The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
!, 1909. By the Bobbs- Merrill Co
CHAPTER XVII.
..o Farmhouse Again.

VU no appeared. Perhaps, hike
\ y mvsnif he had not slept
4 y, no. was apparently cheerful
', Da. he made better break
Y Et sn did. II was one o clock
u iou aot TO Baltimore. After 4
wait we took n local for
i Ie1' ,he station near which the
-,Ogaph picture had been taken.
D~1s.ed the scene of the wreck
!, I'm, with curiosity, ! With a sick
snse of horror. Back IN the
i @ the little farmhouse where
Wsst and / had intended get
P-.s.s and winding away from the
. oHsole trees shading it on each
The lane where we stopped to
! IL where | had-it seemed pre-
2 beyond belief nowhere
[ E:,i 10 comfort her by patting her
-, mt at NJ, q small place
E,so or three houses and general
The station was n one-roomed
: With a rallied off place ut the
,A,,e scale, telegraph instru-
,,5 a chair constituted the entire
f-Aing
n, astioa agent was IL young man
/, II, shrowd face. He stopped ham
T. niece of wood over a hole
II aoor TO ask where we wanted
iy.,p not going" said Mcknight,
y J,p coming. Have a cigar.' -
}, II. AGENT took it with an InQuir-
a E,srre. first at it and then at us.
IN want to ask you few ques-
s 4" began Mcknight, perching him
. "a the railing and kicking the
kiorvard for me. cor, rather, this
9 ksran does
i fErji minute said the agent,
] k5sr through the window. 'There Is
Il: in that crate choking herself
: Inth."
. 4, vas back in minute, and took
0 is position near a sawdust-filled
Il \ TAI did duty rs a cuspidor.
IyE FIRE away, y he said.
}, II, the hrst place" / began, "dc
4 nEsmbcr the day the Washington
Ess wrecked below here?'
lN H. he said did Jonah re-
! her the whalel'
Fee You on the platform here
!. The frst section passed?''
: sas"
lN you recall seeing man hang
!. kic the platform Of the last car? ~
FIsr was no one hanging there
sic passed here, he said with
/, I,ton. ~ watched her out of
= M you see anything that morning
n q al .bnut my O. %
! b grip. and wearing dark clothes
y derby hatln | asked eagerly.
tEaight was irving to look uncon~
/, r.. bnt | was frankly anxious. 1t
I t.ar that the man had jumped
ID EEiiTe in the mile Of track Just
: sll, yes, did. " The agent
l r:i bis throat. "Whcn the smash
4 q its operator at NIX sent word
3 ,' !he wire. both ways. / got
4 Ef and ! was pretty near crazy.
il pa knew ii wasn't any fault of
a Tas standing on the track look.
2 ssn' for ! couldn u leave the of
y stsH q yonng fellow with light
: Il lped up 10 me and asked me
u lssi smoke was over there.
liits what's left Of the Wash.
d IL Flyer | said, and ] guess
= 3. 'opls going up in that smoke.
Z, 10 you mean the first section?'
r ah getting kind of grecnish vel.
= iMt's what ] mean, ] said; split
- NaIng wood because Rafferty,. on
= = %'ld section, didn T want to be
n put his hand cut in front of
: va The satchel fell with n bang
Ay God. he said, and dropped
a NE track in heap.
M Tim into the station and he
uound. but ne kept on groaning
Hhe awful. He'd spraiued his
ana when he got a little better
eHe him over in Carter s milk
r@ INC Garter place, and / reckon
rrM there a SPELL -
nlats all; is it7" I asked.
ihls all-or. no, there : some.
as, About noon that dav one
NIeI twins came down with
S IOm HIM asking me to send a
ee message 10 some one in
L.
!, vaom." asked eagerly.
.sAOh livc forgot the name. but
Sge was that this fellow
vac his name-was AT NJ,
a ,,. me man had escaped from the
/ would he come 10 see him. -
| 'oaldn't have sent that mes
| me- | said TO McKnigbt,
/ nssliallen. "Hc d have every
/ seeming out of my wav."
/ Slt might be reasons = MrKpigb,
| i,,DiST iSTusially M "He might not
/ III rias, s5e name BIakelev?" + asked.
Il Ias ~. nave been-I can't say.
Eilos sa WASH Z there. and there
M, " nolse. | couldn T hear
Hs, 10 half an hour down came
Ihyir WIN TO say the gentleman
,x On awful and didn't want
Il,' gone, of course7,p
i,y, nnaped down here in about
IL Lhg' anu took the noon train foI
tsnei certainty now that on,
Sng, hurt himself somewbai
imp had STAYED om;otIW IN ~ t%e s%
III uh!i he was able 10 travel
4 ar,r ,nTlsltlye, We decided to visit
tE.Srg station agent five-dolIa,
r.n me ne rolled no with a couple
a. and md stuck in his pocket
. Eta hs e9t to bend in tho
p1 "' looking cnriously after
IA tn,uH hUs until we had climbed tb,
II race W. onto the road to tn,
h ssing 'a1E h9a l realized where ",
anotbnn.i nn.itsneough we approached
4 sa.e a,'t y, erection. ] knew thc
K; AGson ynce' 1t was the on,
| ihc Ja,"N west and I had break
st GeiWSssssu iHSss before. With the new
AE "'en us. | did uot toD NJ