lay on the siding at Shawsns walt
log for No. 10 to- k the torch to look her
over noticed bright band around the |
center Of be axle OF the pony truck. The j,
front g. d OF the forward equalizer bad /
dropped so that it rested on the axle when
she bad her nose down hill, and the sxle,
revolving, would draw the equalizer for Z
wsrd and lift it up. lifting the engine IN d
iii it could go 40 farther Then With |
sudden drop the machinery would fall c
back 10 place again. b
| called Noah and tried 10 explain TO y
1im ths. this might be the cause OF her |
.ishs, but be only smiled ssdly and said il
le knew he Lsven.four. She was monro O
og Tor Mosley Shs'. be- as bad Ms the Il
1undre6-sp.seven IL she keeps this up, be 4
vent on; only she'll never kill sDyto ly. c
wrote psge about her l. the work Il
,ook at the other end OF itefun and gave e
he one nachinitt In the round house q
,usy day. tut she ives as bad going back
be following night d
We were pushing that night, aud when |
Ee had almost reached the summit OF the II
Rockies she began 10 clip The two head sl
~ ines pulled the train away from me 40 al
il could Ieel them tugsiug st my pilot 81
,sr. Suddeuly l saw q crest glare in the q
pogshed. II wss the second section q
oming for my tail lamps three power l
ul ocom Oliver, ell wide open. b
Having the bensfi. Of the rail that bad ol
een sanding ell along, they we're walking 10
,to Us With toe speed snd weight OF sn
cean lintr goins up sgsibsl Gostios m
,eberg.
dared not whistle them down, for the
neine, al the iron. OF my train might 81
ear 80 shut oiI, and 90 increase the dan II
er to the Lsyeu-foor. about to be crush
as an egg. 81
| shouted 10 Noah to come out Of the d.
INK, and then the cr,sh came. Nobody
ss hurt. got changed to another run
I'd Moab 10 another engiue. by and by %
he came out again. but sbe never did any ed
God - che only made trouble for others,
I'd fusliy. siier rebuilding h,r aud chang "
q erety,bipg but ber number. they put %
er on gravel train away mp on the side OF
q mouo,sin, aud that vas tie last Of q
,e Lsvst-iour bI
Nearly every railroad mao 10 the mcnu ~
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