Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-08


Halt inmate narcus answered.
dodslns suddenly bach in,o tbs cas.
Ween be reArp4srsS. after come ave
minutes, Rose accompanied him. and
hAfcus vas smiling a. brilliantly a.
though nothing whatever was ~ronx
with bis world
sorry 20 keen yea waiting old tor. "a
he saplslncd. ba, was smlsssn with
an inspiration There aidnt scem 10
be any sense IN letting the AmlAAlc
Jndiih loose upon this fair lAha. 40 4
found a coil 81 wire Ia the rartess
closet and wired the handle Of the
drawing room door fast 70 the hafs
across the aisle isll tsAa her come
time 90 ges cat new. wshOut assist
ance"
Ten minutes more had passed before
the two grsns> and psrpltlns kenlle.
men succeeded In placing the hand car
upOn the tracks
'lt's a swell little hand car" mar.
Gus observed srimly mo wonder thsy
threw Il away
What's the difference how Il locke.
a. lcns ~ u VIII sof-
-nut viii itf" parcus doubted.
Somewhere Tar bach alons the line q
locomotive hooted mOpnfulh
ITS cot to-" Alan replied. helping
Rose aboard ~ We can only act out
Of sight before ihey set here
Don't worry" parcua advised;
that's freight whistle
"Ma,he yoa can distinguish the
WHISTLE % freight from that Of PAS
senEef trsin-i don't say YOU can't
but ~ lake no chances on your sads
meut being good Hop aboard here u
you're coming with us'
Slowly the hand car stirred on tis
gYeaae hungrS aud complnlnlRs Asles
slowly u gathered momentum and
enrged noislly up the track AZ Alan
and Barous on Opposite Sides OF tho
handiehar alternately rOse aud feil
back slowly u mounted the slight
grade to The band In the track. rounded
a. lest sishl Of the stalled Pullman
on the siding aud heran 60 moye more
NNNlNNN w y NI'H'ANAf NNMN hiNNf
Behind II the thunder ~ An ap'
proachins train grew momoplefsly IN
volume lending color to the theory Of
Mr. nsrcus that what they had heard
had been tho whistle ot ffcighief
rather than % the lishi engine hut
Just 40 Alan VAS abost 10 adyocats
lsAying the tracks and taking tho hand
car With them. 10 clear the way Ter the
train. its rumble began 90 diminish
srew less and beautifully lesn and WAS
stilled
what DO yoe make ~ that" Altar
painted across the rRokins bar
THE obvious hRrcun returned
THE freight haa tshen the siding &
wait for some other through traiu 4
pass Well have TO look sharp and b
ready 60 Jump
The Grade became trace mor
steep. the car moved with less relus
y snncr
let SO" Alan advised nm coas
down the balance Of this incline an
we'd better save our strength"
Hut they had barely reNalned thei
breath and mopped the streamihi
sweat away from their syca when I
second nhlnle Of a different tone
startled both back 60 their task
Catching the eye Of Barcus Alai
nodded doapaifingly
Afraid lts all % with Us now M
groaned. that sounded precisely lik'
the whistle Of the light engine
sure Il did'" Hercus agreed IN
wouldn't be us n Ne hss any better
luck The saints be praised Oct ihl'
Eradei"
For all lie age sud derrepituda The
hand car made very fair pace az the
urge OF tho two who rose and gagged
again without respite on either sids
che hAndlcbar. aud the grade ~as hap
pity lens. turning and twisting like =
snake through the hills
A little grace was granted them
moreover. Though the circumstance
ins they afterward discovered that
the ileht engine had stepped At this
siding Ions enough 10 couple up Trius's
Pullman thus automatically ceAsins
10 be- A iisht engine. and becoming q
special
II was fully q quarter of an hour be
fore the growing rumble ~ the latter
warned tho trio on the hand car. just
ne Il gained ths end Of the grade and
addressed itAclf 20 y level though tor.
tuous stfetch OF track
And AZ thln point discovery OF the
switch 81 npur line that shot On
southwark into the hills furnished Alan
with bis independent inspiration.
stopping tho hand car after u had
jolted ever the frogs be Jumped down.
act the switch 20 shnnt the Dafsul, 40
70 the spur. and ieaped back upon
tho car
Hardly had they succeeded 10 work.
ing tbs hand car ~ round the shoulder
81 the nest bend ~hen the special took
the switch without pRuse and The roar
OF ne progress. shut on BY an Inter.
veuing mountain. Was suddenly stilled
10 murHuT
But even 10. there Sas neither rest
for the weary nor much ereuse Tor
elfconzrafaiaiion; the rumble u Tho
special was not altogether lost 10 hear.
Ing when The thunder % the freight
J rentaeed and droeErd A onf