Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-26
!. II was good luck

Little Meta up on the Hill must have
seen them as they pulled out Surely
she heard the choppy, Ice bitten screech
OF the 500. That was never forgotten.
whether the service was special or reg
ular Besides, the head cab OF the
ram carried this time not only George
Sinclair. but her father as well. san
key could handle a slice bar MS well as
n punch and rode ON the head engine.
where. II anywhere. the big chances
lowered What he was not capable Of
Ia the train service We never knew. he
cause he was stronger than any emer.
gsucy that ever confronted him.
Bucking snow is principally brute
force There Is little coaxing Just
west OF the bluns, like code signals
between a feet OF cruisers. there was
a volley OF sharp footing and In n min
ute the four ponderous engines. two OF
them In the back motion, fires white
and threats bursting. steamed wildly
into the canyon.
SIX hundred feet from the FIRST cut
slnclairs whistle sgnaled again. Burns
aud Cameron and Kennedy answered.
and then, literally turning the monster
ram loose against the dazzling noun
tain. the crews settled themselves for
the shock
At such a moment there h nothing &C.
be done. II anything goes wrong eter
nifty Is too close a. consider. There
come a mufiied drumming on the
steam chests. stagger and terrific
impact and then the rccoil, nke the
stroke Of trip hammer. The snow
shoots into the mir nifty feet aud the
wind carries cloud Of neecy confu.
sion over the ram aud out OF the cut
The cabs were buried In white. aud the
great steel frames OF the engines
sprung like knitting needles under the
frightful blow.
Pausing FOR hardly n breath. the sig
mailing again began then The backing.
up aud up and w the line. ana again
the massive machines were hurlci
screaming into the cut
"Nou'ro getting there. Georgie'' ex-
claimed Sanksy when the rolling aud
lurching had stoppcd. No one else
could tell a thing about IL for IL WIS
snow and snow and snow. above and
behind and ahessd ami beneath. Sin.
clair coughed The hAkes out OF his eyes
and noso and mouth. Ike bafiied
collie. lie looked doubtful u tbe clai N
until the mist had biO0n clear and the
quiyering monsters were again recallci
for dash Then II was plain that
Sankey's instinct was right They
were gaining.
Again they went Ia. hitting very
avalanche over the stackA packing the
banks Of the cut with walls hard as
ice Again a. the drivers stuck they
raced IN a frenzy. and into the shrek
OF the wind went the unearthly scrape
OF tho overloaded safetios.
Slowly and sulIenly the machines
were backed again.
shes doing the work. George
cried Sankey For that Kind OF a
cut she's as good NJ rotary. Look
everything over now while I 20 back
and see how the boys are standing H.
Then wen give her one more and give
IL the hardest kind"
And they dld give her one more. and
another Mcu az Santiago put W no
stouter hght than they made that sun.
day morning IN the canyon 81 the
Blackwocd Oncc and twice more they
went Ina. and the second time the
humping drummei more deeply The
drivers held. pushed. painted and gain
81 against the white wall hsaved and
stumbled ahead. and. with yell from
Sinclair and Snnkey and the fireman.
the double header shot her nose into
the clear over the Black wood gorge
As engine after engine dew past the
divided walls each cab took up the
cry 10 was the widest shout that
ever crowned victory.
Through they went and halfway
across the bridge before they could
check their monster catapult Then
az a half full they shot II back az the
cut II worked as well one way a.
the other
The thing Is done" declared san.
key. Then they got into position M
Ahf lAf lVl u ullAl hiPhA w fitdu Nut
eastern cut and 10 get the head for a
dash across the bridge into the west
end OF the canyon. where lay another
mountain " snow 20 split.
Look the machines over close
hoys," said Sankey 20 the engineers
III nothing's sprung we'll take full
head across the gorge the bridge will
carry anything and buck the west
cut. Then after we get No. l through
this afternoon Nelghbor can get hi.
baby cabs I'm here and keep EN- chas
ing all night. But it's done showing,
he added. looking into the leaden sky.
He had everything figured out foI
the master mechanlc-the shrewd
kindly old man. There's no man Oh
earth Ike good Indian and. for that
matter. none like a bad one. Sankey
knew 10y military instinct Just what
had 20 be done and how 20 do IT. II he
had lived he was 10 have been assist
ant superintendent. That was the
word which leaked from headquarters
after he got killed