The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-19

kins placed Johnnie in a warm seat
near the stove in a rear car a minute
or two.
From that station down to the next,
at ROwe'S factory, it was down grade
all the way. Start a car at the station
above and it would jog along itself, go
ing more and more rapidly, till it
reached Rowe's factory, where the
grade changed. And what should John
MES car conclude to debut start off
for little trip on it's own account to
the factory. The brakeman had care
lessly unshackled it, not understand
ing an order given him, and when the
locomotive ahead happened to buck the
train a little it went bump against the
rear car and started it on an undesir-
able journey.
Johnnie was startled when he looked
UP and saw the car in motion, and q
good deal frightened when, seeing moth
ing before or behind the car, he knew it
was loose and cruelty running away
with him in the dark.
Just then he caught the flash of a
dark red light away down the track.
His heart gave such jump! He knew
enough about trains TO understand
what it all meant.
"A train, a train!" he thought, and
we shall surely go'-Johnnie hardly
dared finish the thought; if -he had, it
would have been-'go crash into one
another"
What could he do?
There came into his mind the words
of his mother about a little boy s
weakness and Coos strength. He
dropped on his knees there in the aisle
of the~car and asked God to help a
little boy in runaway car.
He opened his eyes and saw away
fY.oa or CHI
One light made him think of another.
There was his fathers red lantern all
lighted near the stove. Why couldn't he
wave it at the car end toward the ap-
preaching train? Wouldn't the engineer
see It?
He snatched the light, ran to the end
of the car, and there he stood on the
platform, waving the lantern.
What is that?" said William Mars
ton, looking from the cab window of
the locomotive that was laundering
along, bringing on the evening express.
"a warning ahead" said he to Jones,
the fireman. At the same time he shut
off the steam, reversed the engine, put
on the air brakes and whistled the dan
ger signal. What a sharp, shrill cry!
What is the matter?" said the pas
sengers, and lot of black heads went
bobbing out of the windows, like tur-
Danger" called one to another, as
they saw the light ahead waving.
The express came to a stop. and then
commenced to back, going faster, fas-
ter, faster, trying to get out of the way
of Johnnies car, that was now rapidly
da~r'rg forward, the red light swinging
steadily.
Away went the express train in safe
ty beyond the station at Rowe's fac
tory, and JOHNNIE ear was switched
on side track by q station hand and
came at last to a stop, as the grade
changed at the factory and slanted up
again.
When the passengers of the express,
stepping out, saw a little fellow with a
red light on the platform of the run
away car and heard his story. cheer
after cheer went up for him in the still
ness of the night.
a purse Of money for him was quickly
made up, but that was little TO Johnnie,
compared with the comfort he took in
think he had saved perhaps 100 lives
that might have been lost had the ex-
press train dashed into the runaway
car and everything pitched down the
steep bank.
So much for adding Gods strength to
a little fellows weakness