The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-25
Cy WlateFsA Laat Run.

"ith Startied shrlsk on the still Her one red eye pierced the darkening cy Winters hand lSy Ifirn, as iron And far off echoes fell upon the
 startled ear of Night.
 out like silver bars. And thousand. thousand bright red ,r, sparks flew Hp to meet the. stars. The light Of the furnace played upon
 Old Fireman Johns rough face As he bent to his duty, shoveling great
 black Jumps of coal in place. Ay-his face was once like yours and
 mine, but the life of q railroad
 man
 Isn't easy, my friend. and it's very soon
 he lives out his little span But, God bless em alb they're a
 whole-souled crew, with a heart
 meath that griTny shirt, And you'll not 1nd one that wouldn't
 eibsH, divide with a comrade that's Ah' well that's getting ahead of the
 shiny shin track oia " scanned the With bis eagle eye. as the headlight
 bright, would cut through the Old "Sg" was making time; his clock And old ShGSsI cy winters iiS' seemed trying his
 best to make the old engine win They called him the best engineer on
 the road. He was proud Of the
 honor, too. The thing Wasnt known by engineers A world-fanled singer in private car,
 on her cushions, sat back in the And she was content-she knew her life was safe with the engineer. A check for cool thousand dollars
 t,;d,,a sshe had ,1rIyd Wired) for the road she Provided they'd put her fin Mempbts
 before 500 p. m. that night "'' She was billed to sing there that even And she missed it in Chattanooga, but
 vowed she would keep her date We'll, the company wired her an O. k.
 and of course the man was Cy.
 said, T can but try"
 By the side of the great Prima, donna It seemed she had caught all the sun
 shine in heaven whenever she Just a wee little lady of seven. with
 great big innocent eyes That shone like a big pair of diamonds,
 with a dash of the blue of the
 skies.
 It was just past Corinth, Mississippi
 the engine and cars rattled by; Twas close to mile every minute
 they, were making when sud Leaned far cut with a queer exclama
 tion, as he spied something there
 on the track;
 ness-a great awkward body all An, twas only a mule! And old Cv
 gave sort of a snamed-face As he reached up and blew his shriu
 whistle. saying. "on-or Iii
 knock you mile!'
 never would stop train -'e
 he'd whistled and whistled '' in in But would take 'em right center an,
 knock 'em sky high, which he
 shouldn't have done,
 And he ds said to tTT thiTmTself, Well, Cy. here
 gun!'
 And the light wsightt engine runs into And then comes a shock terrific and
 flying beams. rend the air The cars are hurled from the track And little golden-haired baby is
 fastened down by plank Poor Cy. so weak and trembling that
 he can scarcely rise.
 The conductor and brakemen With
 lanterns run quickly to lend d To search for dead or wounded in ,ho
 little helpless band '' '''e At last. Cy; pale and trembling. goes
 blindly stumbling down To where he spies gold tresses all
 spread out on the ground, Pinned down by 8 great piece of tim
 ber-one false move and 'twouId And the gold haired baby beneath it
 would never have known how Quick as a aasn cy has moved it-
 just little--and pulled her out And up from the throats of the brake
 men rises a heaven sent shout Then he hands the child to her n1otber
 uninJured, q few feet Away. And he jerkh of his old cap AlI bloody