The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-07-23
Selett Sturp.
HOW HAPGOOD LOST HIS JOB.

BY HAROLD ". RAYMOND.

of the yestibulc built for the protection of
the motorman and swung the lever Of the
/ controller.
\ scattering furry of snow flew in at
the open window and .tung him in the face,
but he minded il not. Muflled from head
! to foot in shaggy ulster, with a collar
which reached above his head. and that
head buried in a double trimmed fur cap,
with his hands protected BY thick leathern
mitts. jim was as imperyious to the storm
as shaggy brown bear which he much
resembled.
The II - was the last ear OF the night
/ on the little suburban road which ran over
1 the hills from the city Of ;. X. to the
| thriving manufacturing town Of Chapel
/ field. not thousand miles from New
/ York. 1t was known as the ''theater
/ ear. Usually it carried TO their homes
a lively party Of knifemakerS or blast fur
mace men, who, with their wives aud best
sirls had been down To the city for an
evening" merrymaking The ran was
about nine miles four on the up grade,
/ the remaining 1--WE. with many curve aud
| retrocesSion. down into the valley IN which
nestled the town whose passengers and
/ freight furnished a reason for being for the
busy little trolley line,
! But tonight the ear was running hight.
There were a few city passengers from the
/ station. who were dropped of IN due time,
/ but no through ones The day had been
+ - stormy that the -,s.d folk Of Chapelheld
/ preferred 60 hug their own hre>ideS, and
/ sopu the trolley man and conductor had
/ the ear al H. rhenseyes Beymis the
conductor. having counted hts change aud
/ mad, out biz ,lil~. >nuEaied down ''e's'de
T the heater ia a back corner ut the ear and
prepared ier comfortable dafs doEe
which VA somewhat disturbed by the
Era1sn bl>,o "t Jrn HaPgood strident
yoirc
+ When Jim -eu.>,.d be- was fluent IN
f that accomplishment ii was sisu ui -so,d
+ huurar 20 hi, part When he sang, look
( uut Il was a >isn 20 his friends to keep
+ their distance. as Beemi, was doing tonight
I There was a dangerous devil lurk ins in JIm
tlayg,--l, nature. the ie,l % su l-ly
temper aud when hc lrici To- sin. it was
.EiTrln.
He'll hszes cricd Jim, breaking
T II in the mildle Il a ~tayc Docked
lhr-c days pay Ter fast runnin sa warned
thar the next time I'm hook Ter a job
+ ,slmrwher,~ elvs.1 What harm did dos
Rnrut out fu-., that al That might
happen ta any man ou ,bl, up hill. down
/ ,isle mad But that 'hr way t brrn
ever ,lnec this man llarkgr came up from
7 New York. with his loykstep ideas nt goiu
,,.,i so T4.t au 81 slow. ap devil ,ake the
mau aha don keep dead 90 q the ~ehcd
als bgrr the hill, 20 the -
OF tssnr>,. if rumss iu., a. time when
+ itll,,w san afford the m"ney old wo-
man wpr~s, than ever. au the l'1siv .al
dawn 10 York l.arujn Jo b. ,ieenosraph
+ er. ,a She LIN help uut a hltlr t'n' a
letter Yesterday sAyiu a wlnIcT cloak would
csmc 10 mighty handy a, be ieels the
weather down therc wns- she did up
here in the country Wonder huw liarkrE
would Ikc Il IT hi, al had to face the
winirr ip summer iuds la>t because there
!, a doster in the house every DAY an some
lay, twir-. an doctor bll a. bong As
,.ur arm an grown Ike greru bay
tree. Dash him
Wish had liarker nn thls ere caT
toni.ht. put this oli ear down the
Grade IN a Nay g. make his hair turn white.
an Ia lay It 60 she Isr op the rails
The idea ,ickl,l jim. lie pui ou the
fun rower Just ss The car struck a level
stretch ii track The 4rea, ear bounded
forward and ipr half q lniy iE rocked along
the slrrts track a. furious pace shaking
the ,lrowsl Brrmi> sat Of hI~ sluuber.
. Bu, R,emi~ was cautious man. Tie dld
uo, venture 90 expae,alate with the Wild
spirit a. the motor.
The rapid melton aud the fierce sweep
of the snow laden air SEEMED % tighten
jam spiri,s greatly
lie was a queer combination daring tu
isuh. ,oil hearted as Woman tie
liked danger for danger sake When .
boy. he va, a leader iu ;hu>e perilou, al
ventures So dear to the boyish nature.
When he was eighteen, there came q
grca, temptation. 4 Young officer in the
army was visiting Ia Chapelheld. Jiei
uad, his acquaintance They went huHt-
ing and fishing together The lieutenant
told stories az the wild life ia the west Of
buffalo hunts and brushes with Indians,
Il ,et the boy $ blood afame. aud he de
ended IA be soldier lie would have
zone. too. but his mother was old aud fee
be and AL alone in the world. She begged
him not tn leave her And jim, who
layiShel on her 4 wealth uI rough attec-
ton. buried his ambition and became a
railroad man instead aud did his rough
riding and pretty rough riding IT was,
too. at times-ou the tops of freight trains
Then came the wife, who was an in
valid from the time their little giri was
born This steadiei Jim more than any
thing which had gone before. When his
daughter was a lass of twelve he got job
a. mot.rman on the new trolley line, be
,,usq II enabled him To live at home, and
for five years he had faced the elements
on the front platform; rough work, tins,
but 10 his taste. His recreation was the
little hose company Of volunteer fremen,
of which he was the captain. This was
/ his safety valve, the outlet for those reek
less qualities which had given him the
sobrianet of Devil jim. He drilled
his company ike martinez and made It
one of the most efficient in the State
Given a good hot fire to fight, and Jim
was in the seventh heaven OF ecstasy. The
Ittle manufacturing town did not have
many of these advertisements, but occa
sionally there was lively blaze. The
nopulation was rough and careless one,
The art of kindlng fires and improving
them with kerosene was not unknown
among the housewives, the saloons wert
many and the liquor was bad, and as
logical sequence Excelsior Hose got called
ont often enough to give its members :
RIGHT to call themselves real tiremen. n
for Jim, he had record. There wa
handsome gold medal among the treas
ures of his little home 1t had been givel
to him for entering burning building an'
saving three lives at the imminent risk o
his own.
So Won see. Jim HapgOOd, "Deyi