The Washington times., 1905-06-18
CHAPTER XII.

A LITTLE later the Unitah con-
~ tngent bace a semi-serious
/ l. farewell to the departing pair.
Well. said Brady, as they
sat at the open windows of the day
coach, I'VE are launched at last. Now.
Gray, we are up against it. From what
tnose boys say that Huron branch must
De a hard game. When men like those
fellows dub 1T a terror. it is well to be-
Heve them. We are badly handjcannad
Up hill you are green fireman. and
down l am equally verdant as an air
brakeman. This 10 the initiated should
mean stalling. blowing up, and doubling
going up; an dthe country filled with
side rods. cars and engines On the
descent We will probably have a. train
crew who are on to the conditions, and
VINO arc used to frst-class service from,
the engine crew. Now it's up to us to
make the bluff of our lives. Take your
cue from me. and above all don't let the
mead brakeman mistrust you as new
at the business Those ducks are IN
their minds. the self-constituted critics
OF all enginemen. and in too many cases
the nnai court Of appeal rides in the
Ieo mack on the rear. So IL we have
trouble for steam, I'll chip in-leaky
steam pipes or plugged fues, with a little
mysterious comment on loose nozzIes
striped petticoat pipes or dropped cones
AND this Will put you into the
GEAR. NOW. John, while we are on the
topic want to tell you Something. Yen.
as my fireman. are to me the only n an
on the train
old Mike Peyton, for whom did
the most OF my firing had an idea that
suited me SO well as fireman that
I've used it as engineer. It's this.
The boy in the deck. II he knows his
business. is the most important man on
the train.
IT'S extremely easy for the eagle eve,
decorating the right seat box to run
seneouie or petter If the pointer always
Ss AGAINST popping potch.' The
reputation OF engineers lies in the abiI
1ty of matching terminal train shed
clocks with time card figures ana M
man can do 1t with cold water; it takes
steam-lots Of 1T. and blue at that.
When old Mike and I used to get No. G
at davenport thirty minutes late. and.
AFTER a process of coal heaving strenu-
Gus enough to satisfy a pirate. glide
lrto chicago on the dot. he would drag
CUT Ills watch and complacently saw.
Pat. you did WELL not Il
Now / am one of his kind Of men
You are not a subordinate working nm
Ger my orders, but my side partner
pest friend and associate, and when !
ever a line Is drawn through the throt- |
tie gland. dividing our deck into right !
haDd or left you viii be the drafts
man
Thank you," john said earnestly. !
III remember"
Just then the flying engine struck the
foot of an ascending grade As a hoarse /
roar sang against rock and craig. q rat
tie or cinders pounded upon the coach
roof. Brady, quickly snatchine off his
cap, ran his heaC out of the window
When, after few minutes, he drew il |
in. he turned to John, blue eyes fash |
ing. exclaiming:
Say. boy, did you ever hear music
like that? I've heard the best high |
priced, haired Huns and Daeos |
III dude theaters, but nothing to com
pare with this. Think of the fierce tear
of those eager exhausts against the
desert rocks and get through your head |
what they mean. Men designed this /
read, men laid it out and other men
ahead there are dragging this modern I
hotel to heights where twenty years
ago eagles alone thought OF reaching.
Hear how the engine seems to crow
about It? Exulting in the clever brain
who designed her, the strong arm who
forged her. and the firm hand holding
SUR and rein over her mighty power.
Never poet drove quill along the lines
of mightier anthem
John locked at the speaker in Sur
prised silence. The poeticai language