Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-02-23


Ell ! tried to climb the smokcstack. but
he was excited. Anyway. he stood out
there with a shovel aud kept the whole
bunch OF me. thought they would
kill him But | never tried to chase
range steers on foot again
"ln the spring We got the rains-not
Hike you get now but cloudbursts. The
section men were good fellows. only
sometimes We would get into storm
miles from section gang and strike q
place where we couldn't see thing.
Then Siclonc would stop the train.
take u bar aud get down ahead and
sound the roadbed. Many aud many a
washout he struck that way which
would have wrecked our train and
wound M our ball of yarn In minute.
often and often SiClOue would 20 into
his division without Il dry thread on
him.
"rhosc were different days unused
the grZzlcd striker. "lhe old boys are
scattered now all over this broad land
The strike did IT, and you fellows have
the snap. Hut what | wonder often
aud often is whether SiclOnc Is really
alive or not"
Sicloue Clark was one Of the two
cowboys who helped Harvey Reynolds
and Ed Banks save 20 at Griffin the
| night the coal train ran down from
/ Ogallala. They were both taken into
! the service. Siclone after awhile went
| To wipug.
When Bucks asked his name, Siclone
answered, -. Clark"
whats your full namef' asked
Bucks.
IS. Clark"
But what does S stand fort" per
sisted Bucks.
stands for Cyclone. reckon. Don't
~" rctorted the cowboy, with some
annoyance.
! IL was not usual in those days on the
plains To press Il man too closely about
his name. There might be reasons
why II would not Lee esteemed cour-
/ tcOus.
II reckon IT do" replied Bucks. drop
| ming into SiclUne's grammar. And
without culver he registered the
new man Ms Siclonc Clark, and his
checks always read that way. The
name seemed 10 fit. lie adopted "
without any objection, and after every
body came to know him II fitted so
well that Bucks was believed TO have
second sight when lie named the hare.
Drained fireman. He could get up II
storm quicker than any man on the
division and. II he felt 50 disposed.
stop one quicker.
In spite OF his eccentrlCities, which
were many. and his hendstrong way OF
doing some things, Siclone Clark was
good engineer ana deserved n better
fate than the one thnt befell him.
though-who can tellr-it may have
been just to his liking.
The strike was the worst thing that
ever happened to Siclone. He was one
OF those big hearted, violent fellows
who went into II loaded with .enthusi
assn. He had nothing TO gain by It
!, ut least. nothing to speak Of. But tn,
!, idea that somebody on the East Enc
:, needed their help led men like Siclon'
! In. and they thought II clnch tina
d, the company would have to take then
!, all back.
The consequence was that. when W.
n staggered along without them, men lik'
(, Slclone easily aroused, naturally o
violent passions and with no self re
q stralnt. stopped at nothing to cripple
: the service. And they looked on TIL
a men who took their places us entitled
neither 10 liberty nor life.
When our new men began comini
o from the Reading TO replace the strlk
!, ers. every one wondered who woul'
get Siclone Clark's engine. the 1913. ~
. clone had gently sworn to Kill the frs
man who took out the 3l3, bar nc
, body.
a Whatever others thought of Siclone'
vaporlngs. they counted for goo
deal ON the West End. Nobody wante
trouble with him.
Even Nelghbor. who feared no maj
sort of let the 313 lie In her stall a
long us possible after the trouble III
gan.
Nothing was said about II. Threat
| cannot be taken cognizance of oiiicia
ly. We were bombarded with threat
all the tiqe; they had long since cease
TO move us. Yet Siclone's engine sta.
\ ed In the roundhouse.
H Then. after Foley and McTerza an
\ Sinclair, came Fitzpatrick from Il
east McTerza was put on the mail
and coming down one day on Il
4 White Filler he blew Il cylinder heu
| out OF the 416.
| Fitzpatrick was waiting to take IN