Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-19

nuts once and again. and they few IN
stream like bullets over the bluff
The taller cowboy, bending close on
his knees. raised yell. The plates
had given. Springing to the other
rail, Banks stripped the bolts even
after the mad train had shot into the
gorge above them. They drove the
pick under the loosened steel, and
with pry that bent the claw bar and
yell that reached Harvey, trembling
at the switch. they tore away the
stubborn contact aud pointed the rails
over the prccipice.
The shrek 0r IA locomotive whistle
cut the wind. Looking east. Harvey
had been watching SOS headlight
She was IAlltng In on the siding
He still held the switch open TO send
the runaways into the trap Bucks
had set II the passenger train failed
to get into the clear. but there was u
Harvey had no idea OF dumping so,
JOO worth OF equipment into the river
unless he had TO.
Suddenly w went the safety signals
from the east end The lOl was cough
ing noisily Up the passing track-the
line was Clear. Banks and the COW
boys. waiting breathless. saw Harye-
with determined lurch close the main
line contact.
In the next breath the coalers. With
the sweep u the gale In their fright
ful velocity, smashed over the switch
and un. A rattllng whlrl OF ballast
aud dizzy CHATTER Ot nDise, aud he
fore the frightened crew ~ 90 could
see wtnt WIS against them the run
avuy tr,tin uxls passss-d- gone,
81 wasn't going to stnp hepe tonight
mnttIr,-i the e7lgifsrer as be stood
with the cuGdu"tOr over Iiaryey's
shpIi.hr at the op4<aias DISK min
ute lntT and wtped the chill from his
fns,4s-ad WITH piccc Of waste. WED
hayp met them In the canyon"
Harvey was r,pOrtlng 20 Bucks. Cal
LIhan heard II cusning: Rails cut but
/ 30 safe Runauays went 10y here fully
seventy miles an hoir"
/ II WIS furl utNtI AAAANs ~ tAAAA - 49,
foG - the grude. Prom there on III,
r,lna u<ns tr,nn had a hfii 10 climb
Bucks had held go. the local paSs"n
e.r. ssietrmkcd at DustA thirty miles
/ farther eztst- Slszi by the WIND. the
runaw1ys TstfsSsri DAVIS. though not al
hah their thgiles; TsNd. An instant
later 2SJs engine was cut loose and
started aftfr tiem Ike n scared collie
T1rrce milas east q Dayts they wer,
oV,rflauSsd by The light engine The
| fireman. Dcnaislc. crawted out OF Tn
cab window. along the foot rail anc
! down ON the pilot. caught the ladder ol
the first car and. running up crep'
along 10 thc leuder and began settins
brakes Ten minutes Later they wer,
brought back IN triumph TO Davis
When the multitude OF orders was
| cut ~ the way. Bucks wired Ed Bank
10 bring his cuNtoys down 90 McClouC
on ca. Sixty WINS the eastbOund pas
scngcr due nt McCloud at $50 u. m. /
/ turned out that the cowboys had heel
arrested for laSso4ng IA Norwegian
l homcsteader who had cut their wire
/ 10 was not heinous offcnsc, and ate
I Il WIS Strengthened out by the inter
| vcutlou Of Bucks. who was the Who'll,
| thing then they were given jobs las~o
I ing sugar barrels IA the train service
One ~ them. the tall fellow. IS u pas
-cuger conductor on the high line yet
/ IL was O'Clock that mornlng-th,
18th OF December In small letters OF
the West End before they got thing
dcpntly struig htene-l out. there was
SO much Co do-ouiers 90 make and re-
ports 10 take Bucks. still on the key
/ In his flowing rus,cS and tumhling hair
sent and took them all Then he turn
ed the seat over Co Callahan and. get
ting up for the flrst time In two hours
dropped into another chair
The very first thing Callahan receiv
81 was a personal frum Pat Francis a
Ogalalla. conductor Of 80. II was for
Bucks:
/ Your mother Is aboard 80. She WA
carried by McCloud IN the Denver sleeper
sendins her back TO you on 60. Merr'
l Christmas
II came OF the wire FIRST. Callahan
taking IL. didn't think Bucks heard
though It's probable that he did hear
Anyway. Callahan threw the clip ovei
! toward HIM with laugh
Look there. old man. There's YOU
mother coming after all your kickln.
carried by on 30"
As the boy turned he saw the Gi.
/ dispatcher's head sink between hi,
/ arms on the table. Callahan sprang &
/ his side. but Bucks had tainted.