Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18
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..thaf's a freight whistle
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maus beins good ticp Aboard neFe =
you're coming si-h AS
Slowly she hand car stirred on US
sroase.hunsry and eompiaanins axlss
sse~tly n gafhered momentum aHe
surged noisily uD the tsscs az s'as
sna Bareus. on Opposite sides o ,"e
ls.naiebar alternately rose and ven
back. slowly ~ mounted the slight
Grade to the bend IN the track. rounded
II. lost sight OF the stalled Pullman
on the siding and began 20 move more
swistls on a moderate down grade
Behind II the thunder of an aP
1roaching train grew mementarhy IN
volume. isndiae color to the theory on
MIR Bareus that what they had hears
had been the whistle Of freightes
rather than of the light engine. but
inst as Allan was about to advocate
ieaxn the tracks and taking the hand
car with them. to ciesr the way for the
train. its rumble b., an 10 diminish,
grew le.ss and beautifully less. and was
stilled
What do YOU make Of that Alan
painted across the racking bar
THE obvious" Barcus returned
"Ths freight has taken the siding TO
wait for some other through train to
pass. Wen have to look sharp and be
ready to Jump"
The grade became a trace more
steep: the car moved with less relue-
tance.
LET GO" Alan advised 'itll coast
down the balance of this iRcline-and
we'd better save our strength"
But they had barely reeained their
breath and mopped the streaming
eweat away from their eyes when a
second whistle. Of e different tone,
startled both back to their task
Catching the eve of Barcus Alan
nodded despairingly.
Afraid it's all up with us now" he
eroaned: that sounded preci gely like
the histle Of the light engine
"Sure II did" Barcus agreed "It
wouldn't be us If we had any better
luck The saints be praised for this
grade,"
For all its age and decrepitude the
hand car made a very fair pace at the
urge of the two who rose and sagged
again without respite on either side
the hanilebar; and the grade was hap
piiy long, turning and twisting like q
snake through the hills.
A little grace was granted them,
moreover, through the circumstance
tas they afterward discovered) that
the light engine had stopped at the
siding long enough to couple up Trine's
Pullman-thus automatically ceasins
10 be a light engine. and becoming a
special
1t was fully a quarter of an hour be-
fore the growing rumble of the latter
warned the trio on the hand car. just
as II gained the end of the grade ard
addressed itself to a level though tor
tuous stretch of track
And at this point discovery of the
switch of spur line that shot of
southwark into the hills furnished Alan
with his independent inspiration
Stopping the hand car after II had
jolted over the frngs. he Jumped down.
set the switch - 't"r- the pursuit of
to the spur and leaped lack upon
the car
Hare.y had they succeeded in work.
ing TIE hand car up round the shoulder
of the next bend when the special took
the switch without pause and the roar
of it's progress, shut of BY an inter-
vening mountain, was suddenly stilled
to a murmur
But even so, there was neither rest
for the weary nor much excuse for
self-congratulation: the rumble of the
special was not altogether lost to hear
ing when the thunder of the freighe
replaced and drowned 1t out.
OF sudden, releasing the handle
bar. Alan stood up and signed to Bar
Gus TO initiate his exemple.
well" this last painted, when he
had obeyed.
Jump of-leave the hand car where
IT is-they1l have to stop to clear it OF
the track"
And them"
I'm buy a lift from them if II take.
rny last dollar in the world" Alan
promised It's our only hone. We
can't keep up this heartbreaking busi-
ness forever-and it can't be long be-
fore Urine and Marrophat discover
their mistakei"