The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
When They Met Again
[CopyrIght, L.. By Ruby pouRIas.l

WEIN lGhhNAnE anu
ing after the marriage of George VIII
lams and Sarah Lee. George was
brakeman on a freight train, and Sa-
rah was the daughter of his landIady.
Sarah fell In love with the brake
man, and they were married. He had
saved enough money to go TO house
keeping on, and for year they were
a happy couple. Then two things hap
pened. George was promoted to a run
on passenger train, and the engineer
OF freight was introduced to the wife
and was at once interested Other
people soon began to see, but the hus-
band was blind Other people soon be-
gan to hear, but the husband was deaf.
The mother had something to say for
the daughters good, but was met with
protests and tears and finally with hot
words of anger. One day 1t became
known that the wife and the engineer
had disappeared together. Williams
came home to find his cottage deserted.
They expected to see him fly into a
fury and hear him utter awful threats,
but they were disappointed. II could
easily be seen that the iron had en-
tered his soul and that he was gnaw-
ing his heart, but he said very little,
and even the mother Of the missing
wife was not taken into his confidence
One day three months after the event
he quietly dropped out Of sight, and to
this day there are plenty Of men in the
railroad yards az X. who have heard
nothing further from him.
When the deserted husband set out
on his quest he might have turned to
any point Of the compass No one
knew which way the wife had gone A
sort OF intuition took him to Chicago
and kept him there. Under another
name be found employment Of a diff
ferent sort. and in his spare hours he
walked the streets. At the end Of two
years he met his faithless wife. They
came face to face on the street and
before they had looked into each others
eyes he knew that the man had aban-
doned her and that she had become a
social outcast When she recognized
him sire would have run away, but he
quietly said:
"Sadis, you nsed have no fear of me-.
All want is to ask you a few ques-
tons"
George. are you going to kill meP
II haven't the slightest idea of It,"
"But you won't forgive me and take
me back"
''Neverr'
"Then what Is itP'
''only the name OF the place where L
can find the man."
'.But don't know. After year he
cast me Off"
"Then ,3od day TO you"
willau did not 70 back to his work.
but tTave.ed here and there for a week
One day he located his enemy in a,
town hundred miles away. 1t was,
in the far west. The engineer had be-
come a station agent and was married
1t was o o'clock IN the morning and he /
sat ut his desk when stranger walked
In and sat down opposite.
"WelIY' queried the agent.
''Do you want chance for your III
or shall shoot you like dog2'
1t was the man he had wronged.
looked into a face In which there was
no mercy. There was not one soft line
In It. The face didn't look murder. but
Il looked determination to kill. The
agent read 1t ana knew that the crisis
was at hand.
''If you shoot you'U be lynChed," he
finally said.
''Have you got gunr'
''Y-yeR.~
''Then get IT. VIII not open fire I'M
I'll You are, ready, One. Of US will be In
hell within the next five minutes"
The agent was no coward. His re-
volver was in the drawer beside him.
and as he moved his hand In that direc.
ton he hoped to get the first shot.
He would have had It but for his
haste. He snatched the weapon and
cooked It at the same time. but the cum
of HIS sleeve caught, and the weapon
was discharged. The next instant he
fell backward with a bullet In his
brain and three or four OF the yard
men came running The killer was OF
the railroad The girl he had married
was Of the railroad. All the guests at
his wedding were railroad men. 1t.
was the railroad men and women who
knew OF his shame. The thought drove,
him mad. He turned his gun ON the.
men who came running and Killed two
and wounded third. Then he walk
ed to the door and saw switchman
across the tracks. A bullet stretched.
the man dead, A freight train stood
on tho siding. The engineer was smOk-
Ing I'm the cab, and the fireman was
down on the ground wiping the ma
/ ehlnery. Each received bullet and
J fell dead.
The railrosd had brought about the
marriage. and the railroad had brought
about the disgrace. The railroad
should pay the bin. Williamson saw
that one OF the freight cars was loaded
with hay. He touched match to the
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