La Junta tribune., 1907-10-05
had La, ,nd@r their fsrt In ! nlnuss,
a ~ f,,,, vxxts .Nn~r, x0A Ifa,. IN.

] DrtnINf uOWu. NM b<h Ditrhlty. tue
| conductor. cain~ rinnii.g up. Between
u- We gave tile N.,ie fellow lifc- lie
sIuirinsl cut like a cat aud backed In
s;antiy up against The tcudcr.
One a, time. and cone on b.
cried bo,iy. '.f It's ten in one ard Oh
= maa's baci ST that. wen do ii iifer
ent." WITH quick. i'ecI lar ,noyeia-c'
Of his arm h.' drew Il pistol and. poiat
~. II s.,usreIy II, Cameron. cried. &c;
back"
! caught sa.h of lis eye through
tie blood that sir,ansd down his fa.c
I wbr,i;;'t have given = swit'-i, key Tor
the life Of the man who crowded him
at shat minute. tint inst ,lirn l-aic-;s
ter came NJ. and before the crowd real
,z.d I, ". LA Foley. protesting an.
e. iy. back In the ,-lb r-Hin.
For heavens sake. paIi out nf Ills
before there's blooi-he,l. Foley"
cried. and. noIding 10 Il cslry. Foley
opcicd the cii ker.
II YVES night run and II new track
10 him. | tried Ia fire and pilot both.
hut after Foley Sisgcstssd once or twice
that II | would tend 10 the coal he
wonld tend - the curves | let him find
their. and be found them all.
thought. befur. we ;.ot to Athens. lie
took b.: chances IN his running. but
there was a superb confidence IN his
bursts OF speed which marked the fast
runner and the experienced one.
Al Athens we had barely two hours
TO rest before ,is'Ii,iinG back. was
never tired in my lie III I struck the
,g., l.yat l,.f, \ .sns IL
warm the caller routei nie oti again.
Tho casthoupi nicr WIS "r time. or
nearly SO and whea got into the cli
FOR The run i1cls Foley was just cou-
plin. on.
Did yoa get a uap:'' asked ~ w
pulled ont.
NO: we slipped an eccentric comm:
up and I've been under the engine
ever since Say. she's Il bird. Isn't
she: Shes nil right. c"wid:i't rrh
her coming up. INT I've Touched NJ
her valve motion n hit. and III get ac.
tinl 90 her as soon rs It's daylight"
Don't mind getting action on my
account. Foley: I'm shy on life insur-
nnce'
H." laughed.
'Ft r. stila WIN Nit.- il''f 'l ~lA4'i
man. wonlan "r child in my life
When ! do. | quit the cs.b. Give her
plenty Of diamonds II you please he
added. letting her ont full.
H. gave me the ride OF my life. hut
haired to show scare hc was 81 cpnlly
audaciuus himself We had hut one
stop- for water-nnd after that ali
down grade We bowlcI along as easy
a. ulucpins. bu, the pace was hair
raiser. .tf-er we passed .trickaree we
mover touched u thing hut the high
joints The long. heavy train behind
~ few round the hiuTs orc. in awhile
Ike the tail OF very c,pricious kite.
vet somehow. aud that's an engineers
magic. she always lit ON the steel.
Day broke nhcad, and between
breaths c,uSl; tile glory of n sun
rise on the plains from "a locomotive
cab window. When the smoke of the
Mct'lond shops stained the horizon. r.'-
mcnbcrin~ the ugly ihreats OF the
strikers. ! lest my seat to speak to
Foley
Il HImk you'd better swing OF
when you slow mp for the yards and
getting close I, his ear. for we We're
on terrific speed. He looked at me In
lu;ringly. In that way You wont run
into Gamer 1n and his crowd NJ the de
pot | addrd. Il can stop her all
right
lie didn't take his eyes of the track.
I'm take the train 10 the platform"
said h.,
Isn't that crossing cut ahead:' he
added suddenly as We swung round Il
hill west OF town.
Yes. and bad one
He rcache, for the whistle ard gave
the long warming screams. set the
bell ringer aud stopped t0 open the fur
mace door T. cool the ire. when-tiing.
iiew cp against the water gauges
like {, coupling pin. The monster en-
ginc FEARED right mp on her head.
Scrnmhlinc 10 my feet. ! saw the new
man clut,llin.. the air lever with both
hands. and every wheel ON the train
WIS scrceciinc. | jumped To bis side
and looked over his shoulder. on the
crosslu:: Just ahead biz white horse.
dragging buggy, plunged aud reared
frautically. Standing On the buggy
seat :, bIby boy clunc. bewildcre'i. u
the iazybnck-not another soul In
sight. All ut once the horse swcrrel
sharply back. The buggy iurched half.
over. The lines seemed to he caught
around one wheel. The little fellow
chung on. hut the crazy horse, instead
OF running. began hornpipe right be
tween the deadly rails.
looked at Foley In despair. From
tie monstrous quivering leaps Ut fhe
great engine l knew the drivers We're
In the clutch Of the mighty air brake.
but the resisticsx momentum of the