The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-05
4 RABBITS FOOT
THAT MADE GOOD"
Fell Out of Engineers Pocket
and Averted Wreck
He Says.
From the New Yor. SIM

From the New York Sun.
New York Sun: "A good, clever rab.
bits foot. left hind" said the fat en-
gineer, "one that is always in the ioh
Is a great boon. Now l have one that
l always carry in my inside jumper
pocket. I ran over a rabbit one day M
IN the chopin process its left hind leg
was tossed through the cab window
right into my lap. or course it would
be too much like temptin' fate to let a
good thing like that set by, m I'VE car
ried 1t with me on my runs ever since.
The other day l stopped at the
junction for water with the Daylight
cypress. The boys at the roundhouse
40 ah mere got to throwin' a josh into
Some of them didn't believe it was true
that 1 put so much faith into it.
Wen. says. you can josh me as
1nuch as you like. but I'm rank to ad-
the road for a trip without my bunch
In my pocket
Then they all had to have a look at
~. AFTER they had passed 1t around it
carelessly stuffed it In the outside
pocket OF my jumper, 1 was in such a
hurry.
y had a heavy train. but we were
as the 1927 was workin' her danaies;
N we along Just k an ice
yacht before a forty mile gale. Coin.
round the Ten Degree Curve the 1907
sllpped n hobled for a second like q
fat ma steppin' on a banana neei +
eased her off with the throttle a hit
stickin' my head out of the cab window
to see what caused the u~nsteadiness on
the part Of the 1927. AS 1 did the To-
coInotive gave a little lurch n I felt my
pocket. I made a grab at it. but
didn't come within a foot of it. 1t
landed on a little ledge Of the runnin'
BOARD Just outside the cab. 1 LEANED
mysterious influence seemd to be work.
IN against my reachin' that rabbits
foot: In another second it bounced Off
to the ballast to one side of the track.
Wen, l was In a ~quandary for a sec
ond. However, l firmly made up my
min wasn't goin' to lose my rabbits
foot guardian angel in that fashion. So
l put on the air. AS the train came to
a stop l. dropped from the runnin'
board N busted back after my good
luck piece. AS soon as the train
stopped a natural curiosity rose in the
minds OF the passengers m the train
Grew as to what was the matter. Jim
Spratt, the asked me what
dropped something of considerable
value n had stopped to pick it up. A
fresh guy in II of the Pullmans over
heard my answer m butted in as fol-
lows:
Say, old sport, I dropped a quill
toothpick from the dining car back up
the road a piece. Would YOU mind
6achin' up there m settin' it for me?
This near r%atlroadin' fatigues me-
." didn't make any reply to him
though I would have liked to give him a
slam In the Stats. In less time that It
takes to tell 1t l had the train started
again. just got EN- moving about
eisht miles an hour when I heard a
over to one side. OF course We were
eoin' so slow that we could almost
stop in a space the size Of a ten cent
piece. l dropped down to the ground
again n. on inspectin' the track / found
work for that rabbits foot?"
Within tho Desk.
Pull down the rolling top and hide
The toilsome side
OF sun to sun;
The cares. ~vexations, worries, fears.
That M the day with "When?" and
That furrow years
Upon the brow.
Pull down the top, but who shall saw
Whose hands shall lift and roll it back,
The same hands may
But what and If the tired heart 90
Puts down the load
And goes apart?
All. well! II locked within there BIO
No orphans sob nor Widows sigh.
Meets no reply,
No deed from watchful Conscience hid
What need to linger Ger the sight
Sweet rest tonight"
John l.. Shrov