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DnMOh COUNCIL


~ parade and assist In the general
ostlnE that you viii consider this
f4bIy lautoInobiles or carriages),
am. yours truly,
=. A. WATROU6.
Chief Marshal OF Parade.
mber Executive Board West War
Associafion.
|csptcd and adopted as foiiows.
4t-~Aid- Allan. Brozo. Burton. Eli
0arvey. Gilman. Grindley. Harp
Hindle. Heating, Keusch. Knapp,
Iefleid. Lodge. McCarty. Mason.
FIitt O'Brien. Ostrowski, owen,
1ultx. skrzycki. Theisen, Thompson.
Sn9r. Walsh, Watson. zoeiler. and
Prcsidcnf--30.
Nays---kone.
FROM THE SAME.
the Honorable the Common Council:
0futfemen--f beg 20 advise your
oncrable Body that the following
IMPLICATIONS for licenses under Act No.
N OF the Public Acts Of 1905. have
1>tn nied In my once. to-wit:
is5s-Myer Frank. s2o Woodward
is7s-Frank c. oies. $40 Lafayette
nfenue.
Respectfully submitted.
< CHARLES A. NICHOLS.
City Clerk.
Referred 10 Committee on Liquor
8ekuiaffon. -----l..-
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fully report that your COMMITTEES have
nad the same under consideration and
seeing no objection thereto. recommend
the adoption OF the following resolution.
Respectfully submitted
THOS. +. Gilman.
ALBERT r.. ALLAN
JOHN q. LODGE,
HERMAN SCHULTZ.
A. j. WALSH.
I. JOHN G.. GARVEY.
Accepted. and on leave. the following
resolution was offered:
BY Aid Gilman:
Resolved. That the City Controller be
and he Is hereby directed 90 make the
the Following transfers.
From Salary account To Grauot
avenue building account ..... 800 20
From salary account 10 printing, 35 as
from salary account 90 supplies
From salary account to fuel ac-
count ............. ~ 81
From salary account TO books. 100 90
FROM furniture 10 furniture, Gra- %
From furniture account to insur-
ance account .............. O9
FROM contingent account to books z5 "
From unexpended balance TO ,a
pr.eo'' ....'.. . :. ,..,::,..''cc..'
dot ~ - '.'. iurn''uie. az SO
Said transfers being necessary In order
10 carry said accounts through 'he re-
mainder OF the present fiscal year
Adopted as follows:
Ellis. Field, Garvey. Gilman. GTindiey'
Harpfer. Hindle, Keating. keusch'
Knapp, Littlefeld, Lodge, MecarLy'
Mason, Merritt, o'Brien. ostrowskl,
Owen, SCHULTZ. skrEycN. Tneisen'
Thompson, Vernon. Walsh, watson
Zoeller. and the President--SO.
Nays-None.
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To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen - Your Committee on
Licenses. TO whom was referred the
resolution granting permission TO
Henry Amprse to peddle fish on FRI
days only without a license for a period
OF 6 months. respectfully report we
have had the same unoer considera-
ton and your Committee being salts
fed that he Is worthy OF consideration.
recommend that said resolution, pre-
sented by Aid. Walsh at a session
held on the goth inst. a. c. c. p. lO4O),
be adopted.
Respectfully submitted.
CHAS f. McCARTY,
GEO. A OWEN
STEPHEN :. SKRZYCKI
Accepted and adopted.
FROM THE SAME
To the Honorable. the Common Council:
Gentlemen-Yeur COMMITTEES on Ii
ccnses, to whom was referred the pc
titlon OF Mrs. Emily MDhler. asking
without a license. respectfully report
we have had the same under considera-
tiofl, and your Committee being salts
ned that petitioner Is worthy, respect
granted, and therefore offer the follow
Ing resolution.
Respectfully submitted.
CHAS. r. McCARTI,
GEORGE - OWEN.
STEPHEN s. SKRZYCKI
Accepted, and on leave. the following
resolution was offered;
BY Aid McCarty
Resolved. That permission be. AMI is
hereby granted TO Mrs. Emily Mohler
to peddie collar buttons without a IL
cense for a period OF six months. from
the date OF the adoption of this reso-
luton
Adopted as follows:
Yeas--Ald. Allan. Brozo. Burton. Ell
lis. Garvey, Gilman, Grindley. Harp
fer. Hindle. Keattng, KeuEch, Knapp,
Merritt O'Brien, Ostrowski, Owen.
