The Yale expositor., 1902-09-26

fireman. 'Did YOU hcay tnat crashF
"'Oh. never mind give me more
steam | replied. .or / knew We must
bc nearing sleep grad. | blew the
slgnals To rc.eas, The brakes but with
ont avail
"iu minute We struck the hill IL
was a hard one to climb. ami the en-
gine puftcd SO loudly that ! lid not no.
ticc the cessation of the pigs squcals.
slowly bUt surely we were coming so
q s.audstill. The brakes siill seemed
set. again blew thr signal Tor their
release. hut a., train cama suddl dlnly
90 IN irrcsoiu:e stop. although making
hcrculcan efforts 10 K .cp going.
The inclIGc had but begun. 70 start
the train was impossible.
Il lighted a pine torch. sp-ang fsom
the cab Go ascertain tn situation. aud
had passed several ears when The most
terrible wells echoed through the FOR
est. The men from thc rear ca the
train were shouting 200 mr. II was iU-
possible 10 distinguish what they were
saying because cf the ycils which were
rising apparently between me and
them These d.l not alarm ma much.
fo- the creature screamed like a wild.
car. recklc but noe dangerous, night
prowler So on I walked toward the
rear of ihc train.
Approaching the trainmeu ! heard
them shout Loo, out Ter the jaeuay.
Powers"
WOW TO wild creature Is more dan
scrous % man 10y night than q iaguar
I halted and stared I could now see
the glnring eyes of the fierce brute rs
he paved the lifeloss pig These eyes
followed Mc with such hostil, intent
that has. ned hles Co ,bc cab g.. the
fireman and my Winchester
20. coJrsc ore e.. us had 20 stay
with t,ir cI-iuc. 50 lrf. my L-gmcu
m cherGc and returned a,Una. w.Jh
torch n haHj and r.fc ready. Thr
traiuUor ysMr toward o.. from around
thr yaa- o- tine train They told Me
tha' De- a-Uag mU>. iIyo been crotch
in- on jl' '.sr.Psr 7s limb. aud
hayi-r heard .an sGura's OF tl" p,e,
must have i.sTrd ycgS.r .y into th"
passing ifaih -u- uis p.,y. The train
wca had G.s.o.osrd him wh,n they
started Oh ausw my signal ot 'u-aE,s
off, The hsgr he'd ,hcm 30 bay.
They were .l ti.' r.a- cae the iawag
was !g ,.c uc., o.c. aIl thy could
NOT rass owe" tho tsa.n ,p g,.aase the
hrlsgs Tie eighteen loaded cars.
most oi them having ti-hioEcd brakes.
had stopped No. IT, on thc incline.
Il must either give Up hope OF
ScitiuG 10 ,hc po-t iu lime fu- loading
tHu Bsrakwa,cr. co. risc sii %. dg.vc
away the jaguar The iirc OF h., eyes
was intensified by the hicko..u- light
OF the torch. !; was not pleasant Hl-
mace when the brute sugccstivcly
wiped hls lips s-d tolgue with those
huge paws.
The engine gave a sudden lurch.
My fireman must have been mcddllng.
II throw the animal from It's balance.
His tail lashcd. Handing the torch 90
man | raised my Winchester. The
beast glarcd fcyocIously. and meas
urcd the distance TO the ground. Some
OF the men ran. - the animal seemed
about 10 jump | took hasty aim and
pulled the trigger. Apparently the IN.
guar was unharmcd. but he had
changed bis opinion about the jump.
and calmly trotted along the tops OF
the bananas toward the engine I
| aimed NJ him again and pulled the trig-
ger. Then | remembered that The only
cartridge IN the Winchester was the
one had fired.
II shouted To the fireman. but before
| could make him understand the COW.
ardly fellow jumped from the cab and
scampcrcd Into the forest Luckily
there was no other iaguar awaiting
him.
Il went toward the cab. expecting 90
ind III iaguIr in possession. and de.
tprmincd 20 club hlm ont with the butt
90 my gun, but lac was not In the cab.
! blew brakes OF. and casually looked
around. ON the floor of the tender.
among the wood aud casks OF water.
stretched ont at fun length and appar.
cutly crouchIng for q spring. I saw ;hc
/ iuguar. I jumped from the engine.
The thought Of the fireman's cowardlcr
did not then amusc me. As fast as pos.
sihle I ran toward the rear or the train.
Ten o'clock was approaching The
ship could no. receive hev fruit unless
We started Immediately. In nay haste
had LETT the rifle In the cab: now
took a crowha- which one OF the brake.
men handed me. But the plan from
which hoped mos, was his suggestion
that I should climb unon the engine
/ from the front OF the cab nnd then
reach In 90 open the steam valve. on
the chance that the escape OF the hiss
Inc steam would frlghion the brute q
the point OF fleeing from the train.
Il opened valve-the inguar nevci
moved.