The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-15
WIEN BUD DID 20 HIS work.

WIEN BUD Din DO HIS work,
Case OF tho Ghost or ,nailroad Fi6eman
VINO Was Lazy wheh Awe. M"
Bud sammons, who nageed for Charley
Corey, was o good fellow said the fat
engineer, "but the work germ didn't seem
10 get cot right In his breast and Bud was
always shirhdn' little odd chores, which
was continually gettin' him in trouble.
"One night when Chariey's fast freight
was runnin' ahead OF, No. ~ they bad to
stop UP on the curve by joys woods to
cool some hotboxes. Aooordin' to the
rules m ethics Of the railroad game . was
up to Bud to take bis red lanterns, walk
back thirty-seven telegraph poles n pro
toot his train. t,. ,
Il guess Bud thought thsy would got
goin' again In q minute. At any rate. he
didn't take the trouble to 60 back, m with
o rush m q roar No. Il came fyin' along n
made Q noise like q bad soGdsnt Against the
rear end Of Corey's train.
when they got things straishtened out
Q bit they found Bud Summons layin' In q
heap under tho platform Of the caboose.
dead. His indifference to o little bit, Of
work had cost him bis life- ~
"A few nights after that I was comm
east with No. ID, maxim the fast time for
which I am noted, when on the track ahead
Of me, UP by joy woods, I saw O little yellow
circle Of light, n In the centre OF this circle
o man was wayin' his arma over his head,
all possessed R~ememberin' the accident
70 Ia. u, I immediately gave two answsrin'
toots on tho whistle, shut of steam n
slowed mp preparatory to stoppin,.
Il declare to man, when We got down
I couldn't sec any, trace. Of the. man who
was ~signallin' me to stop, I felt q 8 foolish
as q hen when she finds out she's been settin'
on white doorknobs. ,. -.,u.a-
when I GOT 'em GAIN again, Murphy
stepped over 30 my elbow m sa3d. in an
awed voice. .,. ,. ,,u.,.. ,g.. .
Sure, I y What was itf..e no.
'"Why,' he says, that's Bud sammons's
sperrit 40 sure as ! ever put q scoopfm Of
coal on q FIRE. I suppose Buds sperrit got
to worrYin' over the accident caused by his
carelessness n Just can't keep away from
the railroad track
"A brace Of p oohs for yours says /.
Who ever heard tell Of such a thing7,.-
'The thing appeared to moro than. one
crew. ne-vsrtheless ~ lttle hnota al ~. bows
Whenever thew got together In the bs,nk-
rooms n roundhouses ,ou,d not "a, dis
oussin' It. One Of EN- would say: 4;
"'Surs enough I saw Il with my two eyes
m I lust pas,ed tho color Nm -erainina-
ton. too. ~ q y
sAn' thu vord wa pa...d oro,,n, tbst
. strange nossaa oo.,h 10 h.s,a enanatin,
from Joy,s ,voods Inv anv ons ytho had eand.
anongh 10 .to, ~ gs,sn
wal ~ the, Nous uars :ee4t,nst Al,
vrsnvht mn ,nsit. 1, n s,,,s IN ~ scansho[v
10 81 aaiaoart 10 vbat yvas poin' on thars
Ia ths vicinity al ,Jovss woods. n ~.
: .on NV nart trim cosni3' tNro,oh nn
No. - r vas i,,at hitt,r, nm. ,hs,. Sor eli
T ,as worth - Jov,. voods brt i,,st a. ~
Dame aro,,n, tina ouryo tbarn Va B,d,s
ado ~, Oh. {nh ,r,r, th,.,,h L,s nsIt.-
thenios. r Looked. sf NV vafSh ~ - n
NV position a Z a the tIms cara would admit
Of me onpjn, for a .n,rItnai seanoa n.
settle the thinr t,.n M th.ra. r %
sWith. a dvh. ne,hsps ~ ra1r.6 ~ !, u,n
poea ao,na hnooi<er. vrn,A can n : .i,h ~
raliaf 80 thatv 8. va,. ten' r~,Ir,,te. ~ =,
co,ldn,t sta nd amv t-srnnarin' witb .hadae
7 had inst mada IND aoisto,rsu M u g
steam mot 10 hurry nv the hs,,ntad mot
oh M. inst nereIv "a maize I'M tlr,e vban
z-i.n. the air brak.s werr ~ from .ona
u n we came to a stop In a oirolo OF such
bripht Noht that Il blinded me. ,s -.