The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-08

and B. had known.
Hennessy was tuning at Lyshon. for
be couldn't afford another second, yet
0ldtown had seen nothing Of the wild
freight
Better wait for another report from
Oldtown.' said the operator But
Hennessy was six minutes late then
and resolved to go on up the grade.
He sigaaied his engineer and jumped
on the rear. The brakeman was there
and grinned when the conductor
cursed his luck
Hennessy. halfway through the door,
wheeled There, away back by the
station platform. only fading bit Of
dismal detail In the familiar view. was
old Tympan standing In the middle OF
the track and waving crossed arms.
LEFT and signaling as TO come back
for him. said the rear brakeman.
Hennessy spoke eioquentiy. looking
at his watch. The time frightened
him. "I'li not 90 back for him." he
cried. Il can't be-
There was that in the rear brake.
mans eyes which stopped Hennessy.
Suppose be should leave 9'ympan at
Lyshcn over Sunday, with no trains
either way. and suppose the old mans
pull with r. II. r. we're still working.
and suppose the young husband OF her
who was Nell Tympan. be who worked
ia the G. r. AS office. should
And there was old 1'ymPan himself
standing IN the middle OF the track and
signaling, Back up back up. back up"
Could be afford 10 ignore the old fell
low? Though it hurt him to do It, he
said:
mo; / believe I'll 60 back for the
old guy, Bill"
The rear brakeman pulled the cord,
and Hennessy went IN to reckon just
how much over thirty minutes late be
would be into Oldtown
There was no denying that old lynn.
pan was exceedingly drunk. Hennessy
smothered his wrath with difficulty as
No. s backed into Iyshon. for be hadn't
relished what be had heard going
through the day coaches. He leaned
out toward the dirty figure reeling
across the platform and heard lynn
pans Idiotlc laugh as he boosted Of
having called back the biggest train on
the road Il jus went out there-ri'
out thereand signaled. Back up and
yer backed up, didn't yer? | tell yer,
gents, there amt er man O. the rod
darst ter dis-disobey my orders"
There was a scramble on the plat.
form behind them. and the dispatcher
came shrieking like a plow train at a
blind crossing.
Back Up, Hennessy, for all you're
WORTH he shouted. Runaway freight
thirty something cars or the wild
train coming down the grade be hera
in less than d minute 0idtown wired.
Oh, Hennessy. look up the liner
1t was a cloud Of sand and dust at
the arst curve in the Long Misery,
three miles away.
Hennessy's knees wavered. The dis
patcher struck him with his fist be-
tween the shoulders. crying Quick,
man! Run her back into the siding and
let the freight 90 by"
The passengers knew only enough to
complain that they were horribly shak-
en- up that afternoon near Iyshon. Ii
was Hennessy himself who switched
No. s into the siding and who thanked
heaven with all sincerity that It was
Just long enough to take his train and
leave the main line open. AS be drew
the switch bis haad went dizzy with
the whirl Of the freight When the
threatening thirty-three banged past
Hennessy gave not one look after. but
tainted over the lever and hung like a
uniformed scareerow until they gath
cred him up.
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