The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-06-19

when one morning Just before sun.
rise we swept down on Turnervillc,
taking the place by surprise. we found
three locomotives aud twenty freight
Ears standing In the railroad yard.
A train was made up, loaded with
troops. and l. having been locomotive
engineer was put In the cab. Before
starting the general said to me:
Sergeant. the success Of this expe- /
dltiou depends upon you. Colonel Par
ker is In command. but has nothing to |
do with running the train That's In
your hands. As soon as the Confed-
crates know we're here they'll send n
force to cut us on But they'll need
the bridge at H.. and | want you to
get these men there before daylight In
the morning 10 burn II. But you must
keep n sharp lookout for snngs. The
citizens on the line you win pass over
are all hostile, and they'll strain every
nerve to wreck your train. Remem
| Der. not only the lives OF the men In
these cars. but the safety of the whole
command depends upon you"
The first ten miles we did by day
light. Then It grew dark, and hnu
! nothing to see by but the lantern.
which lit the track dimy. My head
was thrust far out the cab window
and my hand was on the throttle.
Twice stopped her within few feet
of tie wedged In between rail aud
the ties, aud once bumped II ire"
that had been felled across the track.
having not quite stopped before reach
ing It, on an elevation ! struck n
junction and II lot of people standing
about staring at us as we passed /
didn't like their looks. But the telr
graph wires had been cut, aud didn't
see how they could send word ahead
There were half a dozen freight cars
on a sldetrnck, but no locomotive.
Soon after leaving the junction shut
Off steam and let her roll down the
long declivity. | was nearly Mt the
foot on short upward grade when !
Ind break-the engine was only lit
for junk heap-and spent half an
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