The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-03-01
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than other .rsiats Of tet el.ss. Mosiel
veo II mspssed bir, ss' lits hff. lie -
jssi tsif. s,srsss stsiuesr, std thai Va
all. AID JET wbtb srcisti msn sect os
on Ls,fL.'our ,ts sosld Icy sosB o
hin tisli ilmss cot o. o.
Abd % - Tell ost that sbils che d.
htf soik sillinsiy aId ssil 9Th Mo'ls
sbosfd. che s.insd bad name. The eoi
dnstor, coming cut wih tae ofiet', .
v.ys sissced up into toe e.t, sba II Nc
ley xt,s there be vonid smile, oihsfsis
be soald ff5un. Aa5 II Mosley came on
xnh smother snsii the conductor woDl'
be last IS uphsppy. Morley snd le'
'Lsgen.foar wept together, or they didh'
go.
Ose matt I'D extra msn wfht ont, ol
rather ,tsrted oqi, sith tue 'Lesen'io1f
A toe very last dilca leising the yard
she bfoke the ssiteh bride, climbed ib'
ul turned over on her back. mined bsi
shlstle Toto the sand snd sobbed hef llis
s~sy
Ts nty iotr hturs lister, sben shs
stood upou her f,et sgsin. they pushed
her Into the back stops 10 be oserhsuisd
aud painted, aud 10 tns, wsy Mo ley eo'
smother Q days waiting for her
LOGON tive eosineers are loioriously
supersiitious. 70 be core there are ef
ceptious l~ss one oi,hem.
The Hfemsn Of pusher uotices that
shen the head engines slip the pnsber
will almost invariably az up TIE head
engines clip because they have iound .
sharp curve. bat that would not cause The
p1sber, lying back on tangent, to clip.
and yon will see the driver open the sspd
valves The moment be hears the bead en
gtne gong or sees the nre shooting mp 10
solid stresm or feel the weight OF the
train suddenly up sssinst bis pilot bar.
Many good sud plsusibie reasons ior
this responsive or spsgerlog slip might be
pnt for~srd, bat tI the mind OF the aver
age engineer it is ssympsihy strike pute
snd simple one eI gine istlins for another
Why. have ktoEn men who would sreue
that a locomotive would bot lnly symps
thizs with sister engine, bu, would act
uslly Riisve for q dead engineer Hear
ing and seeing these tbings for years, tbs
newly promoted engine driver csriies
With him, consciously or uDconsciously,
a certain amount OF superstition.
Ohe day when was hos,ler the mas
ter % chsnic sent for me went into the
Office aud came out sn engineer. To be
sure, bad expected promotion come dsy,
though Ikuew that somebody would be
romo,ed to take Mosley's place, for Mos
ley was dead. The master mechanic had
run me around others. bnt no one com
plsined.
Oid fuDrers had sLiad st the Lsven-
four when Mosley was alive. Who would
want her now2 She was counted nnlncky
tnsn she would be extra htz.r1ous nov,
o. couIsa il did not follow necessarily
Ina, she would fall to me, bat she did, and
The irst risLt ont seemed to feel the aru
rast s,ill warm where the late luekless en-
ginser had leaned watching the elittenine
'sil beneath his pilot
Noah, the old arcmsp, had refused at
itt to go ont with me. but there was no
,ne to take his place. and be was forced to
10. To this day see that fremsn's sad,
,opy face,
He seemed at Il ct 10 resent my pres
nee on tue hight hand side, and ! began
o resent his resentment. The head bfske
nsn asked him, in the Language OF the
sboose, What was eating him. Moab
aid nothing and II. he'd sgsiu.
As | went about oIling the engine !
card the fireman telling the brakeman
ov she had behaved when Mosley laid
q sud an extra msn had gone on. on the
L.vsn-!our
II she'd do that then, wbstil she do TO
IN nov; whst'll she do TO this chippy
anne2 The brekemsn shook bis bead.
Al last, alter much firing, the 6remsn
ncce ded in getting tie engine (sDd the
ngireer) hot. and away We went three
n,i9es and Is losds for the foothills. /
10 the valley the Laven-ionr did fairly
ell. bat Ihe momeLt we hit the hesvy ,
r ,de- 2l7 feet to the mile she began TO
at up The pointer on the steam gusge q
egsn to go back and back. shut of the /,
olecior to sllow ber to pick ur, and [
hen the wster was a. low ~ | could Of
,rd 10 lie, {, 80 tried to put on the prmp q
gain. bu. 1t refused to work. I
We tried The lett band lit. II would
ART of ell right, singing like q locnst, aud /
len break aud shoot the water itto the 1
itch. 10 tue meantime | got the right @
sbd iujectors gong sssln, aud when i
led the water the blue stesm hissed from
,e euase cocks hot and dry ss q croupy q
,ngh. began to ease up TO save her b
'osnsbeet, aud the old runner, who q
ere helping ne up the height, began to e
his,le NE ahead. Ar, that is gail to
,nnR tnnner. 4
At lssi We hsd her bot once more, snd '
~ .he began to do my sbsre OF the work a
hammered her 1nmercilally, bat the Q
rider | bit ber the hotter sbe grew 2
osh you'd shoot rsproscnful Rlsncs st 3
. every time she losi be. feet. though be II
lev ,h.t ,he vss doiug it-thst sts wss b
,ly resetting the sbase ths, | we tesp o
Q upon ber Il
10 NJ stIitty 10 act oa, 90 time bad
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