Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-14
WHY CARY WENT
INTO REAL ESTATE
Ysnked Through Windows and Scat
tered Along Right-Of-way Proved
Railroading Too Rough.
IT HAPPENED IN LOUISIANA

v-sre You ever drseEsd from sound
slurnber by the leg. roughly dragged
smack against the window of your ROOM
with noise and confusion, with q roaring
outside that sounded a. II the clock OF
doom had struck thirteen and the main
spring had lost crew.
Nos
We'll. Daniel @. Cary Of the firm OF
shuler 4 Cary In Omaha had such an
, axper,enca. No. no. now don't think
that a burglar got him, even " these
/ nlsht-proviers are particularly active
aust now. Besides. this didn't happen
: IN Omaha at ali. It happened some
years ago down IN Louisiana in little
country depot where there should have
been q town. but wasn't.
You see. Carey wasn't always real
estate man. He was = telegraph OPP
orator some years ago In the employ OF
The routhern railroads He was stationed
at little depot where there was another
building IN the town-a blacksmith shop
and maybe a water tank.
Cary vas night operator He didn't
want 20 wreck all the trains on the road,
but he used to get pretty sleepy.
He r. ingenious. Because he Is in
Fenious he scratched his head trying 10
claw out q good scheme. He went TO the
baggage room and got a ball Of express
twine Express twine IL strong. He tied
secure knot around one foot. lie
loopsd the twipe out OF the window.
stretched Il taut across the track. and
tied II to telegraph post. Then he
went hack in through tho window and
lay down 70 sleep Surely M train could
get by now without waking him
n Soon he began 70 register huge. whole
= some. and healthy shores upon the still
night air Of Louisiana.
Suddenly there was a tremendous Jerk
At his foot and the cord cut as though
his ankle was being amputated. Cary
vas yanked clear off the bow on which
he was sleeping. when he opened his
eyes his body was humping along on the
floor and Gathering toward the window,
Bang" his heel struck the iron bar
= 1T tho window while his head was SUI
humping dents into the floor.
Then the tough cord broke. Cary fel
m lump on the floor. and the mid
night freight clattered by.
I thought the Old Nick had me 10,
sure that Time" stemmered Cary as hs
Bot TO his feet and collected his bedding
Gee. but didn't Il work fInel
Next night he refused 70 submit nj,
ankle and his general anatomy 20 such
treatment. He ran out his line again
bun threaded It through the bars IN the
window and attached II TO a wooden traE
consisting of lot Of boxes and boards
. That would fall with tremendous ciat.
ter II train hit the string.
clatter-te-bangP' went the contraption
about o'clock in the morning.
Up ieaped the operator, but ali was rti,
as death. There was no train. cautiousl,
he peered out Of the window into IN,
darkness. There stood a iaborinR ma,
who had accidentally bumped into th,
cord while hustllng through the dark I,
MS early morning Job. The fellow suoket
MS pipe, looked cautiously about him
listened for more falling timberA, theF
Sacked carefully Off the platform ant
went around the other side of the depot
Cary was young In those days ant
didn't weigh much. Once when he steppet
out 10 hand the little yellow order 70 III.
engineer as tho big locomotive thundere<
through his station, the fireman reached
nor the piece of paper. The fireman wal
big husky fellow, and was not aocus
toned to grabbing these orders. whsr
he grabbed he grabbed for keeps. p,
mistake he got cary's wrist. lifted IN,
stsltsgiing boy clear eff the gravel an,
only dropped him about thirty eset farthe
down the track. where he spgAN1ed Il
the gravel and cindera
Cary got up end paatsd rochs AZ Tn
engineer ana fireman and kept then
dodging until the train outdistanced hin
and left him gnaAhing his teeth.
IL was a combination Of such expert
ences that drove Cary 70 quit railroadin
and so into the real estate business.