The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-21

thoukhts soar while the girl thrills body and soul alive every men oi | iher! h~,a7 naci-uard look. his will unable longer 10 resoist the compass pointing or hla true heart In a red glory Wnlcn l coodte accomrnodatingly affords, bess rlows upon him raptuously, .aolsn a,s : tumble of hair, while teeth ana grsds glinting headlights, throusn tiras the flash of a dauntless spili' | his heart. , aartpess and from the heights of love the
 engineer sees hell open - +hs
 His s.lance, reaching beyond the girl. catches the drunken roiilhs ol INo. 7's" headlight, reeling ooWn . ateen curve above them. A seeono iook convinced Sunny that she was a
 nm way bevond her drivers control, bnrIed with the rendlng force or ~ nrniectite down upon them to the ut- ter destruction of all, with the s, se lowing freight to pile up at tne m. sin ish oNo [" raced about 2.ooe rect bahtna him. eternity seemed but
 ioT Tben inc man thanked God for that soaiisb snrrt of speed to startle trustful girl. Intrepid, resourcetui. ex-
 nerienced, his all at stake. sunny formed his plan of action In seconu. Heart one agonized acne Ior young soul behind him, but brain clear
 and face steadily to the front, ne trIed the one thing with chance or iife-to catch the runaway.
 To do this "4o' must be spurred into a maddened leap toward a prob able death ahead in order that the obIiterating power behind might crash into her with lessened shock. If alive after the first impact he hoped to hold "7.-gradually slow down-and bring her to a standstill this side of windy Point. The grade was about A 4 per cent one and as the pursuing
 monster seemed to he hitting the grit hatween forty and f'fty nils an hour. be knew 1t would be all off if she struck before ego" got to going.
 throat-r rking veil;
 Runaway r on usT' electrified the fireman Into telling, concertive action as the throttle of 'old 40" was thrown wide open.
 She leaped, quive-ing into the night. wise of the chase, and swung steadily into a mighty, rythmic pace which rocked the world, while the great yell low eve of a death-dealing fate glareo gloatingly upon its flying prey Tn not pursuit
 continuous shaking line, ana the pan ic strlckekn engineer or NO, 7 sought in vain for an interval towards which tn mmp. It was his first run, and leap or stay, would be his last. But veteran scoIt, with strainng eyes glued to 'aOld 40" knew bursting
 heart swell as he saw that sunny was on" and hauling dazed Bud Wal son back into the cab they stuck to the machine.
 "'No. 40" thundered down the grade with it's living freikht. skimmtng the
 rails Tn her mad fight. Bess naa q woman's part, waiting, her heart a pulsing prayer, but her spirit one with the chase, the edeIcate body tossed a1out and forgotten as emotionally she lived through ner lovers ordeal
 mentally crying, "FasterW
 Death was, inevitable if this pace
 must be held till they reached treaca- erous Windy Point.
 Bess felt herself and Sunny heart | to heart and soul to soul, With the
 flesh swept away with her breath into | the night. Roar, clang. tnunoerous | rumblings shook the earth Ano -ner life dawned to a resikned but exultant soul, launched to conquest or death
 with the one dearest on earth.
 | Things glared red. There was hurt | ling crash! The walls of being knew the birth pang of a heaven-sent hope
 as "4O" shot down the line like cam non ball for fifty feet or more, when
 ''7" smashed her again, but to feel the
 clamping grip of her master.
 Yelling for sand, Sunny reversed like
 one possessed. A fiery blaze of pro-
 testing color flashed from the tor tured rails in angry display as the
 steel shrieked like a think, in the death
 throes beneath the grinding wheels. Clinched with iron hold the huge cy- clops slid down grade fin their death | Rrapple fog fully. 1000 feet tnougn 2
 sunny had a full head of steam on
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