The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-06-28

iht tts l2Fei, tsi tlNAee rfev Wv US
vsiosmsd him kindly and soasidsrstsl,
vhsn ks care. . "isndsriec,." isto Var
Dora. roush camp, BE mss, Try 10 saw
iAoss nep.
Jimny trisi 10 erssl bsek. ihirkirs dli
ali, ihsi be night dad 30 outlet and nsl
them II not too late. nsss Of scow iell
heavily into Lis iormsf rsstias place, ssd
be dug biz way up over II until be strnck
the tsiegrsph wire sssiu, and attempted
to tear ils~sy from bic ps'h, He took tbs
clippers ifom bis hit and snspped II on,
and then . neu idea flashed thfsush his
mind, wss the wifs sliil intact beyond
the svslsnehsf
which wy did IL LEAD from his din
tomly II II was unbroken snd free from
contact with everything except The dry
snow, he might use IL TO avert evil. Jim
ay teok tbs little relay from I've ease, snd
pressing cut ibs snow sbout him. quickly
wound tho loose end OF the wire around
the conpseting post Of the Instrument.
Then be eonssstsd the section Of wire be
bad on, of 10 ihs other bfsss post. and
bnrisa the tree end 10 the ground uodes
meath the snow, knowing that to ground
the current beyond bis relay would con
plste the sircuit with suy station on the
lins,
Thea the sharp mslslic clicking OF the
keys came With such startling swiftnsss
that Jimmy shrsnks back In the dsrkness
with 40 swsd cry.
Train dus Elwood las. Through there
to Van Dorn's without stop. Is instructed
before. Whsts the matter Van Dorn'sf
Nothing from there since snow pillow ~
rived?
The operator Ut Elwood began to reply,
but Jimmy Wsrdwell, with = ory ss II the
instrument could voice his impotsnt pro
test, seiz,d the relay with trembling In
gers on the keys and broke 10;
Flag thst trsinl Hold that train Slide
on the track 10 out. This 10 Van Dorn's-
Wsrdvsll. Flsg that train unless too late
too latel
Then the clicking sousdsr brought III
woods message, What's tbsti What's
matter with your Train coming 10 past
siding now.
He evidently did not understand,
Jimmy dashed back one more desperate
'pp'sl;
Slide in cut Track destroyed. Flag
rsip, quick, get outl
No answer came, and 10 the darkness
ne linemsn hammered uninteli. IDLY on
he keys He'll do it. he'll save 'sml he
nattered, deliriously; and the man bs II
ond Elwood began to ask what it was oil v
bout. IS be had not interpreted oil Of Il
immy's message. Then Elwood clicked o
sck the glad news that be had held the II
rain, and an excited demand for 40 sI q
lanstion was coupled thereto. o
Ten minutes later the operator rushed O
ut TO the engine, where the gang foreman
nd engineer wers arguing whether the '
Ugh bi: Of work ahead wss through brown q
audstons or just ordinary limestone. o.
Great Scottl be cried. There's been =
ide somewhere 10 the cut. and that pink v
nssked boy at Van Dorn's sweavs that
e's telegrsphing to me from under the le
,p Of a whole blamed bill l don't On u
srstsnd what he's driving at, bat you'd OF
sitter run in slowly and see what's up. !"
The ninety men OF the construction ne
ing spent the rest Ct the afternoon 10
,dipg what was up" or rather down, tn
hen they had traced Jimmy's hiding n'
ace. by means Of the wire. and had car 70
ed him back to the station, IL was com Vo
only sgrsed that the troublsmsn at Van 70
orn's bad undergone 40 experience intsr is'
ting and unusual in . linsmsn's frst
sr. Youths Oempsnion. DC
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