Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-02

from the one where had taken the engine. l pushed on. but stopped aft CT going a few miles to rake out the cinders. When this was done 1 knew l would soon get steam enough to go as fast as tIss roadbed would permit. which was not very rapid. for there had been no work done on 1t since the war commenced. and It was very rough. So long as I had stopped 1 concluded to do some more cutting of the telegraph wires. and. climbing a | pole. nipped them again.
 Tn few miles more came to an- other station. This one was open. I slowed up and called to a man inside:
 "'Bring me time table. quick
 He took a soiled table from his pocket and handed IL to me.
 Anything comingr asked
 "'You'n meet No. at B. he replied
 Next stationF
 "'Next but one.'
 "'Any side track at the nextY
 %'Yes. What you doin' runnin' wild this wayT
 Government business was my re- ply as rolled away.
 'I glanced at the time table and found the man was right. Tn two miles there was a station. Three miles further on was B. resolved to go to the next station. get on a side track and wait I soon covered the two miles separating me from it. got on to the switch and in ten minutes a pas senger train went by. I saw the con- ductor leaning out and looking back at me. but he didn't seem to think it worth his while to inquire what was doing there.
 '0f course couldn't get on this way very long. 1 was sure to be stopped in time and called upon to give an ac- count of myself So bethought my self what story I would tell. I might say was bearer of dispatches from one general to esnother. but I knew nothing about the southern command CTS of that region While I was think ing passed another station. A man was sitting on a box reading morn ing paper l slowed dewn and asked him the news.
 "'Thar's been fight on the Charles ton and Savannah railroad at Poco- talego.' he said.
 "'who's in command of our feilows2 ? I asked.
 "'General Beauregard'
 This was enough for me. I would pretend to be going for ammunition. It was well that had found some story to tell. for at the very next sta tion I reached found a freight train standing on the track stopping my way. I pulled up in front of the loco motive. The engineer of the freight was sitting in his cab reading about the battle the day before. yelled to him to back up and take the siding. He called the conductor, who asked who was.
 "'You'd ought to know by my uni form I said. that I'm Confederate soldier. You get your train out Of my way pretty qui-k.'
 "'What right have you to order me aboutY
 "fWhat right? I'm making a quick run for ammunition by General Beaure- gard's order. If I'm delayed I'll let the general know who delayed me-
 That was too much for him. He or dered his engineer to back up to the siding. and started putting on full speed as I proceeded.
 'I was In such luck about the battle having occurred just in the nick of time and in thinking of my ammuRi- tion scheme that I considered it prob able I might get through the network ahead of me. I knew that certain parts of North Carolina were full of Union people who would hide me and helD me get on northward
 Fortunately for me there wasn't many trains coming southward, and by working the ammunition story I managed to get on tili noon without being stopped. Then I saw by smoke ahead that was coming to a city, which by my time table I judged to be Raleigh. It was one thing to pass small stations. where the agent had little to do with the running of trains, and another 10 get through a city where the dispatching was done. While the country was yet open l pulled up at station. The agent was sitting at a telegraph machine with the window open. and he hailed me
 Say he said. T just got word over the wires that there's a wild locomO- tive cavortin' aver the road. and I'm ordered to stop 1t. Are you the fellow that's running itT
 "'Yes. ID. aster ammunition for the troops b>dow I've got =. git into Raleigh right ofT-'
 with that opened her up. and away I went Looking back. I saw the agent standing on the platform gaping at me.
 'I knew now that my run was ended But 1 wouldn't leave my locomotive Tntil I had put 1t on a side track since didn't wish to be the cause Of an accident. But near the city side tracks were more frequent. and. com ing to one of them. I put the machine on 1t and took to the woods.
 My Confederate trappings were q protection to me. and l felt compara