The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-30
RABBITS FOOT MADE GOOD.
If 1t Hadn't Fallen Out OF the En-
gineer's Pocket, What Would
Have Happened2

"a good, clever rabbits foot. LET
hind" said the fat engineer, zone
that Is always ON the Jobs, Is a great
| boon. Nov I have one that always
carry In my inside jumper pocket
l ran over a rabbit one day n In
the chopin process its left hind leg
was tossed through the cab window
right into niy lap. OF course 1t would
be too much Ike temptin' fate to
let a good thing like that get by,
n I've carried it with me on my
runs ever since.
The other day stopped at the
junction for water with the Daylight
Express. The boys at the roundhouse
down there got to THROWN josh
into NE about my rabbits foot pro-
tector. Some of them didn't believe It
was true that put SO much faith into
it,
well say, You can josh me as
much as you Ike, but I'm frank to
admit that | wouldn't like to go out
on the road for trip without my
hunch in my pocket
Then they all had to have look
at it. After they had passed it
around 1t was time for our train to
leave, m I carelessly stuffed it In i
sha antsida nnesaf Of may .jnuaPors 4
was In such hurry.
Il had heavy train, but We were
right on time, so didn't mind much,
as the 1927 was workin' her dandi-
est n we ploughed along just like
an ice yacht before forty mile gale. j
Iofn' round the Ten Degree Curve
he 1927 slipped n hobbled for
second like fat man steppinr On a
panama peel. l eased her off with /
he throttle bit, stickin' my head /
nut of the cab window to see what
'aused the unsteadiness on the part
II the 1927. As I did the locomotive
,aEe a little lurch n / felt my rab-
dts foot siidin' out of my jumper
'ocket- ] made a grab at it, but I
Idnt come within a foot of it, 1t
anded On a little ledge of the rum
in board just outside the cab.
eaned out of the window to- get 1t.
'ome mysterious influence seemed to
e workin' against my reachin' that
abbit's foot. In another second it
ouneed of TO the ballast 10 one side
the track.
Well, was in auandary for a
econd- However, firmly made UP
" mind wasn't goin' to lose my
abbitis foot guardian angel in that
.shien. So / put on the air. AS ,
lie train came to a stop / dropped G
ON the runnin' board n busted Z
sck after my good luck piece As {
ION as the train stopped a natural
rose in the minds of the
assengers n the train crew as to
nat was the matter Jim Spratt, !
le conductor, asked me what was
,, n just told him that / dropped I
'methiDg of considerable value n !
I'd stopped to pick it up. A fresh y
ly in one of the Pullman's over !!
ard my answer n butted in as !.
lows:
othpick from the dining car back
} the road a piece Would you
Ind backin' up there n gettin' it 4
me? OF course we are in no hur-
to get in. This near railroadin'
tigues me-
L didn't make any reply to him,
ough / would have liked to give h
N a slam in the Stats In less than :,
takes to tell it had the train start. K
again. | just got 'em moving -
out eight miles an hour when / %
ard a crashin' of the ties n the tn
y listed over to one side. OF tn
iTse We were goin' so slow that we al
I'D almost stop in a space the size Iii
a len cent piece. / dropped down
the ground again n on inspectin' a
track found q broken rail. Now. ne
sn't that nice work for that rabbits al
t?"-New York Sun. m