Schultz, Skrzycki. Theisen, Thompson.
Vernon. Walsh. Watson, Zoeller. and
the President-30.
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Taxes.

To the. Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlcmen-Your COMMITTEES on
Taxes TO whom was referred the petit
uon OF A. r. Miner. seeking refund OF
taxes paid on mortgage. respectfully
report We have had the same under
consideration and beg leave TO state
that petitioner is not entitled to the
refund asked for. We therefore recom-
mend that said request be denied.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES VERNON,
GEORGE s. FIELD.
JOHN GRINDLEY,
CHAS. F. McCARTY.
r. NJ. WATSON.
PATRICK O'BRIEN.
Accepted and adopted
FROM THE SAME.
To the Honorable the Common Courcil:
Condemnation Committee on
Taxes to whom was referred petition
OF w. Brown Gilbert asking 10 he
paid certain fees for surrender OF tax
city Of Detroit for street purposes
respectfully report that we have had
he same under consideration and sub
mitted the matter TO the Corporation
Counsel TO inform your Committee
whether the purchaser Of tax titles
can recover the amount set forth in
his communication and also whether
he could by any process of law. take
possession OF tho property so used by
the City for street purposes. and in
reply we are informed that he can
not legally look 10 the City OF Detroit
TO refund him the amount OF money
he paid for the property at the tax
sales, nor can the purchaser of these
sales commence any proceedings In
Court TO disposess the City OF It's use
OF the property in question for street
purposes and that his petition should
be denied. which is the recomme nda-
tion OF your Committee.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES VERNON
GEORGE s. FIELD.
JOHN GRINDLEY,
CIIAS. r.. MCCARTHY.
r. M. WATSON.
PATRICK % 3RIEN.
Accepted and adopted
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hAnllN =. OSIROWSkI.
Accepted and adopted as follows:
Yeas-Ald. Allan. Brozo. Burton. FL
lis, Garvey, Gilman. Grindley, Harp
Littlefield, Lodge. McCarty, Mason
Merritt. O'Brien. Ostrowski. owen.
Schultz. Skrzycki Theisen, Thompson.
Vernon, Walsh, Watson. Zoeller. and
the President-30
Nays-None.
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SO license fee shall be accepted or
IS assignment made for less than one
81 full year and no application for
SIS space shall be received or fixed as
SO alignment made for any year more
81 than thirty days before the begin
IS ming thereof. All license fees ac-
80 cepted and assignments OF space
90 made pursuant 20 the terms here
81 OF are so accepted and made with
50 the express observation OF the
80 right 10 at any time amend or re-
% peal this section and at any time
s5 TO cancel assignment OF space and
90 direct the refund OF pro- rata
81 amount OF license fee for unexpir-
eS ed portion OF any year.
Read twice by title, ordered printed
and referred to- Committee on Ordi-
nanceS .I
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! a,dvertis6tI Igetters.

List OF letters remaining in the Post
Office at Charles Town, Jefferson Coun-
ty, Nest Va, on Saturday, Sept. 2,
1911. Persons calling for sameWill be
required to pay one cent for each letter
GENrIEarEs's LIST.
DR.. John Seiby Morris, B. w. Dougher-
ty. John Dennison, Tom Dixon. David
Hopkins, John r. Knes, William Leep-
er. Trido Mako. George Fl. Maniel, II.
B. Miller, F. heidelberg, Chas. Neale.
A. G. Ross. A. 4 Thomas, 2 letters.
LADIES, LIST.
Miss Alice 5. Bainea. Miss Rose Frewk.
Mary Finks, Mrs. Lawrence Heishman,
Mrs. ]. IN. Jones, Miss Mae Klipper,
Miss Olive Krum, Sallie Lewis, Mis-
Mary Mcdonald, Mrs. II. "A. Miller
Mrs. Rosina SmallWood. Miss Mar
Skies, Mrs. Liza Walker, Mrs. Eth
Wilson.
The above letters, If not called fol
within fifteen days, will be sent to TIL
dead letter Office Persons calling fol
them viii please say that they are I'D
9ertised.
