The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-13

i'm fbo baooaese 80 49, .-ii-Il -ltlcled
runaways: the Moose Is so Terf eyes sl4sd on the
loot Of their flight could be seen IL Was y , 1eiy
wards to save the passenger train: but for ever, ~
they could crowd into its Wheels the runayyavs ,-a
making two Pat Francis saw it frst-s,vr n 5ee
they had covered half the distance back to Toiteo
1hey could never make the hill west Of the Moose:
y wasn't IN steam to beat gravity. Moreover If
they crowded No too hard she might fly elevation
In 90 INTO the quit 1t IS one thing to down
mn ana announcer thing to fall down hill The tea
Francis turned bare-headed John Parker and
named MN his watch and his money.
what do You mean?' John Parker choked the
words out because he knew what he meant
. TURN this stuff in to Bucks John. if L don't make
The brakeman. greenish and dazed steadied him
ser with hand on the jamb: the baggageman stared
what do YOU mean?"
IN drop of at the Toltec switch and ravbe I can
open II 70 catch that strng-we'u never maketit this
way John, in Gods world
You might Almost as well jump out into the can
croWding mile minute"
Francis looked at him steadily as he pulled his ring
Iheyre crowding 2. John
. Inc car slued under them John Parker tore off
his spectacles. -
Pat. I'm lighter man than you-rive mo the
Smcn KEY ne cried, gripping the conductors shout
DER as he followed him out the door to the platform
, Your You children are younger than mine Pat Give
This is my train John. AsI, Bucks to look after
With these words Francis tore the old mans hand
roughly away. When minute is a mile action is
quick Sixty seventy seconds more meant the ToteC
switch and the conductor already b,,D fro ~ Ig nc
TOM step Of the baggage car.
Fat Francis was built ike a gorilla. He swung
with his long in and out from the reeIns frai
into rhythm foot dangling i'm The sTcll Of d5Ist
ana cnders the other bracng lightly against the stem
1eaa Ihen, with the switch key i'm his mouth with
Farkers thin hair streaming him. and a 1vbirl-
vino suchlEg to the wheels under him. with %
drivers racing above him hundred 1,sseoDvors
staring below him. Pat Francis let go
Men IN the sleeDers, only half understanding saw
as ne disappeared burst of alzaH along the track
Only old John Parzer's gray eye could See that his
conductor though losing his feet had rolled clear OF
the trucks and drivers tumbing i'm the storm
center like porcupine Above him the tea cars were
FRANCIS stagger to his feet and double back like n
I IaCA SINE on me ballast lump jumped into the
ging after him one lee IKE a dead thin e9 Greg-
lily towards the switch He reached the stand and
caught at it. He pulled himself up on one leg and
target As it fell cIutched i'm both his hands tbe ca
6oose Of the tea train leaped the tongue rail The
lore truck shot into the switch heels caught for
hundredth Of a second in the sue flew out and like
the head of foamng cur the caboose doubled fran
iCS on us tIaliers The tea cars tripped, jumped
hve-out and into the open gulf
The crash rolled up the gorge and down IT drove
eagles from their nests and wolves from their holoWs
startled birds wheeling above the headlong cars
wreck down the mountain side. And the good people
OF No p the pleasUre-seek that Pat Francis was
keep cool and think.
He lay PROSTATE across the road. bruised and
ricSety knees, reached him first but he spoke again
And then Pat Francis choking splitting easDi9g-
cutchinS at John Parker's bouy arm raised his head
his 7ns-anS lfS IIi Plohen leeT3 rom between
beefsteak and the iron leg that struck the ballast
afterwarI he law in the staeT7orl Of the f, i
er and tried with burning swollen tongue to talk to
Brooklyn men who feelingy stared him. and to
Brooklyn women who prettiIv cried at him and to
famed his whiskers and Pat Francis head with
the baggage clip.
When No rolled into Medicine Bend next morning
Bucks climbed aboard, and without ceremony eIbowed
his way through the excursionists dressing in the
aises to the injured conductors stateroom He was
in there good bit When he came out, the chief
priests OF Brooklyn crowded around TO fast things
to the superintendent about his conductor their
@ IS .oI, AZ LeS LFleu' BUCKS looked IN minute
Ne lg lledus' ne ala IhaL way When thinking Then
he singled out the Depew Of the party and put his
Look here" said Bucks. and his words snapped
like hrecraekers, Il want you gentlemen To do
We've made up a purse $500 for him. my friend"
announced the spokesman, gladly.
I don't mean that. not that He's in trouble You
as Ven as if ia made him I.II tell Won Ma Z +
want YOU to upstairs and dictate your account
OF the accident to my stenographer- While you're
viii we? Get your slave"
IN tell you why continued Bucks addressing
the Brooklyn impressiveIy You look like
man who maybe, knows what trouble is"
Il thought So exclaimed Bucks. warming. TT
W 49, 'IS - Ll same oI-e--olle degree;
spoilers after him." added Bucks, lowering his voice
to the few gentlemen who crowded about.
There's plenty of Brooklyn men here for a lynch
trouble you to help if they could catch them
your statement to send in headquarters Fran
els answer to the charges They tried make him
out thief, but I've just found they haven't
touched him. His explanation is perfectly straight
The men of Brooklyn tumblcd up the Wickiup
stairs. At breakfast the Travelled faster than
hot rolls When the paper drawn. the signing
began but they crowded the upper that Bucks
was afraid Of collapse and the testimonial ex-
citedly carried down to the waiting Then the
women wanted to sign. When they began it looked
serious for no woman could be hirred and those who
were creatures of sentiment dropped their
signatures. thinking the paper was to hang in Pat
Francis DarOr.
In the end Bucks had to hold No. , thirty minutes
and to lay out the remains of the train which was
still waiting TO get out of the yard.
After the last yell from the departing ecursionfsts
Bucks went back TO his office and dictated the gem
eral manager report of the Totec wreck. Then he
wrote this letter to him:
Replying yours the Sth relative to the charges
against Conductor p. J. Francis. his statement
in the matter. The detective who paid the fare
to Red Cloud was not put off there because no stop
was made, the train being that~ught under my
10 make no stops below Wild Hat. It the first
of the Brooklyn Yellowstone excursions and Chicago
was anxious to make the Columbian Pacific connection
This was done in spite of No Is coming into this