Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-23
Racing the
Wildcat
by cLAUDISE sIssos
Copyright. 1876, b, =. G. rawcii-

That Keswick. after n college cpiira'
should return To vaudon nud take q
place as motormnn on the Naud0n au
Aryerne trolley line was u little u.,r,
than a nine days wonder In Vaudon
where the Keswicks had lived for half
a century
Great promises had been made Oh
RentOn kcswick's behalf when be- ie
cided 90 take a portion Of his father .
Insurance money and complete his cpl
lege course. aud Il was confidently pre-
dicted that he would make nnuc Tor
himself in the city beyond when bis
four years should be mp. Instead be-
had quietly returned 10 his old home
and had applied for aud obtained .
place as m0torman on the new line Just
completed 10 Arverne
Even Horace Gusts had been some
what surprised at Rci'. request 10 lc
put on car We could use you here
Ia the office, Rem" he 81 gcsted ~ be-
swung around la his Office chalr
"No. thank you" was Renton's quict
reJoinder. Il want 10 know somethin.
about trolleying before | sit In front of
a roll top desk. and guess the front
platform Of ear Is as gOOd place ms
any from which To study"
80 Custis had let him go. and thnt
evening when Dorothy Custls remOn-
stratcd with him for not doing better
by the son ~ his old friend he laid a
hand ON her shoulder.
dot" he said kindly. "for your sake
as well as FOR the sake Of poor Tom
Keswick would have been glad 10 pui
the boy 10 work In the office. but col
lcge education has not spoiled him. and
| gave him the place for which De-
asked"
Dorothy. blushing 10 find that her
secret was known 10 her father. fed
TO her room. and after that the subject
was dropped 80 far 20. the Custls
household WIS concerned
NaudOn was more Interested. how.
ever. and there were many who freely
remarked that II Ren Kcswick could
not do better than a motormans job
after all that schooling II would have
been better had he lost himself In the
city.
Meanwhile Rcn stuck 10 the motor
mans box. aud In q short time he was
regarded as the best operator on the
road. lie knew every curve and grade I
on the eighteen miles Of track. and his /
ear was never late. because no matter /
what the delay he knew how to favor
the work and come up 10 the Vaudon
station on time.
once when there had been break
AZ the power house which shut on the
power from the line FOR twenty min.
uies he had raced the accommodation
from the brook crossing % the station
and had beaten Il by three minutes. It
was an eight mile run from the cross
lng 10 the station by trolley. but the
railroad took curve 10 avoid cross
.ng Arverue creek twice aud had four
miles farther 10 90
Dorothy was a frequent passenger on
the ear. and 10 was natural that she
should avail herself of her privilege as
laughter Of the president Of the road
10 ride on the front seat with the mo.
.orman. III she happened to take the
,ar on which Ren was the motorman Il
certainly had the appearance Of an nc.
'ldent. and not eyen NaudOn talkci
'bout it-which WAS surprising
Those rides were precious times 10
tenton as he stood ~ the controller
Ind nursed the heavy car over the
racks. once when he had been late
Ind wa. hurryia, 10 make up his time
The had looked up with glowing eyes
II he helped her down the step.
I'D Just love TO be with you so.se
lime when you sre making real fast
un." she smiled, aud he. smiling back
nio the eager eyes, had replied
III | ever have TO make real fast
un IN let you know"
She WAS talking of his promise ~
hey sped toward the town one evening
a August There had been dance out
{ Arverno lake and Dorothy had left
ariy 10 meet her father. A celebration .
raS being held some thirty miles NJ, q
be road. and her father was among I
be- Invited guests They were coming 4
ONE ou "A sna.inl train tho srovar,,.r 4