The Newtown bee., 1901-08-16

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 "So you get no vacations?" said the stranger. "All work and no play must make Jack Manning a dull boy"
 The train boy laughed.
 "Guess I ain't specially dull," he said. "Besides I Pm going to get what may be a good, long vacation right away. This road has got through with train boys; they're all laid off. This is my last trip"
 "Your last trip," echoed the strang CT. Scarcely had the words left his and careened. There was 8 savage bump or two, and then, with mighty crash, the car rolled over. High arose a chorus of shrill shrieks and the air was filled with binding dust.
 When the train boy got back his dazed senses he found himself crawling up the bank of the ditch. There was bump on his head, a cut across his ear, and one of his ankles was wrench ed. He looked around as he wiped his grimy face.
 The train had been ditched and it was bad wreck. Ahead he could see the white cloud of steam that told of the engines position. The tender was piled above it, and behind that came the baggage and express cars and the one another or lying battered and shattered along the ditch like so many broken toys.
 "Jack!" called a voice. The quiet man, with his head and shoulders pro- jecting from window, was calling to him. "Here, Jack, give me lift. I seem to be pinned down by some thing"
 The boy mounted the deis of the crushed car, and with a steady pull drew the quiet man out. My arm is twisted" said the latter, as he looked about. Cor could have helped myself" " He gazed around and gave d little groan. Then it seemed to Jack that his manner, suddenly changed. He strengthened up, and his eyes sparkled.
 we must have help at once," he cried. Do you know where we are:" ''The next stop is Caldwell, bout three miles ahead, answered Jack.
 "And Hammersburg is nine miles beyond that," said the quiet man. 'They can make up relief train there" He felt of his injured arm and twinge ran through him. He turned to Jack.
 ''Get down into the car and bring up my bag," he said, with swift abrupt ness.
 Jack quickly clambered through the window, and moment later passed up the handbag.
 "Here," he suddenly called, "here $ grandma-and she's all right" Al most as he spoke the head of the wom. an appeared above the opening, and with a strong pull from the quiet mans sound arm and with Jack $ help below, she was quickly drawn through. She was brave woman, and though she trembled little her voice was | firm.
 ''There is a shady place under the trees on the bank there," she said as she looked about. ''Have the hurt brought up there. Twill do what l can for them. I have had experience as nurse."
 II hope to have help here very soon, '' said the quiet man. Then he turned to the boy. "Climb that telephone pole there and cut the three wires on l the lower arm. Have you anything to do the cutting with?''
 "Yes sir, replied Jack" "I've got jackknife that will do anything" The boys leg was sore and his head hummed and throbbed, and it was hard climbing, but he managed to reach the bar. A moment later the severed wires fell, and the quiet man had drawn telegraph instrument l from his bag and was sounding them. AS Jack reached the ground he heard the rapid clicking.
 The quiet man presently arose. "An engine with doctors will leave Caldwell in l5 minutes, he said, land a relief train will be made up at once at Hammersburg."
 "Yes, sir" said Jack. "What next. '
 Are you hurt?" cried the quiet man as he stared at the boy.
 "Only scratch, sir" He flung his coat aside. "Waitin' orders, sir" he said.
 GO down the line and tell the train. men to report to me here at once. We must go at this work in an orderly way"
 "Who shall say sent me?"
 Manager RObbins.'
 The boy whistled as he sped along.
 '"The new general manager, "he mur mured, land he's corker too''
 Then followed hours of the hardest work the boy had ever known. He was the managers right-hand man, his messenger, his lieutenant, his devoted aid, his faithful clerk. Through all these scenes of suffering and toll the boy never faltered. The old woman got at him and bandaged his head and begged him to rest, but he shook his | han6aupS ait her and hurried hack tC