The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-01-17

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!. tom to SO ont on Saturday evening. opC
or twice . monih, aud remsin over Sn
. day, He !. . widower. ehildless snd
!, sook deal more pot,ly than be vas 2
|, yesrs age.
n Bennington ban ap important enesg
ment st bis doe dovptown last Monds
n morning, He had TO be on hsnd Of s3C
i lie, me see, ssid Unele DAp, loOkipI
a, bis time table, ,hers's 40 etpres
!, train leaves at 7ts. Thsrll Sc, me dow
= town in good time. can just abou
a c.tch IL.
So be hurried away.
, 1t iss little farther from where th,
D Dsllinetons live 10 the main station 81
|, Davis street than 10 the Dempster ttteei
station, therefore Bennington went tc
the latter, bat ias, ss he was stepping on
the pls,iorm II occntrei TO him that
some OF the fast trains didn't stop there,
A sudden fear took possession Of him
II be didn't get the 74s train te would
Ut be able to reach his oiiios st $50. He
simply had to so in on that train.
Ysnkips ont his watch he saw that 1t
was 743,
Here, yop, be called to q youpg fellow
whose cap was percbed I,uutily on the
back OF his head, does the, 7:4s train stop
here2
The boy gave HE cap . push forward
and said;
| No.
Uncle Dan Looked st his watch sgsin.
1t is about half . mile. st an of.hsnd
guess, from Dempster street to the Evans
ton main station, The train would start
in q fraction less than FIVE minutes, Mr..
Bennington had been younger once, and
without bis breakfast, be weighed about
1877 pounds.
There is . curve in the track between
the Dempster and Davis street stations,
so that Bennington could not see the
latter until be bad covered nesIly half
the distance. He walked long enough
when be bad rounded the bend to look |
at bis watch once more. 1t was almost |
TAG, and as be started forward at high |
spsed again be saw with CONSERVATION
that the train was pulling into the station
His heart went down. down, down, and
il the swear words people merely think
bat do not say out loud are recorded
against them there will be very black
page for M, Diniel W. Bennington to
explain some time,
AT first be thought OF giving up. He
drew an index finger along his forehead.
scrsping th the Precipitation and flicker
iug a shower OF it into the sir. Then
be remem bered three words that bis old
father bad told him long. long ago to
always keep in mind:
Never say ditl
The station was nearly 3 quarter OF .
mile away. but the train was not moving
and with o new and magnificent burst OF
speed be- went op, sometimes going over
two or three ties st Q time, and breath
ing like q horse with the hesves trotting
uphill.
Re could feel wide stretch OF unoccu
pied territory between the end OF bis nm
dershirt and the top Of his trousers, but
be kept repeating TO himself: Never say
die, never say die, and paid no attention
10 the gsteman who yelled:
Hey, there. Get off the trackl You'll
get run over.
Then the bell on the engine began to
ing, and the gstemen st the crossings j,
yet their clsppers TO changing, Danger, !,
Danger, Danger, Dsngerl
Bennington was within leap OF the
md OF the long platform. He was q :;
title sirsid that bis face might explode. :,
or be could feel II bulging end burning. /,
,us that was Q risk. which under the
,ircu instances had to be assumed,
There was hiss OF steam from some
under one Of the cylinders. then
econd one from the other side oil the 10
conceive, and Uncle Dan knew thst tho
!, ain had started toward him. He bound 1,
ID upon the platform, still 10 his mind /,
Never say die and rushed 90. n
The engine was only 81 feet swav, but
Isioing hesdwsy rapidly. q
Don't try to get Oh therel some one =,
ried, but Bennington had no intention 1,
4 stopping to argue the mstter. At
irst be thought be would wait for the 1,
ast platform OF the last car, but be saw 7,
/ once that the speed would be TO great :.
or him by the time it was within reach, 7,
Then be threw cff his good resolutions
1 the past to the winds. n
A hundred times he hsd called people 81
ools for jumping on moving trsins. q
What, be argued; was minute, 80 hour b
Z q day lost ss compared with the chance sl
I being ground to death or crippled for v
lie under the relentless csr wheels? That I
was good enough then when p
ne bad plenty OF time. but be hsd in bis
urry forgotten sll sbou. II, and rushing n'
t the trout cod OF one OF the coaches be d.
nmped, u
The conductor and oue OF his assistants 10
sd seen wbst as going TO happen, and u
Iere ready They stood well down on VI
be steps. grabbed Bennington by the e,
rms ss be missed connections aud drag h'
ed him sbosrd. %
Wbs,'s the ms,ter With yonf the cou oil
ucior demanded when be bsd him safe
o the pistiorm. Ateyou crszyf There's OF
notbef express train due here 10 iou' o
,iautes. Why siih't you vail icr tbstf to
Bennington conld oDly look at bin 10 "
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