The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-10

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Callahan took it up short Look here, Alfabet
Why Because YOU and viii touch head on, If
The next time Bucks was up, his assistant told
IF he bothers shockIey" Bucks said. wen get
his scalp. that's all He'd better look after his
i notice ShOclley isn't keeping his frogs blocked
continued Bucks reverting to other matters. That
kept blocked. and tel him / said so'
But the frog-b blocking was not what worried
The month If Deceyobs~ bro,,lt =, me- $500 tt 80
and the tWo never let the work get ahead
When the Russian holidays came down below
Chris concluded that celebration would be merely
enee of Little Russia due to him."
We'll what the racket, anyhow, chris2" demanded
of the invitation to the festivities had sputtered
We got Chrismus by us explained Chris. des-
Christmas" repeated shockIey. grimIy. Christ
mas. Why, man. Christmas don't come nowhere on
Dollar sefenty-vife.'
''Where?"
And don't you know switchman oughtn't to
put his feet in hatboats? Don't you know some day
Then Their. wheren you be Dutch with string of fats
However, Chris stuck for his request. He wouldn't
take for answer.
master at last. IN come down awhile after No %
comes in Get back early after supper and Wen make
1t was pretty night; pretty enough the
yard for anybOdy's Christmas Julian or Gregorian
No snow, but moon, and full one. rising early
the Arkaree bluffs, and frost that bit and spanked
Happily for christmas IN Little Russia No % pulled
in on time; but it was long and heavy that night
The minute the tired engine off the long train
up ran the Htte switch engine ana snapped at the
headless monster like coyote Out came the coal
down that and The other Ike Stones from caap1Tt-
and the tough-connected smUt-faced bear-eyed yard
engine coughed and snOrted and spit shower OF
air, until No % was wrecked clean to the caboose.
Then there was only the westbound freight, No
make up. ShOckIey Chris the goat
put a like black ants. There releasing and
dying switch dead against the rubrics and at last
the whole train of steel in line and ready to
in on R the house track for the eaRoSse
crossed the track and swung great circle with his
lump of coal; he recovered lightly, but the misstep
sent his foot wide, a a jolt Ru-
bedos new shoe slipped into the frog
Up the track he heard roll of stormy coughs from
the engine They were coming toward him. over the
spot where he stood his signal and he quietly tried
Coolly first like a confident man a quicksaad;
soon with alarm running into fright But there was
e an 6 s saesR e t dnd it's oad Vet coming
and he Wrenched harder but his foot stuck Then ne
yelled for Shoekiey ShockIey had gone over to open
knew it. And he yelled again
twisted Half the time was gone; the near truck
wheels screeched two car lengths away and the
ShockIey had told him what do if that moment
came night; had told him to throw his lamp in
fiat dropped heavily on the tongue IN front OF
him Then he threw his lamp.
No help came. Desperate at last, he threw himself
outside the rail- to all but foot; but
frog held him, and. crying horribly. he struggled
his feet only to sink again half crazy 10 te
ground his left him he was hardly aware Of
instant around his back and his yardmaster's
voice in his ear .,,,-
Chris. scrambling frantically on the deadly IaIi5
unable to jump felt himself picked from the ground
4gg[o like drawbar through the dark shockIey
had
Russians clumpy shoe jerked his foot from 1t ana
Chris staggered painting to his feet. Already the
steel moving slowly over the switch a lanIern
Shockley's lamp Chris looked wildly around Tor ms
yardmaster; called out; called ShockIeys name ms
tened No scream no sIG NO Mo ~ +b IgbeeIe over
tT b He sHune into it. and by Signs made
engineer Shut off He tried to talk only STAN
mered a lingo of switch-pidgin and the name OF
shoekIey. They couldn't understand It at an oug
open furnace door, and grabbing tnelr lanterns
out the fiat that spanned the contact; ne GREY
shrinking back and, rising, started on the run Tor the
1t was Callahan who pulled the pin a moment
vas CaIi4 ana tf VINO Two at the frog and Callahan
who stepped. wavering from the gap that opened
behind the receding fat-back from something De
tween the rais-baci to put hands bndly out Tor
the target rod, and unsteadily upon H. he hedru
Some carried the headlight back and some tore
the door box car, and they got him on z dney
They laid him Callahans mattress IN the WAITING
room and the men stood all about him; but Lne OlIy
sound was his breathing inside under the lamp
fEe raceiver clicking clicking clicking, of Bucks and
the company surgeon coming on special ahead u
No. So .. sazb
They twisted tournquets into MS qulVerlng ne5n,
and with the light dying in his eyes they put Wlshy
to his lips But he turned head and spit it from
bjs 1noufh Then he looked face 10 face ABOUT
the engineer the fireman and 10 ilIIs
C,Trie and IN Callahan and his lips moved
"RIock-blocz-- said ShOckley's lips. And lana ma
han Iiped them slowly ana bent close again and put
his ear over them k-blOck-the-trogs
And Shockey died 49, =ro+,,
so s-on, her heels as she slowed Bucks and a man
following close sprang from the step OF the COaeA'
C,aIIahan met them: shook his head
Twenty minutes later No 80 whistled Tor the ZS[u,
t,t in the ward all dark and still one man So
off No 50 that night Carrying his little VaIlse IN ms
I,and ba walked in of the depot, hanging On
The edges of the grouping who still talked Oh ne
sccide5t After hearing, he walked alone INTO IHe
Jo-ss,e room and with valise in his hand drew
bacL the edge of the sheet and standing. looked
4fterward he paused at the door and spoke to man
Who was fixing lantern
what was name2'