Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-02
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hr warned them back WHO but
man baked twenty years In an engine
cal could stand the steam that poured
Oh him whore be lnyf
Neighbour just uIigiilc. flashing q
Hight heard the labOr"d strain Of lis
breathing. saw him getting halr up.
bend 10 the bar, aud saw the iron give
like lcnd In his hands rs hc pri1i
uightily.
NcighbOr heard and told me long AFT.
erward how the old man lung the bar
away with an imprccatl1n ana cried
for one TO help him. for minute
meant II life now. The hoy lying pinned
under the shattered cab was rO1stng
In u Jet Of live steam. The master me.
chnnic Crcpt In.
BY signs Dad told him what 10 do
and then, getting on his knees. crawl.
oil straight into the dash Of the white
jct-crawlcd into 1t and got the cab
OH his shoulders.
Crouchlng an instant. the giant mus.
clcs of his back set In tremendous
effort. The wrcckagc snapped and
groancd. tho knOttcd legs slowly aud
painfully Strengthened. the cab for Il
passing instant rose In the air. nul In
that instant NclghhOr DRAGGED Cclggic
McNCal from out the wise Of death aui
passed him. like pinch bar. to the
men waiting next behind. Then Neigh.
Dor pulled Dad back, blind now and
scnsclcss. When they got the old fire.
man out he made pltful struggle To
pull himself together. He tried to
stand up. but the sweat broke over
him. and he sank In heap ut Neigh.
boris feet.
That was the saving Of George Ne
Neal. and out there they still tell you
about that lift OF Dad IIamiltOn'a.
We put him on the cot at the hos.
pital next TO his engineer. George.
drcadfully bruised aud scaldci. came
on fast In spite of his hurts. but the
doctor said Dad had wrenchcd ten
don In that frightful effort. and he lay
there n very sick ana very old man
long after the young engineer was M
and around telling Of his experience.
"Whcn we cleared the chutcs saw
white signals, | thought" he said 10 me
at Dads bedside. IL knew we had the
right of way over everything. II was
hustle anyway on that schedule. Mr..
Reed, you know thnt-un awful hustle
with our load. I never checked her n
notch To run the yards. Didn't mean
10 do II with the Junction grade To
climb just ahead Of us. But looked
out again. and, by hockey, ! thought I'd
gone crazy, got color blind-rc sig
nails. or course | thought must have
been wrong the first tima | looked. |
chokcl her. threw the air. dump.
cd the gravel. Heavens, She mover
felt II! couldn't figure how We were
wrong, but there WIS the red light.
yelled, Jump. Dad" and hc yelled.
Jump. SOY" Didn't You. Dad?
sic jumped. hut | wasn't cycr going
to jump. ana my cngiu, going full
against II rel lamp. Not much.
~ kind OF lodged down behind the
head; when she struck 1t was bin and
she jumped about twenty feet MP
straight She dldn't? We'll. II seemed
Ike II. Then II was biff. bin. bin. one
| after another. with that train behind
! her she'd have gone through Beverly
/ hill. Did you ever buck snow with n
rotary. Mr. Reed? Wen, that was
about it, oven to the rolling ana hrav.
| Ing. Dad, want 70 lie dSNn? I.C' ,np
So, another pillow behind you. lent
that better? Poor Musgravc!" he add.
ed. speaking Of the engineer Of 81. who
was Instantly killed. lie and the lire.
man both. Hard lines. but I'd rather
have II that way, guess, II was
wrong. Eli, Dadf'
Even after George went to worl;
Dad lay In the hospital. We knew hc
would never shovel coal again. 1t cost
him his good back to lift George
| loose, SO the surgeon told Us, ana
could believe II. for wheI they got the
! jacks under the cab next morning. anu
! Nelghbor told the wrccking gang that
! Hamilton alone had lifted 1t six inches
the night. before on his back the
wrcclilng boss fairly snorted at tho
statement, but Hamilton did just the
same.
"Son," muttcred Dad one night 10
George, sitting with him, Il want you
to write Il letter for me-"
Sure"
rive been sendlrg money TO my boy
back east" explained Dad fccbly. II
told you hos IN school"
Il know, Dad"
Il haven't been able TO send any
since I've been by, but I'm going to
send some when get my relief. Not
SO much rs used TO send. want you
TO kind of explain why"
whats his first name, Dad, and
where does he live"
Its Il lawyer that looks aztec him