HENRY N. BRADLEY. F. ~.
\
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NOTICE.

Dr.. Lawrence G. McCoys Graduate Of
'the Americsn School 81 Osteopa thy. ct
Kirksville, Mo-, may Be prof saicnaIy
consulted ii TIE Jefferson Hotel on
Wednesdays and Saturdays Of each
1eek Hours. s a n. to s P. II
Room No. Isl
L unhegi akingly recommend Dr.. =.
e Nccov. morally and prof essionallys
Is aII nv Jefferson County friends and
erst e patients IS fully worthy of
your entire condolences.
Dr. a. Il Sl1TH D. O
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The Postgraduate,


Pm back from the country, all
freckled and red, and ready for school
days again. was pale when 1 went.
but my Uncle Bill said I have changed
quite 3 good deal since then. Ny nose
Is quite freckied from hoeing the corn
ana being all day III the sun; my feet
are All brown and my trousers are torn
but ! never bad half 20 much fnn.
Ny hair Was ut cut from the middle OF
June, but I don't seem to mind It at all.
1 never saw summer get over 80 soon
and 1 hardly can think it is fall. Some-
times ! would eat maybe four meals
day, with apples and berries between:
and my cheeks are % fat people pull
them this way, and they all want to
known where I've been. I guess 4
wore out Ave or six pair OF pants and
most all Of the old shirts had. There's
nothing like farming and uncles and
auDts to teach small boy to be glad.
Sometimes after dinner, which was a
big meal, / would work till it almost
was night; and after ] worked for
awhile would feel 4 was getting q
new appetite. + chopped SO much wood
and I pitched 50 much hay that no
wonder I'm covered with tan; and my
aunt understood Uncle William to say
I am almost as good as 9 man.
/ took q bath often two times in a
day, in the creek where it came up
chin-high-where you do not need
towels or soap. and you lay in the sun
on the creek blank to dry. rode on q
horse from the field to the yard when
the sun would be pretty near gone, and
sometimes fell of when IT trotted too
hard and sometimes when It walked !
stayed on. Sometimes would milk
big COW " g pail that was gentle ana
kind IS could De, unless there were mes
that II sWished with It's tai ana would
upset the mlik over me. one tlme
big goose knocked me INTO tne creek
with lts wings ana ! got pretty WEI
out my Uncle Bin SAD ne Woulo snow
MN 2 trlck-and ne.n get y tnanks-
GIVING, you pet ! learned ABOUT ne
ARCS ana crickets and Irogs' ana dow
snakes mat do 70 mucn narm, ana Wnat
KING OF meas You can get On q ooes'
ana nornets yoa Dand Win cnarn.
ana scaooi 1or 2 :parE oi the .lme Y al
ngnt, 70 learn now g reao ana Go sums;
Dut you iearn someening new pom u
oaytlme ana nignt on tne farm Wnen
vacation time comes.
And can churn butter. and freeze
the ice cream, and spoultice blessings
on your legs. and tellif the hens lay
an, egg when they scream-and fool
them with doornobs for eggs. Learned
S,SN1e cr<,.,rs<. 1,SS~ fo0+hn& ficK
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The OUTLOOK DN WOODROW
WILSON.

NrfofTV frTTfH HIafaTrT10R VN00OE0W M NlNQHa
s. a7.sv Iayasv - Henry Reach Need
&. I, n. l1s.d,,ar, also reviews the
isvorE Il n WiIson a Governor 81
F1av Iaraav and tells of b;a hattie Is.
force tbrough the Legislature Of that
sfsfs thS lSo;slsfion demanded .bV ne
raopla h hia article ME-. Needham
rritas.I
.sCovarnor wilson i the hubble man
p;t1 8 rroora,,r,a He believes that
] jna,tv sbo,,ld havf I nrSo anime. and
Is holda fbat the programme must be-
carried ont In his speech At Harris
brro ba insisted that the National
Dor,,ocrat;c r,art,v have j definite pro..
oranme He advocated i wide estab-
l;abmant a roatal SAVINGS banls and q
oane.ral narcela ,,oat, a. ! projection
s.soa;rst !. M ,nonor.,lv expressing
s.ci,aUrin thai, We have Jagged behind
the other free nations Of the world in
ESTABLISHING these manifestly useful and
necessary iinstrunents of our common
life !,
He amnhasized the need 81 tariff re-
vision .sbecauss 4 i il the tariff SEIZED
,,Iaa that half II tl,a n,onopolies Of the
countrv have found covert and protection
and onnortun;tv !,
eTf Won 90 THROUGH the tariff sched-
ules. :, he continued. ..you will find
sonoa nioOar n every woodpile. some
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MILLER'S
PHARMACY.
