Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-01-24

made Of.
BY this time he was quite desperate.
Clearly there was but one thing for
him to do-run away. He could steal
rides to 'FrIsco-be a stowaway from
Frisco to Manila, and then he'd find
some way of joining Jimmy's regiment.
He had just reached that point In his
day dreams when he should carry
wounded comrade from the field, under
heavy fire from the enemy, then
It was only child's voice, but 1t was
vibrant with terror, and II came from
behind on the track. He whirled -ou1,d
and saw small form wrigglilg and
Jerking to free itself from something
perhaps the rail. And just beyond he
saw the fast freight backing down to
the union depot.
There was not a second to lose when
Allen started on his race with the
train. His training In the athletic field
stood him In good stead, but the train
gained on him steadily as he sprinted
down the track.
Suddenly the despairlng, agonizing
cry of the mother fell on his ear. He
had discarded hat and package, and
| now he was making such time as he
had never scored on the track. The
| blood was surging In his ears. Before
| him rose the awful picture of the little
| figure crushed under the pltiless wheels.
| One great leap clutch at the little
foot caught in the frog and with the
| frightful, roaring monster of steel and
iron rumbling over their heads, he and
the sobblng child rolled down the EN-
| bankment.
| When Alien and the child sat facing
one another at the foot of the bank the
train had sped on Its course. A couple
| of excited women appeared on the
scene, crying over the dust covered
baby. A group Of excited men berated
the carelessness of corporation that
backed Its trains at such rate of speed
through the heart of the city and with
no employees on the rear car. And in
the general excitement no one noticed
that the lad In a dusty gray uniform
had disappeared.
| Allen ran back to where he had
dropped his package, and picking 1t up
| In the most matter Of fact fashion hur-
ried home. The boarders, many OF
whom had lived with Mrs. Durfee ever
since her husbands death, were drop
ping in for supper, and Allen never
thought to interrupt her with the story
| of his adventure.
He ate hearty supper, ran out for
game of ball, and finally went to bed
| still without recounting his race with
| the locomotive. 1t had quite slipped his
! mind.
| And perhaps no one would ever have
heard of it If the day had not been so
dull in the office of the Daily Times.
But when one of the reporters heard
that q child had been saved on the cut
| off he decided that 1t was worth look
Ing up. He found that the story was
good enough to keep exclusively for his
paper, and he guarded it religiously.
AS a result, while the other papers
| of the little inland city continued to say
| pretty things of James Durfee, the son
| of a brave Union soldier and the sup
port Of the widowed mother, the Times
came out with n thrilling account of
| two brave sons, the one who faced
death in the Philippines and the one
who risked his life on the railroad track
| for baby boy.
At breakfast time the next morning
Allen, very red in the face and gener-
ally uncomfortable, had to shake hands
all round. He protested vigorously that
1t was nothing to make such fuss
about. Any fellow would have done the
same thing If he'd seen the little chap
lying helpless ON the track.
He lodged through the alleys on his
way to schol only to be met on the
campus by enthusiastic cadets, who
carried him ON their shoulders to the
building. In the great assembly room
the principal laid his hand kindly on
| Sergt Durfee's shoulder and said:
Greater love hath no man than this
that he offer his life for his friend.
| am glad that all our heroes are not at
the front"
But while the boys cheered Allen was
thinking of his mother. He remembered
the day that Jimmy had marched away.
and his mother had fastened a tiny
silk flag on his uniform. There had
been such a proud, happy look in her
eyes when she kissed Jimmy good-by.
And Allen had caught that same look
In her eyes this morning as she watch
ed him start to school.
Yes, she had been just us proud of
her home guard boy MS the one who
had marched away. He would not have
to run away, after all, to show that he
came of good lighting stock.-Utlea
Globe.
Meanest-Man in Kansas.