The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-01-05

I tnoh It's stand az lih degrees, ana
refused 90 be moved aud the air WAS
sent solid mass IL cinders
The Man at Soliiaria made up his
mind he would shut down bis rail-
road IL 9 O'Clock
Ne 81. the fast freight from the
west. vas due az 9 10 o'clock. No
I e. the fast express from the east
Waa due at e.iG. Al 6 o. the Man
autographed tho station east that
tho ffelEht was CA the sidegFark aud
I the maiR line Was clear The freight
vas not yet In sight Al 6,la g.
I reached the station and ran off she
/ tFaca some one had turned the
switch half way The hig engine
/ Jumped che rails crashed up on the
station platform. and stopped. with
cat being overturned; three ears
went OF with AZ lusl then the rs-
/ press could be- heard rushing along
from the east. and two hrakcm.n
started np the track "a head it on
an the dead run. When she came
Z around the curve and saw the
I freight she ittsi stlffrued fiEht ont
aud Slid Shw struck the freight
/ ears. smashing cylinder and near
I ~ Jerking the heads OF The paassu-
l srrH All the wiHdown and dunfa
E % the coaches fiuw open with a
slam. ana The train hands and pas
/ sHugers bfEan 20 swarm Uut iikH
I .ornefH one - a hornets ness
/ The Man opened a winduw lS
front OK the siagioa. with a revolver
IN his hand. aud told them that
! Nhaf be- Waa trying 20 40 was none
I ~ their business Hu was operating
I ihia damned road now. ard be
wantssi them 20 understand n ny
I way ~ emphasis. be fired a couple
% shots a. close 80 their feet al he
could without hitting them They
/ got uff. and he shut doNn the Wtn-
dow wlth bang. Somebody went
around and tried a window In thv
roar. and be fired two ahoia through
The sinsa h was iuat a. eel they
Didn't Try Is again. FOR be- would
have nailed them tbs neat tlmr.
This nan sat down and frlr-
/ graphnd that the express had Eune
/ hy. bat that No "a bad = bot box
GA tho sidatrark. ~ that No 81. the
weatbouud freight. had better BE-
sent along 81 No 81 came alunE
Il nearly psFaiYHe0 the passengers
u th@ express train Mhrn they
heard q ~ The liar. bat The bnsc-
men stopped Il al viEht IN tme 90
pFeyeng "a from landing un tas back
% the csaacheH
Throe lfalns werc huddied 40
/ around Tia plasg. fwo 81 thsm
tangled goEethFf ia 4 heap. Fhn su-
glnr ~ 40. "a atoo3 up luQuiriuEiy
/ GA .-se station platform Mkn a hlE
90 EWalsluE IA bst let IN.
The exhiiarafiun ~ running
railroad vas beginning 10 exefrlaa
= strange fAsrination Ga the Man a.
! aali,arla iin cent wofa down thr
ilas that q brakeman bad come lnta
the slatlan aua said there was D blE
/ wreck at a eglvcFt three miles Woat
Il waa = bad wreck. sith q great
mauy Killed. and the sfeckinz train
/ should be sent 81 once In Us min
etea tbs sFerklnK train waa draw
ing unt 81 CsntvrTgiie aiafiaN. NJ
miles east. with all The doctOrs that
could BE- raised tu tan vicluity. ~
| q hadn't beru foF a line uf brake.
men stationed up atUFr tbs curve,
THERE would have bcen a Eraat open
/ Ing fpg yonna DEBTORS Ia Csntwg
vile As ii waa. taa train stopped
I ~ short on tho curve thAt the iruut
I trucks AZ tns rnEinn Fan or aud The
/ one passenger coach waa l8itel fuli
% q mixture ~ frightened doctors
1 and medicine Walls.
The thiuR waa growing Intense.
Trains wsre beginning to stack ~
AZ the stations east and west The
I Man refused fo compromise The
division superintendent. Who had
arrived ou the wreekiug train. final
I ly gave Be up and started overland
Tor tha nsKt telegraph station. ~
miles away
10 was grswluE dark UnaeE tbs
1 rlrrumatanlss there was cause for
y excitement. ahhuueh there eAm
I llne * bfakemen. armed with lan-
terms stretched uat haif a mile
/ either way
About this time a couple 81 hrake-
I men put their heads toFaiher and
getting So back of the tender ~ TIE
{ express engine. hs9an % fire chunks
| 81 coal through ths window at thr
1 Man when Pc was telerrnphing
They figured that Il would make the
Man mad and that be might exhaust
bis ammunition upon the tender "a
I did sec him EuiuK for awhile. and
the sound ~ Hmsshing glass; the
lcrark uf the revolver and che srat
% the bullets 20 against the tender
/ rousod considerable interest. cape
| cially among the women Then the
Sian made up bis mind nat to shoot
any more. they couldn't Do hin
much harm. anyway. from behind
the tender. aHd ho decided 20 devote
no more ~ bits official time fo them
A. 10 got darker. however. the
ideas ot the men on the outside De-.
gan 90 cryafaiixe Accordingly
messenger was sent across the
fields fO farm house Tor a shot
! gun.
AZ this time a ridiculous thins
happened The Man went 20 sleep
| The beams Of one ~ the headlights
atreamed in the front window " che
station and showed him very plain
| ~ A young physician who watched
II him awhile said they couldn't wake
him with a club it was one Of the
| peculiar symptoms Of what allied
him The doctor said he would be-
ono uf two men 20 SO DOB after him.
freight brakeman said be would
be fho other The two men crawled
l up behind the barricade. around ln
front whcfo the headlight atreamed
ln and jumped Then the crowd
came through the front windows.
and the Man was gathered IN.
Now this is the plain and unyar-
nished tale of how The Man az SOli-
taria ran the Great Western road
] There l8 no probability that he Will
sHume the management Nevorthc
less Ae iuauguratod enc improve
ment for which the travelling public
| should be grateful The new Man
at 6o'itarla has an assistant
HHas..mH-