Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-14

down to GAINESVILLE this morning my.
self, and l thought Id ride with you.
Is il all right?"
''oh. yes. sir. IL Neighbor doesn't
care
! smiled. He didn't know who
Neighbor took orders from. but he
thought evidently not from me
Then run her down 10 the oranges
bartholomew. and couple on, and wen
order ourselves out. Seer"
The a really looked like baby car.
rage when we got her In front OF the
refrgerators. However, after the nee
essary preliminaries we gave very
sporty toot and pulled out. In few
minutes we were sailing down the
valley.
For fifty miles we bobbed along with
our cargo OF iced silk as easy as old
shoes, for l need hardly explain that
we had packed the silk into the re
frigerators TO confuse the strikers. The
great risk was that they would try q
ditch us.
was watching the track as a mouse
would a cat, looking every minute for
trouble. We cleared the gumbo cut
west OF the Beaver at a pretty good
clip in order 10 make the grade on the
other side. The bridge there Is hidden
In summer by grove Of hackberries
l had just pulled open TO cool her biz
when | noticed how high the back,
water was on each side OF the track
Suddenly felt the I'll going soft under
the drivers felt the "A wabble AMI
slew. Bartholomew shut of hard uut
threw the air as | sprang TO the win.
dow. The peaceful little creek ahead
looked as angry as the Platte I'm April /
water and the bottoms were lake
Somewhere up the valley there hat |
been n cloudburst. for overhead The |
sun was bright The Beaver was roar. |
Ing over its banks. and the bridge va~
out. Bartholomew screamed for brakes !
II looked as II we were against IT, and |
hard
A soft track 10 stop on, q torrent ~
storm water ahead and $l!0OoOoo
worth of silk behind, not to mention
equipment!
yelled at Bartholomew and mo-
toned for him TO jump. My con
science Is clear on that point Tie
A was stumbling along. trying. liac
drunken man, 10 hang TO the rotten
track
Bartholomew" yelled. But 81,
was head out and looking back az Do.
train. while he Jerked frantically 80
the air lever. ! understood. The air.
wouldn't work. II never will on tlo.c
old tubs when you need II. The sweet
pushed out on me. was thlnk.r
OF how much the silk would brins J.i
after bath In the Beaver. Barihpll.
new stuck 10 his levers like man +.
a signal tower. but every SECOND
brought us closer TO open watc~
Watching him. intent only on savu-
his first train, Needless of saving hli
life, ! was really a BIT ashamed To
jump. While | hesltated he somehow
got the brakes 10 set. The Old A.
bucked like n broncho.
IL wasn't too soon. She chez ed her
train nobly az the last. hut saw not
ing could keep her from the drink.
caught Bartholomew n terrific Sian |
and again yelled; then. turning :,
the. gangway. ! dropped into the soft
mud on my side The ~ hung low.
Ind II was easy lighting.
Bartholomew sprang from bis set
4 second later. but his blouse caught
n the teeth " the quadrant To
stopped quick as thought and peeled
The thing over his head. But then he
vas caught with his hands ia the
and the ponies Of a a
ipped over the broken abutment. q
Pull a he would he couldn't get /
rec The pilot dipped into The torrent :
.lnMLN. hml ln.-u. Lnr halnu-n IL. |.