The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-09

scously, but the point is that h o does a ct, and
in the way before mentioned.
"a While the element OF danger IN the work
may bring a lingo ofromance to his soon
wears off. 1t Is the days work, and while
1t Is less monotonous than many q workers.
round Of daily labor, 1t Is still g working for
wages" There are regular hours to DO
worked, most of them on the run, and the
average engineer Is usually glad when the
whistle blows Perhaps he works a little
longer hours than the average worker and
he makes n little more money. But he Is
not figure in. the midst OF romance.
Nothing in Strained Easlc Eye.
He does not sit /" strained, watching the
track with eagle cye,' as some men would
have the reading public believe. He watches
tho track, but he watches MS q press feeder
watches the sheets that fly from his hand
: into the press. There Is nothing strained in
tho watching, nothing to suggest that a mo-
Rlntnt's relaxation may cause catastrophe.
He knows tho track; there are so many slow
places, so many stretches where he can
:" hit It up lie runs accordingly, and goes
from one end of his run to the other, unless
tho untoward figures Tho Z" ngineer's
magic, which somehow manages to make the
wheels stick to.thc rails exists only In the
1maEllal III VIZ iIttli -. - - '
engine has its cccentrictlcs, and the en-
gineer knows how to humor them by run.
ming fast or slow. That IS all.s
4 That the tract before a rushing locomotive
: Is not always under tho scrutiny Of a pair OF
sharp eyes is shown by a wreck which hap
penod some time ago in ives tern Kansas, ana
which helped to further spread the hcro-at-
hls-post sort Of stories relative TO engineers.
53 Heroes Made by Carelessness.
Aythin year old steer wandered care
lcssly in front of fast mail. twas in broad
daylight, in tho open country, but the en-
CINE land fireman botf had their eyes off the
track for a moment. Atoughs steer carcass
makes excellent material for throwing fast
train off the track. Before the mon IN the
u ca b ever saw the cause of the trouble their
engine was headed down the bank, towo rds
Z tho.w!re fences along the rightofsway.
II Neither Of these mon jumped. Here are the
4 reasons: The fireman was STOPPING over to.
throw coal!intos the frcbox Whengthe wheels
reft the track. The shock threw him head
first gainst the cab side, laying open his
head and skinning his face. The engineer
/. was up on his seat, legs crossed, lever at his
side, penned in as completely as If a barri-G
\ cade had been built around him. Afterwards
The admitted that he could notth have got out
lr he had tried He sat rightstherc at the
throttle, the noble fellow, while his engine
went down the bank and lay on Its side.
( When the passengers rushed forth he was
sitting right there at the window. with his
wad Of !. fine cut" in its proper place. The
fireman was also intgt the cab, a properly
wounded hero. The englneerSgo 5000 out.
5TofSthc purse that was ma d G. up and the fire.
man got $50, but both OF them also got; the
reputation among their fellow workmen Of.
" being mighty careless" d N
The g strained Watching" which Is popu-.
Y larlyl supposed to bring fast engineers to ner-5
Y vous prostratio III hurry, must also be
labeled: a falacy. The writer once rode in
4 the cab with tho man who pulls one Of the
& fastest trains running from Chica go to ST.
Paul. IIe had gone with the idea that he
would see the fast engineer of the fiction
writer at his best, and he did. But twas.
u not what he expected. The run 10 the north
was made in daylight, and in many stretches
& the miles ran backward at the rate of one
minute. The engineer did not sit and