The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-11
"OLD MAN
SPECIAL"
BycuRRAN II. GREENLEy

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THE division superintendent had
| stretched out few inches further
on the leathern lounge in the EmuDcr a.
Jake, the porter, reported. "ShcI b.
here In about two hours, Cap'n The
fireman Of % done come from the sta
ton above. an he say that am dc latest
wire"
Here's kettle OF fish" grOwlcd BraX-
ton the travelling auditor. Heres both
OF us that ought to be In Denver to-mor-
row morning, tied here by one l'g IKE
Widow Malone's COW. No telling
what ducks and brakes those c. II. 4
Z. L. fellows will make Of that bill II
they happen to get old man Paagci N
their clutches Trust Jimmy Atkins for
making hay while the lobby Is clear
aud here we are, peuned MP IN our own
cars. the wrecking crew 80 miles away
and ten carloads Of cattle ana God only
knows what else, piled UP on the track,
Get out Of here! You'll, a black face
vanished through the Cracl, OF the door
and Braxtun collapsed into the deep
chair opposite the division supcrintcnd-
ent, who pulled away al his cigar anu
watched him between shut lids, and
drawing. in his lazy good-humored
voice. Quiet down. BraXtUu. We ain
the whole road. You've got yuur bones
left and all your skin and Jimmy At
kIns doesn't own the legislature. II the
old man did call us in to assist in pull
ing wires. that doesn't mean that they
won't be pulled without us"
He sat nm and looked ont of the win.
dow IN pna side the rrouit. wall of
the mountain went mn and mn behind tho
mere shelf on which the track lay HE
a silver ribbur. ON m, Other. far b,lu, j..
bluc trail Of water wound between
ochre rorp,s and already wher, the
fragu.ute NJ ur,rEogr had lr,tI hurl,G
down, heavy winged bu2zarGs Mapped
to and fro. and the sun poured a flood
OF gold through the clear. thin air, while
from the smoking wreck, the noise. of
hell went up and reu, the sacred quiet of
the mountain as men tu.lod and swtatcd
amid the means Of tortured animals
Imprisoned in the burning VrcrI,age
Fifty yards away stood the Limited
Mail. trapped between IN, wreck in
front and the landslide two mile. in tho
rear. that had mndr II a risky uu, stiou
getting through on the migrate and
backing down an imposs.biiity.
The division superiut.pdcut vowncl
lazily He had be.u called from bi,
berth in the deod NJ plrbi IA stand six
hnurs in tba hf,t.r maintain wind nj.
r.ctinv m. damoraIi,.a ,rnir ,r.v
IN. fast frojgbt had he.,, ,rsli,,,, Tim,
IN Uarry's whore thrv v,uld eu.itrb
ia LET tho Tiultad ,lrn,,pb. y,lcr and
denly n. grrat spr,pns ,o,r.a s,.,r,,d
like n wild ,hirr and pl,p,c1 L,od.
foremost into tho mnyri,.r,il. and
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