The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-19

word of Spanish. Snyder had been
carefully sizing her up, and exclaimed:
Gee. pard, amt she a beauty? She is
built as trim as a Mcqueen eight-wheel
name is?''
told me- but I could never repeat it
told her thought s.Estreila. Ajos'' (star
biushed, and I saw that Snyder was get
ting it bad | asked him If he hadn't
better have his heart faced while they
were putting new valves in his air pump.
While this conversation had been going
on, I had again run the So down to
On the other side We're several section
men I hastily wrote a message to the
and tying it to a rock threw It over,
where it was caught and taken to the OPP
When returned to the engine, Snyder
was talking a blue streak and she was
1 told her he was always a little daft
after a thunder storm She smiled at
teeth ana ey snowe9 e CO Could 59e hest
fathers house from where we stood. but
which was now a raging torrent
I asked the senorita If her sweetheart
railroad 1 men S3e and she replied WV With h"a
blush that she mad no sweetheart I told
grew SE old a enough This u au9ed he @he Tery
much Snyder, who OF course didn't I'M
getting. up a Irritation with the girl, and
old man"
I told her that he had called me an old
man, and that he was A and had a wife
and eleven children. and then told
1 looked at my watch and found to my
surprise 1t was II a NJ, and I felt the
in the meantime had gone down consider
ably I told Snyder to bank the fire and
put the lnjectors, and when the ''65''
had about three gauges in the stack we
started for the hacienda
perien zee with aIEaii mud? SOFT soap ,a1 on
a glass is no comparison took the
s sen0 found that she was belpi5e m pee
After some difficulty and swearing on
''Snyder's'' part, we reached the house
rested by clatter of hoofs and man
dashed round the house on a magnificent
dismounted and fastened to embrace the
senorita- I said to myself she told me
said: Amigos. este mi padre Friends,
this is my father. He raised his large
ton in good English He told that he
had feared for the safety of his daughter
found her pony unmounted. He was then
almost certain something serious had be-
grief until he had discovered US going
towards the house. The senorita began
to tell her father how kind We had been
to her. when interrupted her and told
HON how she had saved our lives, and
had it not been for her bravery there
would have been a widow and three or
phans in Las Vegas that morning Sny-
der FASTENED to say that it would have
We were invited to breakfast by her
mother. who seemed to be the least ex-
cited of all, and whose first thought, like
all of her sex. was for others comfort
a glass Of the best wine ever tasted. and
Snyia1 nronosed a toast to the bravest
which We ali heartily responded. When
she -aiSad her head to thank rs for the
compliment. she realized that she still
had my coat about her shoulders and she
Of fhnrn 1THft In
When we had partaken of an excellent
breakfast we were invited to look around
thanked them all again for their kindness.
L told the senorita TO leave that shawl
would send her another. I told Snyder
that he could stay till after dinner, and
that would look after the 60
When I reached the engine I found
everything all right The passenger was
Shortly afterward a work train arrived
with a pile driver from the east, and
hastily constructed = temporary bridge
At san Miguel We coupled the 50 to the
passenger train and were soon in Vegas
a few days later L saw him coming out
of a book store / asked to see nus BOOK
Shortly after this I was transferred to
Topeka and about two years later took
when I reached San Miguel, while the
fireman was taking water, 1 got down
and was putting little oil on the engine;
when some one stepped up and slapped
me Familiarity on the shoulder turned
around and there stood Snyder 1t did
not take me long to understand what had
occurred. congratulated him,
promised to stop and visit him on my
return but my fireman was sick and we
we're both riding on one pass, consequent
bIuffs near the bridge I looked up and
there tied to the cactus, were few tat
tered rags that had once graced the
shoulders of the beautiful senorita-
1 was thinking about Snyder and his
wife all the way to Topeka I told my
wife about SnydeF's marriage and how
happy he was, and being very tired after
my long trip, I retired about midnight
and dreamed of the trip on the old SO.
I could hear the thunder and see the light
ming. I graSped the reverse lever and re-
ceived a severe shock and heard scream
Here 1 awoke. and found the caller shak-
ing me and asking me to sign the book
for an extra west at o'clock
B W. CLIENT.
LnnK TO UNCLE SAM.