Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-12

Engine No 2034 Of the Southern Pa
COTE railway, with her throttle open wide
and thirty-eight heavy cars laundering
behind her. was rushing at top speed
through wild, lonely part of Arizona.
Dave Chase was driving her, and was
taking n glance at his speed Indicator 10
see IL 2GiI was working well up tp her
timetable
Satisfied by what ii told him. h.
| iooked ahead again down the long,
straight track
Expecting to sec il clear. his eyes fell
instead on something which made him
catch his breath with quick gasp eff
horror \ sudden dizziness took him. his
| brain seemed 10 SWIM, and there came a
/ foarlu@ IN hiS ears that was l0uder even
I then the scream aud rattle of his IN.
CINE cadlong rush.
Something was on the metals! Some.
| thing white something that moved
something The engine was travelling
almo~ IS fast rs his own thought and
IA another yccond he saw that The Oh
jet was n little child.
les, there playing mconccrncdlv ON
he lines. was the figure Of a little white.
/ frockPd child, aud rushing toward II was
y terrible death, of which Dave WAS the
, helpless instrument. and which he was
pow"rIcss 10 prevent
III" huge engine lenDed forward. ana
Wa' almost upon the little figure before
'hns" could regain his self possession
WITH cry Ia his mate Il" inmmrd the
throttle h"Iuc and set the airbrnkcs.
T. shpNtrrd the red sparks from be.
meath H." grating wheels The violent
! shock l"ii"d ~" passengers in their com.
! i"rt1"" seats and almost threw the two
men FROM their feet. but nothing could
( 'hc"k -'tkft terrific speed Ia so short "A
,p'"r fhp grinding roar uf he brakes
hdd hardly commenced when tli,, engine
bonded over the child
SLOWLY The bong train came to q stand.
f. SIM 'Iut imnprd Dave Chase "a lool, uf
agony on ln~ SET. white face. aud in com
many WITH his mite and two brikr.men.
llc ran back 70 where he knew ne tyolil
hnd Inc poor mHu2lcd body.
~ ne reached Tia" end Of the last ear
ne Stopp"d. feeling that lr rould uot
bfh2 his eyes 10 meet Tho terrible sight
ANA Then wen. there sitting unbnrtned
between the metals. the men saw prct
r. lutlc baby girl!
She scrambled tn her feet when she
saw them. and running M. said.
Naughty puif-puH. cnt Edna's shoe,
ana messed her nice clean dress, Numgh.
el naughty puH puff
Ana thru Dave Chase made - rush for
her. and taking her in bis arms rair,y
hr"k" down. 80 great was the reaction
~ this sudden SitnpldHg If the strain
upon which he had lived dulin. The few
previous moments.
IT WAS q strange sight The de~nlaie.
far-Sfretrhing country: the hong train "a;
q Stand~till with 203i painting AT it<
head: the passengers leaning ruriou~ly
from every window. and the prrtt,
fragil" little figure tightly claSprd IN
big. griInY Dave Ch8sp's arms.
There was honSe cidSe hy bahY FL
mas house and tliithcr fhc men took
her. At the door they were met hy thr
l.ttle ones mother. Ia Mortified auazo-
nienl SIc heard their story. and then
w"manlike. fell % alternately kissing
and Seeding the little girl
And Edna was the only person quite
HnpOnccrnPd
She had bcpu playing between the
rails. She explained simply. when sud.
denly the "pnffpun- had run right oyer
har. making il al dark" and scratch
ing ono f0ot which had hecn ncap The
line 1ligi WAS all. So far as size was
concerned.
But Dave Chase of the Southern "a
citle Viii never fnrEei Two pictures whicif
he saw that daS. First tae sight ~
little lsslna On the rails twenty feet 10
front IT 2lr4. and, second. little figure
a. the rear ~ the frain that picked itself
up. and rnntdttg 10 linn. cried ''Nauelifv
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