N NV NtIi0lks Vestelp
Schedule iK Eject
lime Ill 1911


TRAINS LEAVE CHARLES Towr, W. VA.
No. ID. soUTHBoUND.
@ 80 m For Basic, Natural Bridge
Q 40 a. Roanoke, Bristol, and in
termediate stations. Pull
man Sleeper to Roanoke,
Dining, Car.
Connects at Roanoke with
6t. Louis Express. Through
Pullman Sleep or to
No. 81 Columbus. Cafe Car.
rsn M For Elk IN and all
Ola - intermediate points.
y No. %. N0REHBpUND,
SO M oT Aags stsono e6o lnsss
at Shenandoah Junction
with B. q @. for Washing.
ton. Also connects at HA
gerstown with q. " Rail-
road for Harrisburg and
No IA. points north.
28 p M ro ad hsg stssiono aaq nseI
Sleeper via HagerstoWn 20
New York.
LEAVE SHENANDOAH JUNcrIoR.
q % a m For Basic, Buena Vista, Re
1.1so - - anoke, East Radford, Blue
field, Tazeweil, Norton, Pc
cahontas. Pullman Sleep.
or 10 cary, w. va. Cafe Car.
Will stop at Charles Town
for passengers beyond Roa
noke.
AK m For HagerstoWn snd the
AsOO - north. Pullman Sleeper TO
New York
Rates, schedules and additional informa
ton furnished upon application to Agents
Of the Company. or M. F. BRAGG,
W. B. BEVILL, Trav.Pass. Agent.
Gent Pass. Agent Roanoke. Va
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New lace curtains. bed spreads and
table linens. st Palmbsum,s.
Lest You fetget,
School supplies
& Writing paper,
Picture framing at
Taylor Paint and Wall Paper Store
American Beauty Cernets go Landla.
Dress siIkl, speciality from sc Per
yard up 4 I.andi1'G A
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Nyal's Remedies are the best, sold only
in our store. q remedy for every i'll.
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{ You can safely carry Juicy Roast or Tender
Steak home from our Meat Market, no matter
how great the distance IS YOU live as aLour meats
are Thoroughly cooled BY q Dry Gold Air System.
Visit our Refrigerator. the Finest IN the State.
Market House BLDG Phone No 50.
Charles Town, w. Va
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0hHelFOn Cry
ION e cIiE rs
= " q e | q

NJ EysI remedies q Miner'a Phar-
Nnn6.
sVslyet Kind Ice Crsam'' sold IN
6ex1 81 llnler's Pharmaey,
lew eAtpets. rux1. mating and
= slc,k 4 Rslnhaum'1.
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smoke pouring out Of her stack as though
she we're just beginning her run instead of
ending it. Beck Of hcr traied the ivc new
mail cars, their sides gray with dust.
The instant the train stopped swarm Of
men fell upon it, tapping the wheels, testing
the air, and pouring oil into tic journal
boxes They worked like mad, and the 1904
hadn more than been uncouplcd before old
George was backing down TO take her place.
He was in such hurry about it that he
scraped several inches OF pairt off the other
engines tender as he came in from the sid
ing, Before the couples had touched men
reached for the air hose, and second later
Holcomb himself swung onto mail car and
gave the signal to go ahead. In an instant
they were moving. Faster and faster they
went, as George gradually pulled the throt-
tie over, and whcn they passed. tho depot
they were pretty nearly lying TIE last We
saw OF them was cloud OF black smoke
whipping around the curve at w tower,
below Eighteenth Street; but from the Fe-
ports that came in oyer the wire and the
taler that the conductor told when he reeoy-
cred his breath next day, We got very good
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and aiterward make up as much time as
possible. 1t was a poor enough outlook,
and while we were getting the line ready for
the wrockcr a good deal Of breath went into
curses on Jim BoGns's bald head
Then Holcomb, who had been standing
by the window saying nothing, wheeled
around and walked over to Bancroft
Harry, he said, get the Mineral divi-
sion clear, I'm going to send the mail into
Clmch River over that
Good Lord man, you can never do it :"
broke in McKclly. Think Of these curves
and that roadbed There are slow orders
out for that new Little River bridge, too.
