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

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| me that il must Toe this boys fathe
who was wanted.
You have been begging for chance
10 take out an engine, Bartholomew.
began Neighbor coldly. And knew i
was on.
yes. sir"
You want 10 get killed. Bartholo
new"
bartholomew smiled as II the idea
was not altogether diSpleasng.
How would you like 10 20 pilot to
morrow for McCurdyi You 20 take the
~ and run as first -. McCurdy will
run as second -"
Il know | could run an engine all
right" ventured Bartholomew. rs {
| Neighbor were the only one taking the
/ chances in giving him an engine. II
know the track from here 10 Zancs-
vile. helped McNeff fire one Week. "
Then go home and 90 TO bed and
be over here az g o'clock tomorrow
morning And sleep sound, for il may
be your last chance"
Ii was plain that the master mechan-
ic hated TO do il. 1t was simply sheer
necessity
Hes wiper" unused Neighbor as
Bartholomew walked spdngily away.
II took him in here sweeping two years
ago. He ought 10 be firing now. but
the union neld him back. That's why
he hates them. He knows more about
an engine now than half the lodge.
They'd better have let him in" said
the master mechanic grmly. He may
be the means of breaking their backs
yer. II give him an engine and he
runs il. I'll never take him off. union
or no union. strike or no strike"
How old is that boyT' | asked.
"Ei ghteen. and never a kith or kin
that know Of Bartholomew Mullen"
unused Neighbor as the slight figure
moved across the fat, big name
small boy. Well. Bartholomew. you'll
know something more by tomorrow
night about running an engine or
whole LOT less. That's as IL happens
II he gets killed. it's your fault. Reed"
He meant that | was calling on him
for men when he absolutely couldn't
produce them.
81 heard once he went on. about a
fellow named Bartholomew being mix
ed up in massacre. But | take IL he |
must have been an older man than |
our Bartholomew. Nor his other name !
wasn't Mullen. neither. | dsremem
Der just what IL was. but il wasn't /
Mullen"
We'll. don't say ! want 20 get the |
boy killed, NeiGhbor," | protested !
I've plenty 70 answer for. I'm here /
TO run trains-when there are any 10 /
run. That's murder enough for me.
You needn't send Bartholomew out on
my account"
Give him a slow schedule. and III /,
give him orders 10 jump early. That's
all We can do. IL the strikers don't
ditch him, he'll get through some
how"
II stuck in my crop-the idea Of put.
ing the boy on pilot engine 10 take
Ill the dangers ahead OF that partic-
llar train. But had n good deal else
% think OF besides From the minute
he silk got into the McCloud yards
We posted double guards around.
About l2 o'clock that night we held a
council OF war. which ended I'm our
the train into the ont freight
house Tie result was that 10y morn
ng we had new train made up. II
consisted % fourteen refrigerator c0r~
oaded with oranges which had come
n mysteriously the night before n
vas announced that the silk would be-
leld for the present and the oranges
ushed through. Bright and early The
train was run down ~ the
re houses. aud twenty men were rut
o work icing the oranges At : o'cloc,.
lcCurdy pulled IN the local passenger
With engine 100 Our plan was 10 |
ANGEL the local and run him right ont
With the oranges. When he got in D.,
eported the 100 had sprung a tire II
nocked our scheme into a cooked hat
There was q lantern jawed confer
nee in the roundh0use.
"What can you do:" asked the super
ntendent In desperation
There's only one thing | can Lo
'ut Bartholomew Mullen on IL with
he Il ana put McCurdy 10 bed f1I
10. toni 2nt' responded Neighbor.
We were running first in, first ont
NJ we took care 10 always have some
ody for and who az least knew au
hector from an air pump
II was : O'Clock. looked into ~,
locomotive stalls. The first-the only
laE in sight was Bartholomew Mullen
Ie was very busy polishing the A.. He
al good steam on her. and the old tul
as wheeling MS II she had the asthma
he 81 WAS old, she was homely. she
as rickety. but Bartholomew Mullen
'iped her battered nose as deferential
as If she had been spick-span, sp.
er driver tail truck mail racer.
She wasn't much the ~. But iu
hose days Bartholomew wasn't much
nd the Al was BarthOlomew's.
How is she steaming, Bartholo.
lewF | sung out. He was right 3d.
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