The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-01-04

|ptions, r.,.ht sc rumbled past Clay
Fnd col uton, Fireman Frank Hods-
per mpg out from the cab and
|1phrate yellow telegraph blank
|ggesid s.raen the agents thumb and
Hittit ~ Engineer Sam Hardness
Fest kl ,,t the scrawl, Look out for
r part Corton Tunnel" Hardness
(ble nu He knew what that meant.
|ptions ...r.n did not, for it was his
Fh are =, IN the branch. He was
cuaei . to please his new chief. who
one HI .,nt.d the "crankiest" driver
exkN
own H engineer had taken a dislike
Jed and i.kius on sight that morning in
Mycen cuadhouse. With strong dis
h noted the slim figure and
les In shoulders. What do they
Plished, " giving me a young sprout
len ky hat" growled he. under his
ION OF Now when l began to
over l." He jerked the bell-cord.
exam y rolled out to the turntable.
|sic. an hiK IN hour they were rush
ton ca |ough the open country at a
lay k1 |m!ls speed. Hardness noted
kb subordinate was sweating
eonium ct Of breath.
|Outhea Won't last long" was his un-
4. Mud comment, as under his vigor-
|milar I'd the whistle shrieked for a
A Just about twenty miles
pit yet ind him all In"
New lat the end of that distance
(ins was still at work. The
made little white rivers down
IKE. N cheeks. His legs were un-
ice o. Occasionally he hung out
ID In Window for air. Yet he drove
|ady slinto the black slope in the
pndred md kept the fre-box roaring.
popui plucky. Hardness could not
/ well 1t. But he grinned as a sharp
|rst ncs snt the lad staggering.
|g. loud tunnel will finish him. -
be hun be.
It hap brook lay five miles behind
pr there \ said grudy:
her burn down. The tun-
lap on X for ahead
waitin = fsarfully hot in the cab that
out 20. The light breeze. blow
thing q them. was neutralized by
Trap Dction. Along the brown road
by you double track stretched sharp
b pals n0t. Round them the salt
let dow vavered classify.
dream( decreasing speed the freight
rs until y through a dingy suburb, and
fed-and-yellow station, and
|,ite ed : broad curve. A black arch
INCEST 4 q, still smoking from the last
lore sH'train. Two red balls on
Nv plac( uaipole gave Sc the right oi
Jail bent
silent Y Jour campers" commanded
.od I'M lgheer.
then aieman pulled the levers, and
10 the pefs Changed against the ash.
. mind Ivy precaution would proven,
's from washing up into the
|vulets. s1las looked curiously at the
led to- u'rance. its sooty keystone
h,shty srlmed granite 1877.
mass from the dazzling glare
nr.tins sey plunged into a hot
|uls = =, olackness.
,oo,cdv uanel was twelve broad, six
|nerme - snd quarter OF a mile
.opeo gradually toward the
,maa y. sa'cn was four feet lower
$3.50 end. A single track raj
ID u l''ily green" coal was neye,
=, ana y = : ,As tunnel. for its smok,
!. 1e the already thick air IN
.A.u 70 Hodgkins had brie
e ioiled gasping on hi
/. n ID. seAins for the shine Of tn,
+ VII which had been lighted i,
Ps aouse before they started
Pn' burned. The smoke ant
Gus an coughing How mucl
a ne swing that heav.
:. $50. .aly came splashing ahead
|Ons sae walls. a a str strong ne salt salt:
q 9 s,.ded the air. The higi
|ms hs up through the mad
see e, which that section Of tn
will will Il. built. had flooded the bot
the : y tunnel. The water woul,
man, ssAed the fires had tn
her z soush the deepening Zoo,
be ea e locomotive. until the cen
in Q BASED and the tide began I,
we - ~, Ss track grew dry again. til
), s'aned and the gloom light
suddenly they hurst one