The Washington times., 1905-07-09

eENOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
John Gray. young Virginian, is persuaded
by Frank Howe. a brakeman. to leave profit
less farming and '.go railroading.'' Gray bids
adieu to his aged father and mother, his
old friends. DR.. Deane and daughter Madse
And. with Howe. beats" his way TO Chi
cago- The freight train on which they are
stealing ride goes into wreck. which
gives Gray his first experience of the perfls
and tragedies of railroading. Arriving in
Chicago. they receive. through the assistance
or Giriie Mason. positions under Lanigan.
the general yard master. They find a home
In Nanny Sullivan's boarding house.
where Gray meets a number of railroad men
and gains insight into their makeup"
During supper Girlie'' comes into the room
in an Intoxicated condition. He is put to bed
by Scranton Pete one of the 'old-timers, -
who regards him as his protege. Several
hours later Howe and Gray are walking
through the train yard, they see commo-
uon about a yard engine Forcing their
way through the crowd they find to their
horror that "Giriie" has been run over while
attempting TO save a six-year-old girl ..
.-GirIie' dies in the arms of Scranton,
who VOWS over the body of his dead friend
that he viii give UP raiiroading forever.
package Of .'GirIie's'' private papers 20 send
to the boys father, and as dawn is breaking
he tells Howe and Gray of frightful wreck
as a train dispatcher several years before.
Scranton Pete Cor Pete Lawrence he
is now called and Gray leave Howe in Chi
cage and go west to Unitah at the invita-
ton of Mr.. Blank. the president Of the Inter
Melntain Railroad. Pat Brady. one of the
there. Lawrence gets position of trust, di
rectly unde Blank, and Gray and Brady are
appointed, respectively, fireman and engineer
on the Huron branch, an exceedingly rough
ard difficult stretch of mountain railway.
ploEes to Lawrence, which sums Justice
and the cards dealt above the table TO all.
the coward who attempts to rise by crush
ing weaker shoulder The men go
at their dangerous work with a rush OF en-
Brady and Gray are assigned to engine 3es.
where Gray receives his first instructions in
firing an engine for mountain climbing.
They meet Jasper. in charge of the division
McGahee. the roundhouse foreman: Tom Coffin,
who pulls the lead engine their train;
Jim Healy. their conductor. and Red
Green. the yardmaster- Brady shows Gray
they pull out on their first run assumes to-
ward him tone Of absolute authority, ad-
ia,onssling .e,ad him In laughing voice that
The double header reaches Huron after pass
ing many traces of frightful wrecks along
the mines. takes Heaiy aside and offers
him $50 10 pull a long train or ore down the
order from Blank 10 deceive The two engi-
reers- Heaiy is badly in debt. and yields
TO temptation. nder ms orders, the men
heavily loaded cars. Coffin sends his fire
man back TO the caooose and Brady ad~
vises Cray TO follow suit. but Gray re-
fuses. Before many miles covered the
men in H-tron hear The orninous whistle for
emergency brakes, followed by the signal
from both engines that they have lost control
Of the weight behind and running away.
Brady and Gray climb out on the boiler lust
IN time to see Collins engine Jump and bury
him, crushed mass of flesh. heneath the
debris. They escape a like fate by the mar
rowest of margins, and walk back To examine
the wreck. where they meet Heaiv. who,
overcome by remorse, coufesses his responzi-
blity for the tragedy. Adams burriedly leaves
Huron Two years go by rapidly and Howe
becomes an expert in his calling One aft
ernooD Brady receives wire and. after Rad
remark that he had expected It. but was
afraid he. was more sorry than glad Il is
an order for Gray to present himself a
headquarters the folloNirg morning and stand
an examination for engineer.
Gray successfully passes the examination
and is ordered out engine sO6. which IS
TO pull special Sampson. the superin-
tendent of the division, explains to the new
engineer the Importance of making Up time
tells Him that unless they handle the con.
sigD.nent OF tea schedule the company is
subject TO a heavy forfeit. Grsy's orders
make him due Black River. the end Of
his run. at 5:i0. From the minute he draws
out the throttle Gray bends every faculty
10 the effort OF making UP time. The sta
ton agents along the line given an ex-
hibition of fast running which amazes them
At times the special is making 100 miles an
hour. At $40 to the minute the BIG pounds
into the Black River yard "on time" A
from Sampson which reads: &C. z En-
gine s06: Allow me to congratulate you OF
the finest ever made in the Rocky noun
fc;us. J. So