Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-28

THE ENGINEERS GHOST.
? Jack conaer and His Pet Old Hun
. bred and Seven.
A story.
Observation-Disclosures.

y story.
$4,000 >a4n~>>HeA~
Mary H. p Hatch in the Springfield
Nlass, Republicans THAT story 'bou
Jack C;onjel's engine Wall done
There's queer works in this world
Sometimes ii jest seems to tech tothe
one in a dretful close Way. Strange
things happen than is dreamt OF in on
philadelphy Horace That's What
heera once in q play down To Boston
land it's true as preaching from thu
pulpit
You don't believe the story tina
Jacks comm back to ride his engine
do ye9.
old hundred and seven? Wall.
dono What to think 1t shows wear
sez they've seen it with Jack on i
senee he die. George Lunt SAYS h.
has and so does Arth Stillman We'v,
watched me and Fred ellis. but ",
didn't see nothing out OF common. I.ut
then, ghosts neVed do come wher
YOU'RE looiling for en- furzino Weir,
sp'nter watch tonight. men Fred is
What about it, anywaya'
"'iosh all hemlock posed yot
lmowed al about it, Wall. Ill tell W
Well set right down her by the rount
house. You can sec the engine over
there yonder WALL to begn at the frs
ont. Jack allus seemed To love that on
sine Jest as ct IL was alive. He'd work
over ii for hours when there want 9
mite OF need ont. and red talk to il
kihdei loNin like, jest as IF il WAS alive
and knew what llr was sayin' of Sorte'
cray No. not the least mite crazy
! y l"Yeler-headed Teller or y better engi-
nepr never Went on The road. Everybody
respected Jack. but YOU see he hadn't
10 folks of his own. never married. nor
anything. ana that engine seemed to
grow right into his heart. or his heart
i:1to the engine seeng's it's SO big
th#t would be more like it. Jack rode
I j; for ten yeais, and it Want new when
he took it. II was laid up for repairs q
good dead. and We boys used TO tell
jock that there WANT nothin' left of it
Eseurcely ,cept the nozzle. But Jack got
TIE better of us there. same with
'llIs he said. They cit made over
every seven years. says Jack. You see,
Jack was eddcated right UP to the
handle. used To read the paper a sight
when he could cit time. and he read
some books. I've seen him ut It, oh,
yes. Jack knew what he was about. But
4 twas said-I don't know how true it
was that he WAS disappointed i'm love.
or something. He GOT sortar Wild. ana
took 10 the road, so I've heerd tell. Wall.
t; WAS a sight TO see Jack working
round that engine busting of i; like n
lazy dustins a pianner. He didn't give
lis fireman. sam Peters. scurcelv s
thing TO do excent when they was ON
the road: then he made him hustle for
III he was worth. THEY'D take tbe long,
run across the prairies like y sho, SHIN
crowefirg in the coal res.lar ana lack
ilandlinp old IIl,ndred ANA seven Inv
in..er than 4 boss ana ,naetarf,,llar n,
see him set,jn M thera With his hand
or The lover,i in ,ha n,oonl;gbt oIone. ~.
stretches was sometime. 10 make Won,
Gesh eraep 50 sam s.,,s. hnt .,,o...
ho's tbousht or Il senso tha s+orv 7ba,,,
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10 his old scat iast as he was i, b;s
night sbirt aud an bIoodv FROM hai,,
eut nv Tho alass r,na,.aa a,a sa,a,
MAS an fired nm or if seemed IN he fo,.
If started off iest Nc soon .,s ba tecbal
the lever never seen s,ch n,,ffs and
you WON'T believe Il but me ,yhis,,a
started to blow all by itself That 7 /
can stake my aaidayv ON
wall. we an felt n,ea,,a,.r nus,v von
bet We hadn't counted ON no,,,in, lil-a
NAT Sides which Ia have = crazy mar,
ride an engine want no ioka NOT hv =
long chalk. R,,t he djlln.t RIM INTO NO
trains. nor nothin' hapuened cont I
when they took lack off AZ The nevt I
run--we,l telegraphed TO sion him,
he was linn as a rag He ai,,n.t l,no,v
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