The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-05

That's her coming up

two minutes. IhhI nei ~
the track now"
rushed into the waiting room for
NV "compagnon de voyage" seized her
unceremoniously by the arm ana nur-
r;ad ber into the train shed, explaining
as / went.
In a minute we were on the loco
motive and in another the throttle was
open and we sped along the me-
The girl who incidentally told me
that her name was Jane Losiy,
thanked me profusely for my kinuness.
she became cheerful again at the pros
meet of reaching her father without
DELAY and we soon became quite conf
Dental. Our other fellow travellers
were the engineer, young teiloW or
thirty and a gray-haired fireman. They
were too engrossed in their duties to
paw much attention to us, and we Wera
left to our own devices
Travelling on locomotive is not as
luxurious as in Pullman car. IL Is
not the kind of travelling one would
select for a pleasure jaunt. The SCOT,
dust. cinders, odor, heat are all obJec'
tionable and uncomfortable, put
must confess that with all these dis
abilities it was most enjoyable trim
for me.
Firstly, I knew that would cir
cumvent Griggs and reach town ahead
of him. / scented victory and was
elated accordingly. Secondly was
travelling with most charming girl
whose bright eyes and fascinating con-
versation made me forget the annoy
ances of the trip and converted tho
cab of that grimy engine into YER
table paradise. We sat on a bench
where there was just room for two.
In fact we had to sit rather close in
order not to incommode the engineer,
and SO we were soon In sympathy with
one another.
Miss Losly soon told me all about
herself, her family, her pursuits. Her
mother was dead, her father pros
porous merchant in Burkesville. She
had been visiting relatives in Hanni-
bal when she received news OF her
fathers accident. a fall from his
wheel. Whether it was serious or not
she could not tell. cheered her and
led her to hope for the best.
On we flew! Over bridges and cul-
verts, around curves, through high
walled cuts, over steep entertainments,
past struggling houses, through YER
dant farms, along glistening rivers, up
steep Misunderstanding, swaying like
an infants cradle from side to side as
we rushed along on our mad course.
The stoker piled on the sooty fuel
Every time he opened the furnace
door heat as of hades burst out in
our direction and the air became
lurid. Great streams of smoke were
belched out by the chimney and blew
into our faces. Showers of cinders fell
about us and filled our eyes, ears, nos,
and mouth. By the time we had trav.
eled an hour, we were scarcely recog,
nizable, so covered with SCOT were we
But we smiled and were glad in each
others society.
Still onward in our exciting chase!
TlAre was no stop until we reached
Burnette, and there we wired for a
clear track. At the next station, Co
darton, we passed the local train,
which had stopped there for water.
got a glimpse of Griggs sitting at a
window. He was smiling, no doubt
with glee at the ease with which he
had outwitted me. When next we
met the smile had vanished. BY the
time we reached Owassa Jane and /
were the best of friends We might
have known each other lifetime. Her
favorite authors were mine. She
played the piano and knew all the
pieces l most admired. She could
speak with me in my favorite lam
guage, French. She had all the traits
virtues, accomplishments | lcuged for
in girl. She was beautiful nnd ami
able besides. Nothing was wanting
she was perfect And l was in Eden
blessed the loss of my train and the
gain of locomotive.
AT last. after three hourx r,da ws
pulled in at Burkesville
Jane, after giving me her addre,.
ana asking me to CALL got into a cab
and drove home to her father 80.
to the hotel. scrubbed the dirt and