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

'ldlheu 10 me now ne was dragged In
and had 10 tear the sleeves out OF his
)louse under water To get free.
The surprise is how little fuss men
make about such things when they are
ousy. IL took only five minutes for the
conductor TO hunt up coil Of wire aud
sounder for me. aud 10y the time he
got forward with IL Bartholomew was
halfway up telegraph pole TO help me
cut in on a live wire Fast az I could
! rugged n pony and began calling the
McCloud dispatcher IL was rocky
send. but after no end Of pounding |
got him and gave orders for the wreck
ne gang and for one more OF Neigh.
boris rapidly decreasing supply Of loco
motives.
Bartholomew, sitting on a strip of
fence which still rose above wafer.
ooked forlorn. To lose the first engine
ue ever handled in the Beaver was
tough, and he was evidently speculat
lng on his chances OF ever getting an
other. IL there weren't tears In his
| eyes, there was storm water certainly
but after the relief engine had pulled
what was left of us back six miles 10
a siding | made IL my first business 10
explain TO Neighbor. nearly beside him.
self that Bartholomew was not only
not at fault. but that he had actually
saved the train 10y his nerve.
III tell YOU. Neighbor." | suggest
ed when We got Strengthened around
give us the 100 10 go ahead as pilo,
and run the stun around the river
division with Foley aud the Ole"
"Whatll you do with No. o." growl
ed Neghbor. Six was the local pas
senger west.
Annul IL west Of McCloud." said |
instantly. We've got this silk on our
hands now, and I'd move IL II Il tied
up every passenger train on the Ill.
vision. II we can get the Internal
stun through. IL will practically beat
the strike; II we fail. II will beat the
company"
BY the time we backed 60 Newhall
Junction Neighbor had made np his
mind my way. Mullen and | climbed
Into the 100. and Foley with the 2id
and none too good grace coupled un
to the silk. and. flying red signals. we
started again for GAINESVILLE over the
river division.
Foley was always full OF mischief.
He had a better engine than ours. any.
way. and he took satisfaction the rest
Of the afternoon In crowding us Ev-
cry mile Of the way he was on our
heels. | was throwing the coal and
distinctly remember
II was after dark when we reached
the Beverly hill and we took IL at a
lively pace The strikers were not on
our minds then. II was Foley who
bothered.
When the long parallel steel lines /
Of the upper yards spread before us. /
flashing under the are lights. we were I
away above yard speed. Running
locomotive into one OF those big 1
yards l. Ike shooting rapid In
canoe. There Is hewildering maze
OF tracks lighted 10y red and green .
lamps 70 be- watched the closest The
hazards are multiplied the minute you
pass the throat. and yard wreck IL
dreadful tangle. II makes everybody.
from roadmastcr 10 hagmen. furious.
and not even Bartholomew wanted 20
face an inquiry on n yard wreck ON
the other hand. he couldn't AFFORD 20
be caught by Foley. who was chasing
him out OF pure caprice.
| saw the hoy holding the throttle az
a half and lingering the mir anxlously
rs we jumped through the frogs. but
the toughest riding on track 80 far
beats the ties as n cushion that when
The 100 suddenly stuck her paws
through an open switch we bounced
balls. | grabbed brace with one
land and with the other reached IN.
across % bartholomew
'ide To seize the throttle he held but
~ ! tried 10 shut him of he Jerked %
vide open In spite Of me aud turned
With lightning In his eye
NO" he cried, and his voice rang
lard. The 100 took the tremendous
hove AT her back and leaped like
frightened horse. Away we went
crOss the yard. through the cindcrs
nd over the ties. My teeth have new
II been the same since. don't be
ong on an engine anyway, and since
hen ] have kept Off. Al the moment
was convinced that the strain had .
'een too much. that Bartholomew was
tark crazy. He sat bouncing clear to
he roof and clinglng 10 his levers Ike
lobster.
But his strategy was dawning on
ne. In fact, he was pounding IL into
ne Even the shock and scare Of leav-
lg the track and tearing up the yard
al not driven from Bartholomew !
oddle the most important feature OF
ur situation. which was. above every
hing, to keep out OF the way of the
Tx train
l felt every moment more mortified
{ my attempt 10 shut him OFF | had
one the trick OF the woman who grabs
le reins. II WIS even better TO tear n
p the yard than to stop for Foley "
\ Sh into and scatter the silk over ~