The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-23
JEALOUSY OF
1856 AND l35

their behaVln same as human pSll -
said the fat engineer, There was the
1875 and 1856.
They We're just as much alike as
two peas in a pod when they hrs'
came from the locomotive works
were put in commission. ! had the 1876
and Bill Sykes ran the 1876. iva
very long before ! began to notice a
spirit Of rivalry between en- as IT
We're, just as il they We're a couple
of cooks after the attentions OF the
cop on the block,
"An they did fine work, too, II
Bill Sykes made a particularly me
run with 1855 then Id come along n
go him a little better with my en-
gine.
81 got to know the 1856 just like
book n was onto her every whlm
n curve One day there came orders
for Bill Sykes's enjine to 80 IN the
shop for extensive repairs. Il seemed
to kinder affect the l3G first along
n she'd 90 over the road as II she
missed a friend, but after a week or
wo she was just as good as ever n.
! doin' great work.
"One fine day the 1875 came out Of
| the repair resplendent in a new coat
of paint n lookin fine m dandy.
| She'd been completely oyerhauled, n
the master mechanic had determined
to experiment In the new style Of
straight stack n extension front boil
er which were just becornin fash
ionable on the roads them days. 70
he had equipped the 1875 with the new
makeup to see how it would so.
She certainly did look like available
cash when she came down the pike
her first trip out from the shop.
The new tangled apparatus seemed
to put a naughty spirit into her, tco.
n as she firted past her sister the
1876, she shot the steam out Of her
cylinder cocks as ii 10 say. We'll, |
guess ! got YOU backed off the boards
now, sure pop. | just mused N said
to myself; Pride goeth before fall
I'D had experience enough with en-
JlllCS " hilON lHdt JLt9 Nti < q 7'N'
deal like women n the equippin' of
the 1876 with the up-to-date fnery
would make my engine as sulky as
woman whose neighbor has a princess
dress n she hasn't, An ii sure
enough did raise ola Ned with the
1856
Shed work all right when I'd first
start on a trip with her, but If we'd
chance to meet n pass the l3j on the
way, it was all off with my old girl
for the rest of that run. The eniine
dispatcher came back on me about
the 1876 goin' off her feed n not
doin' her usual work
"'Now, | says to him, you needn't
lump all over me about It, That en-
line is Just eatin her nues out with
jealousy. Look how that 1875 is docked
out in a straight front n the 1876
still wearin the old style diamond
stock basque
But he just gave me the cold stare
n told me to beat it with my senti-
ment N deliver the merchandise with
the 1856, or mebbe | would like to go
back firin' n complete my primary
education on a locomotive.
"On top Of this foolish rumors we're
bein circulated among the men sayin
I was jealous m was layin' down on
my Job ben sore because they
wouldn't fix mp my enjine However
that may be, there wasn't much i'm
proyement in the cnttin' up of the
1856. It was gettin' so that when the
1876 would pass the 1876 my eniine
would slip n slide her wheels n
the very steam in her pipes would
hiss
zone slippery mornin | was just
leayin' the round house with my sulky
machine n maxim f9 the turntable
when ! saw the swell appcarin' f35
glidin off the table to come into the
house ] reached for the throttle to
shut off my enjine n give 'em the
right Of way. when hango' kabust'
went something on top Of the boiler
n in an instant my side Of the cab
was filed with steam.
Il was so startled by the sudden
explosion, which on investigation
proved 70 he caused by the breakin
of the water glass on the injector. that
I pulled the throttle the wrong way.
n under a fun head OF steam like
some wild animal Icapin' on its prey
we jumped toward our spick n span
rival. Smash wecamc together head on
n when the wrcckcrs pulled the eniines
apart the stylish hoadpieea 6f' The
1876 was all knocked to smithcreens
n the boiler head IN stack of my en.
line were also knocked of
when both cniiues came out of the
shop they each had been equipped with
the upto-date front piece. m there
was no further trouble with the 1876
Some evil minded persons declared
that ] broke the water glass at the
critical moment just ON purpose SOS
/ could ram the i35 without suspicion
restin on me but the future good
performance Of the 1876 after the al
teradons were made only goes TO bear
out ms theory that in the heat OF her
passion against her rival the water
glass bursted. just as a human bcin
in anger viii burst q blood vessel.
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