It's out Of the question
Never mind that, Holcomb said.
"The mails got to 60 and it's the only
way left us. Come on to the round
house
That was Holcomb Norunning the road
from desk with brass railing around it
for him.
As they piled down the steps we heard
the wildcat whistle break out with the
call for the wreckng crew, and over on
Railroad Avenue we could see doors come
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behind Fifty-six wasn't paying much at
tention TO any Ten miles per hour within
the city limits ordinances that day
At noon Holcomb came into The des-
patcher's chice at Damascus Junction and
sat down by Tie North End train wire TO
watch the running
No, soby 1898, reported Silver Greek
40. 50 by 1851" clicked Valley View,
and Holcomb smiled little. Ten miles in
eight minutes This was running indeed
Then Mckcly came in 10 listen TO the
little stations 90 sing tic rev train,
and he laughed like a Icy whcn he tined
her between some Of tfem She was due in
Damascus Junction at thrcc-tcn but at tie
rate she was running she would strike the
upper yards a little before three O'clock
Bob Amhorn was the dispatcher on that
trick, and he was handling tic trains Iikc
veteran can see him now, d quiet, hand
some young fellow sitting there with the
whcle one hundred and eighty-two niles cf
the North division in his head Just az clearly
as though he were seeing the entire length a
it with his eyes. Everything was gcirg
beautifully, and it looked as though il were
going to be the easiest thing in the wolld to
put that mali into Now Otlears on time
Then tie door of the South End des-
patcher's Office flew open and a scared
operator plunged through it and fandcd
Mckclly message lie didn't say any
thing, just handed il TO him and hurried
back to his wire; but tie superintendent
said enough for both Of them. They used
to say that when Mckclly really started
in TO swear the Recording Angel sent in
a hurry call for stenograpncr Wien
the sulphur smoke had sort of cleared
away We began to take in the cause Of thc
trouble 1t seemed that jim BcIins-
Hardluck Bolins, they called tiin--h2d
broken driving-rod on his engine. No enc
had been hurt, but before lie bad been able
to stop his train the broken rod lad naycd
all the lclt-hGnd side Of the cab of ard
wound up by dcrailine tic engine, tender,
and several freight cars. There We were
with the main line blocked south until late
in the night, and the mail coming in en- Us
sixty and seventy miles an hour Things
looked blue. McKclly was in the next room
getting the details and they were net cn-
couraging. Bol,nss tr IN vas in ttc Gdch
in cut where it would be impossible to get
a temporary track built around it in tine
to do any good. In the meantime Bancroft
had sent in tie call for the vreckcr and be-
gan clearing tie road for it. The North
End stations kept reporting Fiity-six by,
and it was sickcning to think Of that splcn-
did run ending in nothing through another
piece OF cid man Boins's miserable luck.
Mckcy said that TIC only thing to do was
to set Lhe wrcckagc cut Of the way quickly
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open and women standing in them listening
and calling to ono another, After all, il i
On the women that the curse Of the railroad
lie falls heaviest. They send their mcn out
each day, and sometimes they come back
and sometimes they dent. Day Of night
they start up in korror at tic sound Of thc
wrccking whistle, and wonder if the tine
has come vfcn tier man lies out there
under sfarl Ct twisted steel ard apl'ntcrcd
wood. But thst dsy tic mon would ail
ccro tcmc, ard Hclccmb stopped loog
enough to syrd man over e tCll them
So. lis r.aia l1c YES tied Up, but tc 81 i
lad time fer that III Of kindrcs
Wcrd bcgan to st around thSt l'i(ty-s'y
was going to be sent over thc Mineral,
which paralleIed tic main Inc some thir;y
miles to TIE west, ard it created clmost as
much excitement as the wreck. Net orly
WIS It nearly fity n les lcncor than ty t',e
maiu linc, but everybody thought thct tie
mc'l train would 50 into tie ditch il shc
tried 70 make gny t.mc over that wrctchcd
track tdrcugh tic coal country.
