The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24
The Wreck Of 1919.
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too light for the work. and Of his own
motion he went To the superintendent,
asked for the lOls' ana got her. ,s,, a1s dhere,
new leaf. IL was as III she had felt the
degradation of the freight-pulling, and
had revenged herself accordingIy. ,dai ma,
was what Harry said when the men Joked
him. and asked him IL he had ordered his
coffin laughing. as he laughed at every
thing. But Amos Gilman shook his head
you wait" he said "she's layin'. or
to fool round till you amt watching her:
then she'll up and do ye." ,u ,
swung up TO the cab to move the big
engine slowly across the fitting turn
table, 49,
''When she smashes me, I'll smash
her" he said, leaning from the high cab
window. when you hear she killed
me you needn't get out the wreck train;
there won't be enough of her lett 10
make scrap out of.
"Begorry, thin, I'm bettin' a tin spot
ye don't" retorted Carnahan, who was
Just getting out after the scalping cpl
sode. "Whin she gets good an ready
she'll make taty-hash iv ye, an nivver
turn wan hair"
and in the fuilness of time they did see.
Notwithstanding the prophesies Of cvf.
IL seemed for time as If the lOl9s de-
mon had been safely exercised, and when
Harry had paced the big flyer on the ac-
commodation for a month or more with
out a mshap OF any kind, the powers
DeEAn 10 la TX OF Dutllnk IieI Otl the iIldli
run for which she had been purchased.
As 10 this Harry had nothing to say, as
a matter OF course. but when IL leaked
out that the 10l9's engineer was likely TO
be transferred with his engine to the run
with the fast mail, he took occasion TO
cali upon old man Bence In the latter )
private office
Hardy, he said, and when the superin-
tendent wheeled around In his pivot
chair: ITS talked around among the
10 If,,, r.fH "a % n a.
pun tho mail II It's so. I don't want e."
Nov, Mr. Benson llardy was true
sense that he had his particular red rag
of cnraecmcnt. and this red rag was the
slightest Indication on the part OF an
engineer that has nerve was failing.
this reluctant youngstet and soowled and
rasped out his disapproval.
What's the matter With YOU. spen-
Ger? Losing your ncrve?'
mo. / guess not. But I'm pretty we'll
satisfied with the accommodation run
"Oh. you are. are your Well, so long
as you work for the {. a q. *. you'll go
whore you're sent
OF course Harry laughed. He was OF
those who would laugh and offer 10 shake
hands with death at the narrowest pass.
But there was defiance in his reioinder.
81 guess I don't have 10 work for the
G. e. G.. r. when you get through with
me" he said. and so IL ended for the
Since railroad office IL ms ieaky as any
sieve. Il soon came to be whispered about
that Harry had fatty refused the mail
run, and the why was a small mystery.
In the wage scale the mall engineers
were az the top; and. while the mileage
was stiff tho runs were fast and the
isyovers proportionatoly iong But Harry
had a reason Of his own for wanting "a
keen tue accommodat don run. and OF this
reason none oi as know until later. The
Lone Fine accommodation was an even
dave run. west from Grand Butte "a
Lone Pine one day. and back the next
THIS arrangement gave the crews ever,
other night In Lone Fire, and that or "a.
self was standing grievance IN the eyes
of most OF us. For Lone Pine boasted M
more than station. a stock corral. =
water tank and the illlmitsbie plain. with
here aud there a ranch house 20 dot II.
OF the ofI-iay crew Of five men. -four
carried fonr-story dinner buckets anc
slept on bsnks IN the station. But the
nth man--and that ~as Harry-bought =
broken winded broncho early In the game
end ambied away 10 the nearest OF the
plain -dottlng ranch houses every other
evening as soon as he had sidetracked his
train and cared l9r his engine. We nsysl