The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-26
1ourNA1 FICTION SEPTEMBER 49,

spoke there was trace pity seemed to
open heart than all the bitterness
Bucks" he struggled. putting out hand toward his
chief 81 of what say There will be no wreck
what had doneknew it was too late to undo
til begged God that hands might not be stained with
their from the wretced mans forehead
its bead Of agony Il was answered ne
confidence there will be wreck
what will happen do not know what; but
there will be wreck-beieye mott is So.
steadfast staggered the superintendent
what he debating he looked at Black
burn-@ondering, whether the mans mind gone
staggered looked it, and he collected him
speak the hall opened like thing
and we started Callahan burst in
he echoed nss tsou up Whea
matter with you all? Bucks: Is everybody
dumb?
Bucks spoke .rheres lap One and the
special Callahan. We don't know what's hap
said Bucks sulleny Blackburn here has gone crazy
-somehow--there won't be any wreck added
superintendent slowly bewlderedy ITS between
OFalon's Salt Rocks somewhere Callahan take the
sudden There's call now Dispatcher!
speak, questions. Get that message he ex
claimed sharply pointing to the instrument 1t may pc
news
And it was news; f9om station reporting the
Irving special at 1:54 We all heard it
together or it might not have The Irving
special eastbound No westbound single
track their meeting had Tapped Past without
No and stopped in collision? Exactly; not
word; nothing 81, out at 3D. And the actors nara
asleep about its business the Irving
speeial-thats wha from Ames
looked around Gentlemen, what does TINS
mean? Somebody here is insane I don't
me you Blackburn you horsing me: he exclaimed
raising his voice angriy If you are say
a damned shabby joke
Bucks put hand and without word OF comment re-
peated the dispatcher had told it.
I'm any event there's it's were
past wait for No I to report zs*.=G
Callahan pored book May be-, he asked
after while send the orders right and copy
them wrong n book, Blackburn
The dispatcher shook "They they stand
Tapped, Callahan Wait till we hear from No l.
I feel sure she is safe Wait" e..
Bucks stuck silent to the
kew taking what little work came for saw neither the
tnt Rlackbu
part vacanty into the fire. Callahan meantime
had the orders renea ted back from Ames
lap they had been sent just
There nothing Tor 1t put 70
wait for Rosebud l. When the night oper-
aor dispatcher again it brought Blackburn
of his gloom like a thundercap. ~a@s1
"cive me the key!, he exclaimed 'There Rosebud
Callahan pushed dropping into the chair
took message the night operator at Rosebud
Number One, in, 2o3 l. M
Blackburn strangely, with all the easy
confidence ordinary sending He and took and sent
like one again master situation
Engineer Sampson to come up 20 the "lre nc
Sampson not MAZE but his brother Arnold
was pulling that night
Engneer Sampson here,' came from Rosebud presently
.AsR Sampson met Special 2os tonight
There hitch at the other eho
wire; then Rosebud answered.
Sampson he will tell you all about 1t IN the morn
.That will not do" tapped the dispatcher This is
Superintendent Bucks and are mere
They want the did meet Special 2o2!
There another wearing delay When the answer
came it was slowly, engineers dictation
INV orders were O Fallons ror Special 2o2
clicked sounde repeating the engineers hang state
ment when we Salt Rocks siding and got down
among Quakers cutting along hard TO make the
canon when thought saw a headlight nasn De-
tween buttes river. 1t startled me- Tor
knew special far west OF u.s.
way made quick stop, backed tight as
it for Salt Rocks siding Before we nad so'
mile headlight again, and knew the 2o2 was
against got into the clear just as the speca
by Nobody but train crew and my fire
man knows anything about this
q The three front of made comment as they
other How was it possible for one train s
have another the buttes OF the
Peace river country? = ,sss.. =
how many times would have opened for single
ond so one engineer light of another would
per multiplying Well perhaps Blu
there suggestions that nature that night under
dispatchers at the Wickup with the storm driving
down the pass as night at Peace river
rested that night clear Black
burn, getting up, seaded himself on his feet
go in there lie down." said Callahan to him
you're used up fellow that I'll take the key
r,on