The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-22

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runaway cars coming anu instantly
let on ia" air and began TO IAN out
oi the way. Nm" huhHr'u ana h'"''H
ninc men ouj OF every thouS'nu
would nav" doh" IN" same 'hIilA.
Is oI piece win the RUE 'ha' says
when you tram mas parted Keep going
keep out OF tho way uhtll you are
sure that the detached portion 81 the
train has stopped. tn" other man
would have stopped at once uhIoaded
his passengers, scrambled out OF the
right Of way, and let them hit bui
that Is not according to the DOCK OF
rules nor in keeping with the instinct
OF an engineer. His first Thought Is
OF his people, his train, his engine
! to remain IN III" cab and die. II need
| be, and he usually does II.
The man on the special, being fun
of the book rules, Rept going but n
car loaded will nutrun locomotive
with her links and rods and all her
machinery to hold her back. Any.
way, 81 car will run faster than any
sane man would dare run down two.
huudrcd.foot grade, and in very few
moments the special crew saw that
II they all held the rails the loads
would soon be on the top OF them.
The old man, who had never known
fear before put an arm anectionatcly
| about the slender waist oil each OF
his helpless children The speed OF
the special was something frlghuul,
but the cars were gaining on them
Farley, standing on the rear plat
form, turned and looked into the car.
He saw the strong, rough man, who
had always appeared as dry OF tears
as one Of the rocks that made these
mountains. bending over his weeping
children, weeping like woman.
For two or three seconds lseconds
are like hours In the race oil DEATH
he had been contemplating move
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death or the salvation OF the special
Now the sight of this strong man in
tears settled the matter; he would
make the ehort
A few miles below the point where
the freight train parted there was
a short siding in a sag. When the
special car passed the switch target
Farley stepped of just as he would
drop from n train at twenty miles an
hour, but the special was making
forty or more.
! The old man saw him jump. "Ah,
we'll" thought he, the poor devil Is
only trying to save his life. ] don't
Lame him
When Farley stopped rolling he
scrambled to his feet near the east
end Of the siding. In his torn and
bleeding right hand he held the
switch key. that he had taken from
his pocket before making the fright
ful jump Staggering to his feet he
found the lock. thrust the key In
and swung back on the target; but