The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-17
S..ss. ialI By Frank A. Munseyo
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.r.v aha strikes til" he announced
=. ,umhle turned into a roar; but
I. n.r crew louder, there was a
Z. - ~ the trucks struck curve
= thep 3 great metal ore-car swung
- The point. rode up high as IT
!. y ~, h. reverse and, speeding by as II
= tom ! catapult swept through
:. md: smashed into a freight car,
s. saped. car and all, into the creek.
1Aayye sneaked my derailer!" said
I. nadmaster, starting on a run for
4. ,hops. Who'll go with me to put
I ,,Other one! Or we'll loosen rail
. ~ euue-that1l call for no more
- clsvbar and a wrench"
/ n so!" volunteered Bud and the
= vho stood guard, and as startled
d,ess reused up on every SID and
. inward the scene Of the wreck
\ ~ dashed down the hill together and
4 ~ handcar on the track.
nm. with what tools they could
III tcgether, and spare derailer on
! = aunt they pumped madly up the
Snyn, holding their breaths at every
ENl,e for fear Of what they might see.
h time was one runaway car there
- another, for the rebels were be-
1hahg an attack.
Already on the ridges above them
] - euuld hear the crack Of rifles, and
= & two Of dust made 1t evident
~ hey were the mark. But with
~ strong men at the handles they
L - ne handcar jump. The low hills
4 RI behind them. They rounded a
\ ~ and the open track lay before
- With something
Jmpl' shouted the roadmaster.
- = they tumbled down the bank
I'D hsard . crash behind them and
~ handcar was Knocked into kind
4 ! mod
Nj ! M close call for all three
Id md there had been but an in
- betvesn them and death, q
= b the most approved fighting
~ q the revolutionists, methods
= tspt tho fighters out Of harms
~ up to the track" the roadmas.
lanted. = the destroyer swept on
~ hna Find some tools
his out Z rail!"
~ frantic eagerness he toiled up
- md attacked o flsh-plate, and
- tie young guard searched the
: % tools to help with the work
~ p with sledge and clawbar
on nuts, jerking out spikes
nSlng to loosen the rail-and
eaee more that swift-movine
alns doomed up suddenly on the
y No hut" commanded the road
NJ - they scrambled into 9
n. = Wild locomotive, belchins
esd steam like a fire engine
aas past them. struck the
y and leaped into the creel
Z moment later. as it crashed
- own % the water, there wal
.oa that shook the hills. They
sshind the cut bank, and thu
s.eve tAsm bowed suddenly t
- siaa iron hail. :
nal cried the roadmaster
6isnphantly a. he looked
- e shock: and when the fal
y had ceased. and they hat
nsunct from the place
- hands on their narrow en-
4 eaek q the big house, witt
~ atvhs thanks for their de-
a Ne powder train, the mas
slc laissd . single voice o
e msw the sound. H,
- esnanite had not been re
p \. Ne crash that smote tn,
= aazious listeners.
s - dynamite!" he yelled
- % damned! 1t was No
- sur - = dishllery! sh'
u - crsekl. u
49, s1fsr . shower ~ hu,,.+
3 had driven them all t,
~ rushed to those VIII,
"a slamored that II wa
! vas scant time 70 hold
e Ne. .. for on the Sum
y Ridge, and overloor,n'
a1nk he rebels h.d throm,
- aight and nom the :.
sasatsr they were indu,
As NJ the town.