Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-04
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had him under their feet In n minute
jumped down, and Ben Buckley. the
conductor. came running up. Between
us we gave the little fellow d life. lie
squrmed out like n cat and backed In
stantly up against the tender.
zone at n time. and come orr he
cried hotly. "If it's ten TO one and on
n mans back ut that. wen do II differ.
snt" With n quick. peculiar movement
Of his arm he drew pistol and point.
Ing II squarely ut Cameron. cried. Get
back
caught fash OF his eye through
the blood that streamed down his face.
] wouldn't have given u switch key for
the life of the man who crowded him
Mt that minute. But Just then Lancas'
ter came up. and before the crowd real
lied It we had Foley. protesting an.
| grily. bacl, In the cab again.
For heavens sake, pull out OF this
before there's bloodshcd. Foley" I
cried. and. modelling TO Buckley. Foley
opened the chokcr.
II was night run and = now track
to him. tried TO lire and pilot both,
but after Foley suggested onca or twice
that IL would tend 10 the coal he
would tend TO the curves let him cld
them. aud he fouud thcai all. I
thought. before we got TO Athens. lie
took big chances In his running. but
there WAS superb confidence Ia his
bursts of speed which marked the fas,
runner and the experienced one.
At Athens we had barely two hours
to rest before doubling buck. | was
never tired Ia my lie till struck the
pillow that night but before got II
warm tho caller routed ine ont ngain.
The cnstboUGd iiicr was on time. or
nearly 50. aad when got Into the cab
for the run bac,; Foley was Just cou'
pllug on.
Did you got n ncp;" asked as we
pulled out.
"No: we slipped nm eccentric coming
M. and I've been under til, englnc
over since. So. rhe's Il bird. isn't
she! Shes al right. ] couldn't run
hcr coming up. lut i've torchcd NJ
her valve motion q bit. and I'll get nc
1
Don't mind getting action on my
account. Foley: I'm shy on life insur'
ancc"
He laughed
"You're safe with ne. ! never killed
man. WOMAN or child In my life
When 10. quit the cab. Give he.
plenty OF diamonds. II you please" hi
added. lcttin. her out full.
lie gave me the ride OF my llfc, but
hated to show scare, he was 50 coolly
audacous himself. We had hut on,
stob-for water-Gud after that nj
down grade. We bowlel along as easy
US nlncplns, but the pace was hall
raiser. After we passed Arlckarec We
never touched thing but the hlgl
Joints. The loag heavy train behlnt
us flew round the bluffs once In awhile
like the tail OF very caprlclouS kite
yet somehow. and that's an engineer
magic. she always III OH the steel.
Day broke ahead, ana between
brcaths I caught the glory OF sun
rise on the plains from locomotive
cab window. When the smoke OF tn
McCloud shops stained the horizon, re
no,,,,orl,, III, ry,v thronts nj I'm
.,,arars' ,o,, nv conf IN sneo,, Il
Foley.
u think you'd better swing OF
when you slow up for the yards am
cut ncross +, ,he rouulbouscr' I cried
coffin, clos, +, his snr for we wcr
q, torr,gc sneea lilo looked nj me IN
ou,r,ny,v SIN TINT wav Won won't ru
In,o cameron and hI, crowd at the d,
nat" - added ~ can stop her nj
r,chtr
Uo didn't tokc his owes Off tho tract
"I'Il take the train TO the platform.