Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-30

ro.ng to throw Cameron into the eat.
lie"
" wns chance single. desperate.
but yet n chance the only chance that
onprc1 10 save the helpless passengers
IN Die chnrre.
~ be- could reach the siding switch
ahead Of the runaway train he could
throw the deadly caiupult ON the sid.
ing un1 into his own train and 20
save the unconscious travellers. Re.
fore the words were out "a his mouth
he started up the track ut topmost
speed.
The angry wind staggered him. II
blow out his lantern, but he dung il
away. FOR he could throw the switch
In the dark 4 sharp gust tore half
his rain coat from his back. Ripping
OF the rest. he ran ON. When the wind
tool, his breath he turned his bacl, and
fought for another. Binding sheets
" rain poured on him. Water stream.
Ing down the track caught his feet 4
sllvcrcd tie trippcd him. and, falling
hcadloug, the sharp ballast cut his
wrists and knees like broken glass o.
desperate haste he dashed ahead again
The headlight doomed before him Ike
mountain Of flame. There was light
enough now through the sheets OF rain
that swept down on him, ana there
ahead, the train almost on Il, was the
switch
Could he make t.?
4 cry from the sleeping children rose
IN his heart Another breath. an in
slant fioundcrlng. a slipping leap. and
he had II. He pushed the key into the
lock. threw the switch and snapped IL
and. to make deadly sure, braced him.
self against the target rod. Then ne
looked.
No whlstling now. II was past that
He knew the fireman would have
jumped Cameron too? No. not Andy,
not II the pit yawncd In front of his
pilot
He saw streams of FIRE flying from
many wheels. he felt the glare Of
dazzling light, and. with rafting
crash. the ponies shot into the switch
The bar in his hands ratified MS " II
would jump from the socket and,
lurchlng frlghtfully the monster took
the siding. \ flare Of lightning III the
cab as II shot past, and he snw Cam
eron leaning from the cab window with
face of stone. his eyes rlveted on the
gigantic drivers that threw sheet Of
FIRE from the sanded rails.
Jump" screamed Ben, useless ms
he knew II was. What voice could live
IN that hell Of noise? What man es.
cape from that cab now?
one. two, three. four cars pounded
over the split rails In half MS many
seconds. Ben, running dlzzlly for life
10 the right. heard above the roar OF
the storm and screech OF the sliding
wheels ripping. tearing crash. the
harsh scrapc of escaping steam, the
hoarsc cries of the wounded cattle.
And through the dreadful dark and
the fury of the babel the wind howlcd
In a gale and the heavens poured
food.
Trembling from excitement and eX-
haustion, Ben staggered down the
main track. A man with a lantern ran
against him. II was the brakeman
who had been back with the torpedoes.
He was crying Historically.
They stumbled over body. Selling
the lantern, Ben turned the PROSTATE
man over and wiped the mud from his
face. Then he held the lantern close
and gave great cry. II was Andy
Cameron-unconsclo true. but soon
very much alive and no worse than
badly bruised. How the good God
who watches over plucky engineers
had thrown him out from the horrible
wreckage only he knew. But there
Andy lay. and with n lighter heart
Ben headed a wreclSing crew TO begin
the task OF searching for any who
might by fatal chance have been
caught In the crash.
And while the trainmen OF the
freights worked Mt the wreck the pas
senger train was backed slowly-so
slowly and so smoothly--up over the
switch and past, over the hill and past
and so TO Turner Junction and around
by Oxford TO GAINESVILLE.
When the sun rose the earth glowed
in the freshness of Its June shower
bath. The fller, now many miles from
Beverly hill, was speeding In toward
Omaha, and mothers. waking their lit
tie ones in the berths, told them how
close death had passed while they
slept. The little girls did not quite
understand il, though they tried very
hard, and We're very grateful to that
man, whom they never saw ana whom
they would never see. But the little
boys-nevcr mind the little boys-they
understood II, TO the youngest urchin
OH the train, and fifty times their papas
had TO tell them how far Ben ran and
how FAST TO save their lives. And one
little bOy-l wish / knew his name
went with his papa TO the depot master
M Omaha when the ller stopped and
gave him his toy watch and asked him
please TO give 1t TO that man who had
saved his mammals life by running so
far in the rain. and please TO tell him
how much obliged he was--lf he would
hn On bind