Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
When They Met Again
Icopyright. 1905 by Ruby DouSlasl

nams and Sarah Lee. George was a brakeman on a freight train. and Sa- rah was the daughter of his landlady.
 Sarah fell In love with the brake man. and they were married. He had saved enough money to go to house. Keeping on. and for year they were happy couple, Then two things hap pened. George was promoted to a run on a passenger train, and the engineer of a freight was introduced to the wife and was at once interested. Other people soon began to see. but the huss band was blind. Other people soon be- gan to hear. but the husband was deaf. The mother had something to say for the daughters good, but was met with protests and tears and finally with hot words of anger. One day 1t became known that the wife and the engineer had disappeared together. Williams came home to find his cottage deserted They expected to see him fly into a fury and hear him utter awful threats, but they were disappointed. It could easily be seen that the Iron had en- tered his soul and that he was gnaw- Ing his heart. but he said very little. and even the mother of the missing wife was not taken Into his confidence. One day three months after the event he quietly dropped out of sight and to this day there are plenty of men In the railroad yards at K. who have heard nothing further from him.
 When the deserted husband set out on his quest he might have turned to any point of the compass No one knew which way the wife had gone. A sort of intuition took him to Chicago and kept him there. Under another name he found employment of diff ferent sort, and In his spare hours he walked the streets, At the end of two years he met his faithless wife. They came face to face on the street, and before they had looked into each others eyes he knew that the man had aban- doned her and that she had become a social outcast When she recognized him she would have run away, but he quietly said:
 "Sadle. you need have no fear of me. tions"
 George. are you going to kill meY'
 q haven't the slightest idea of it."
 ''But you won't forgive me and take me back"
 "NeverI"
 sThen what is itg''
 ''only the name of the place where I can find the man."
 But don't know. After year he cast me off"
 Then good day to you"
 Williams did not 20 back to his work, but travelled here and there for week. One day he located his enemy In a town hundred miles away. It was In the far west. The engineer had be- come a station agent and was married. It was Q o'clock in the morning. and he in and sat down opposite.
 "Wellr queried the agent.
 "Do you want a chance for your life. or shall shoot you like dogr' It was the man he had wronged. He looked into face In which there was no mercy. There was not one soft line In It. The face didn't look murder. but 1t looked determination to kill. The agent read 1t and knew that the crisis was at hand
 'If you shoot you'll be lynched," he finally said.
 Have you got a gunY"
 "Y-yes."
 Then get 1t. I will not open fire un- til you are ready. One of us will be in hell within the next five minutes"
 The agent was no coward. His re- volver was in the drawer beside him, and as he moved his hand in that direc- ton he hoped to get the first shot
 He would have had 1t but for his haste. He snatched the weapon and cooked 1t at the same time, but the cufr of his sleeve caught. and the weapon was discharged The next instant he fell backward with bullet in his brain, and three or four of the yard men came running The killer was of the railroad The girl he had married was of the railroad. All the guests at his wedding were railroad men. It was the railroad men and women who knew of his shame. The thought drove
 
 men who came running and killed two and wounded third. Thea he walk ed to the door and saw a switchman across the tracks. X bullet stretched the man dead. A freight train stood on the siding The engineer was smok- ing in the cab, and the fireman was down on the ground wiplng the ma chinery. Each received bullet and fell dead.
 The railroad had brought about the marriage. and the railroad had brought about the disgrace. The railroad should pay the bill. Williamson saw that one of the freight cars was loaded with hay. He touched match 10 the combustible, and great flame shot up. Thence be walked back to the depot and fired 1t. Men came running, but he waved them off. Two shots were fired at him, and in return he killed an- other man. Then the flames drove him