The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-09

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but he kept Il 20 himself until he could
set his time. It's the fumce, boy
they blow up like brandy and old No.
. 10 sourl
She'll likely blow up, too. But how
ran we fx her with these ignorant
Mexican mechanical You should have
been over at Aguas the day they fired
the Americans.
"'No more A~mericanos,' says Ma
dero, lot 'en all out and hire Next.
cansl The national railroads Of Mex.
leo must not be in the hands OF tor
elgners.'
so they fred Us all in a day and
put n Mexican wood.passor up in the
cab OF old No. 313. He started 10 pull
a string OF ompties down the track.
threw on the air by mistake. and
stopped her on a d~ead-eenter. Pulled
out the throttle and she wouldn't &c.
so he gave II up and qult.
Called I'm the master mechanic then
IA Mexican. lie tinkered with her
for ah Hour. right there on the track.
until she went dead on their hands.
Then they ran down a switch engine
aud took back the cars and called on
the roadmaster-a Mex. He cracked
tho nut-built a shoo-ny around No.
3t3 and they left her right there on
the main track. Two days later an
American hobo came by and set down
end laughed at EN-. Then he throws
on she brakes, gives 10. 3i3 a boost
past the center with n cTowbRr. and
runs her TO tho rounabuuse by gravity.
" hse We left Aguas on n handcar hat
hobo was running the road.
'1gnorantest hombres In the world
these Mexicans. Shooting a gun or
running an engine. It's all the same
they've got nothing above the eye
brows.'
THAT'S right" agreed Bud. who had
been %cranlng his neck; but what's
that noise up the track7"
The master mechanic listened, and
when his ears. dulled by the clangor OF
the shops. caught the distant roa no
turned and ran for the house.
"Git up, Edl" he called to the road
master. They're sending a wild ear
down the oanyOn-and she may DO
loaded with dynamitel"
Dynamite or not" mumbled tho
Erizzied roadmaster. as he reused up
from his couch, there's q derailer l
put in up at kilometer seventy the first
thing yesterday morning. That1l send
her into the ditchi"
Nevertheless he listened ~intently.
cooking his head TO guess by the
sound when - came TO kilometer
seventy.
"Now she strikes IL" he announced.
as the rumble turned into a roar: but
the ron grew louder, there was a
crash az the trucks struck a curve,
and then a great metal ore-car swung
round the point, rode up high as II
hit the reverse and, speeding by as II
shot from a catapult. swept through
the yard: smashed into a freight car,
and leaped. car and all. into tho creek.
They've sneaked my derailerl" said
the roadmaster. starting on q run fo'
the shops. who'll go with me to pui
in another one? or wen loosen a raj
on the curve-that1l call for no more
than q claw bar and a wrench"
"I1l col" volunteered Bud and the
man who stood guard. and as startled
sleepcrs reused up on every side and
ran toward the scene OF the wreck
they dashed down the hin together and
threw a handcar on the track.
Then, with what tools they could
get together. and n spare derailer OF
? the front. they pumped madly up the
/ canyon, holding their breaths az ever
curve for fear Of what they might see
IL there was one runaway car there
was another. for the rebels were be
| ginning an attack.
/, Already ON the ridges above then
, they could Real the crack OF rincs. AMI
a Jet or two OF dust made Il evidcs
} that they we're the mark. But viii
three strong men at the handles thel
made the handcar jump. The low hill
fed behind them. They rounded
. point and the open track lay befor'
( them. with something
= "Jumpi" shouted the roadmaster
and as they tumbled down the banl
they heard q crash behind them AM
. their handcar was knocked into kind
ling wood.
II was a close call for all tire
a men, and there had been but an IN
slant between them and death,
q death by the most approved nghtin
methods OF the revolutionists. method
} which kept the fighters out OF harm
, wav
} Nov up to the track" the roadmai
tor painted. az the destroyer swept o.
down he line. Find some tools
well take out a rail-"
d With frantic eagerneHs he tolled a
tho I'll and attacked a fish-plato. an
Bud and the young guard searched N
hillside for tools 10 help with the worl
Q They fell 10 with sledgo and claWbal
q tapping on nuts, jerking out spikeI
and heaving TO loosen the rail-an
then once more that swift.movin
o something doomed up suddenly OF III
y track.
Q up the hiili" commanded the roas
master, and AZ they scrambled into
gulch a wild locomotive, belchin
z smoke and steam ike a FIRE onniu,