The Glenwood post., 1914-08-15

bottae OF, for the house vas close and
fsvssisA. With tie eryins of babIss
a1A tAs habbling Of dreansrs. sAA
motAsss moving to and fro.
II vas . hectic night. bat DsA slspt
II ost. and It dawn. after the csstoo
of his k1nA. ~ arose and stamped O.
~ boo1s- Ths moist cooanaas of ~
morning brought the oaor ol ~~
grsasewood and tropie blossoms 10 his
nostrils - he stepped out to speak
With the guards. and - he stood there
waiting for the full daylight the mas
ter mechanic Joined him.
He was . full-blooded. round headed
little man with determined views on
life. and he began the day. - usual.
with his private opinion Of NexicaAs.
They were the same uncomp plinentary
renafks to which he had given voice
@ the day before. for the rebels had
oaDtured oas Of his engines aAd hs
knew 1t would come to some harm.
"A hne bunch Of honbres, yes," hs
ended. and may the devil Ay away
With than! They took No. . At ths
summit yesterday aAd I've besa lio-
tsotng ever since. Her pans arc all
bafae1 out and vs'vs bssa feeding
her braa hks . COW to keep her froa
leaking stsaA- II some Ignorant Neg
gsts hold ot her yosn bear big noise
-tAasr - tAs Last of No. s-hsr
eeosr Win bsz0t hks . wet hag.
III vas running this roaA tAsrs'd
- No 0ors beaA-not since what sav
over at AssAsealientes on The Csa-
tral. One of those ban. rsnseaAs -
gins driven Aad burned out No. 7S3.
bat the rsbeh had ditched fosr Of our
bsst and vs had to send her out. Day
after dAy ths boys AaA bssa feeding
her bran untii she e0slled like . dis
ttllery. The mash vas oosing out of
hsf - Ben Tyrrell pulled up to the
station, and . friend Of his that had
come down from the north took one
snin and swung up into the cab.
Ben came down At the word he
whispered-for they'd two Of en-
blowed up in the north-and they sent
out another man. Hadn't got up the
hill when the engine exploded and
blew the poor devil to hell!. asked
Tyrrell what his friend had told him,
but he kept 1t to himself until he could
get his time. It's the fumes. boy
they blow up like brandy-and old No.
3 10 sour!
She'll likely blow up. too. But how
can We AZ her With these ignorant
Mexican mechanics! You should have
been over at Aguas the day they fred
the Americans.
mo more Americanos.' says Ma
dero, let EN- all out and hire Mexi-
cans! The national railroads Of Mex
leo must not be in the hands of for
eigners.'
so they fired US all In . day and
put a Mexican wood pa sser up in the
cab of old No. 313. He started to pull
a string Of empties down the track,
threw on the air by mistake, and
stopped her on a dead-center. Pulled
out the throttle and she wouldn't go,
so he gave it up and quit.
Called in the master mechanic then
"a Mexican. He tinkered with her
for an hour. right there on the track.
until she went dead on their hands.
Then they ran down q switch engine
and took back the cars and called on
the roadmaster-a Mex. He cracked
the nut-built q shoo-ny around No.
313 and they left her right there on
the main track. Two days later an
American hobo came by and set down
and laughed at 'em. Then he throws
of the brakes, gives No. 313 boost
past the center with . crowbar. and
runs her to the roundhouse by gravity.
When we left Aguas on handcar that
hobo was running the road.
'Ignorantest hombres in the world
these Mexicans. Shooting gun or
running an engine. it's all the same
they've got nothing above the eye
2brows"
That's right" agreed Bud, who had
been craning his neck; but what's
that noise up the track?"
The master mechanic listened, and
when his ears, dulled by the clangor of
the shops. caught the distant roar he
turned and ran for the house.
"Git up, Ed" he called to the road
master, they're sending = wild car
down the canyon-and she may be
loaded with dynAmite!"
Dynamite or not" mumbled the
grizxled roadmaster. as he reused up
from his couch. there's . derailer I
put in up at kilometer seventy the first
thing yesterday morning. That1l send
her into the ditch!"
Nevertheless he listened intently,
cooking his head to guess BY the
sound when 1t came to kilometer
seventy.
''Now she strikes it!" he announced.
as the rumble turned into . roar; but
the roar grew louder, there was .
crash as the trucks struck a curve.
and then a great metal ore-car swung
round the point, rode up high rs 1t