But Hclcomb wasn't asking for any cp.n-
ions, In the roundhouse he found orc tf
the new crgincs waiting, beautiful II
ckinc tut Tie trouble was to got an cnci-
ncer TIE nan Inc men didn't know
cCal road, ard lie Mineral engineers were
all out On tie Enc ALREADY it w1s2, .. and
Illty-six liable to be in AZ any r,cmenh
MekdIy wsa jest starticg caIl-hoy on tie
doullc-quck fer an crginecr, when his eyes
fell on set Of vl;skcrs and clopd Of
tobacco smoke. He knew right eft that
back q ttcm WIS old George Amhcrn,
father of yorng Bcb, TIC dcspatchcL ihc
cid man was .ty ard sbcut as reckless $
a 10y Of si~tcrn At that time he was tax
ing thigty-day rest for bringing a ccal
tr5in down the M,ncfal side Of Blue Noun
tain, thirty-two niles, in tNcnty-sM min
utcs There haGn't Ecen any damage done
except to scare tie train crew out CT years
growth, and Tie pr>matrre death Of pig
that had wandered cut onto the track; but
Mckdly lad given lin q months lay-off
and pamphlet On the uses Of air-hrskcs.
TIC instant they recognized him Hclcomb
and Mckelly hailed cid George and told
him that il kc wanted his punishment sus-
pended Indefinitely lie could take Fifty-six
into Chnch River that evening. George
said that be was rather enjoying his little
vacation, but he coGkn't bear to miss the
ch;ncc Of run Ike tkat; so in a minute he
was in Ioo5s big cab and pulling her over
to hack INTO the upper yard, where Re would
couple onto Filty-siS Jim Argus was firing
for lin, 4 husky youpgatcr rwho know all the
tricks in the business for keeping Up steam
in an engine.
They hadn't more tkan gotten the ten
wheeler into siGing up there before they
heard the wtistlc-c inc Of tic 1904, deep
and full like pipc-organ, and next thing
she IVES coming down the yard at racing
speed with the exhaust roaring and the
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bridge, but whcE FiiIy six was at the head
Of the gorge there were cightysix miles in
front Ct her and eighty minutes left to do
thcmln. George climbed down from his
seat to the gangway and told jim that he
was going to take tic bridge at full speed,
as they would never make Clinch River in
time otherwise. Both knew that the chances
were not much better than even, that bridge,
train and all would 60 into the river if they
tried such thing, but Jim was game all
through. When George told him t.at he
could run her and fire too, if necessary, and
that jim could jump while they were run
ming slowly on the upgrade if he wanted to,
Jim told him to 60 to h
A few minutes later they pitched over the
crest Of the hill and tore down toward the
river like mad. Amhorn said aftcrward
that he couldn't hear thing for the echo Of
the exhaust that was coming back from the
hills all around The drivers under him
were blur. The engine rocked and
pitched, and the headlight danced until It
didn't show the track ahead more than half
the time. Jim quit shovcling and just hung
on.
To this day the old pump-tcndcr at the
bridge is unable TO remember whether he
saw Fifty-six pass or not. lie only recalls
an impression Of something like a great
black thunderbolt that shot by him at a
speed he never saw before nor since; a short
hollow roar as it hurtled across the bridge,
and then the crash as a whole span tumblcd
into the river. But the mail was across and
boring into the night as swiftly as ever, As
the water closed over the wrecked span
there came back the four dccp-toned blasts
Of the 1908 calling for the block at Radiord
Junction, half a mile away
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At Rugby, twenty miles from Clinch
River, the real fight began. The coal was
50 nearly gone that jim was forced to go
far back in the tender for every shovelul
George helped all he could, but still the
steam fell and the speed lessened. Seven
miles out OF Chneh River the last OF the coal
went into the furnace, but the two men in
the cab were not the kind that quit just
because the fuel happened to be gone Ii
they had blown out cyinder-head, George
would have figured out awayto get in on one
cylinder; and it they had lost drivewhee
Jimwouldhaver riggedupa arunnerinitsplace