Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-02-18

the engine the mounfaineer had the
and his nlan-ofall-work lined
up with their hands a. far from earth
as possible. He caught sight Of me,
and In q wink he had me doing the
high reach alongside the others.
Say, growled the engineer, what
you want to do? Steal this oufftg
There isn't anything on board you can
take. unless it's the coal In tsae tender
Don't you-alI give me no sass eau
toned the tall man Of the mountains.
I'm going to borrow this train. and
you-uns'll have to run Il for me-
Well, he made US all climb aboard,
packing ne into the cab. and ordered
the engineer to start up.
Say queried the engineer. with
his hand on the throttle. aren't you
going to rider
NO replied the mountaineer, I
hain't never been on one Of those
pesky things. an I amt going TO take
no chances. guess / can hoof IL and
keep up 10 you; but don't you-all try
TO run away from me, or Ill plug you
full OF lead!'
The engineer started mp, and the
highland holdup man had no trouble
keeping up with as. The queer process
sion proceeded for several miles, then
we came to q place where q track
branched on from the main line into
the heart Of the wilderness. Here he
brought the engine 10 Q stop by point
ing his gun at the engineer and shout
ing, Whoa
Now, you-all git down and move
the track over SO we can 60 up this
ere way, he commanded. addressing
the man-of-allwork.
That worthy lost no time In climb
ing down and throwing the switch, and
we moved along the old unused track.
What the nation does that elon-
gated outlaw want to run US up this
old lumber line forr growled the en-
gineer. There hasn't beer q train
along here since the road stopped tax.
ing out timber
Say. you train robherl' shouted
the man-of-all-work, addressing the
patriarchal pirate in his most courtly
manner. win you kindly inform us
whittier We are going and why, and
what Is our doom
"'You-all II find out soon enough
he answered. Shut up.'
I'VE proceeded for about three
miles, and then the grizzled guerrilla
commanded the engineer 70 stop. He
told the fireman to fix his fires SO they
would last for couple of hours. When
everything was ready he lined US up
IN single file, with the lanky coon dog
In the lead, and made US precede him
along a path in the wilderness. In
about fifteen minutes we came to q
cabin In a clearing. In answer to a
whistle from our captor, a woman ap-
peared at the door.
Mandy he said, I've brought com
pany for dinner. Rustic around lively.
These gents Is in hurry
In short time the meal was ready.
and we all sat down. 1t knocked the
wind out Of me to hear that venerable
villain ask divine blessing on the re-
past. but 1t didn't spoil my appetite.
After we had finished and the table
had been cleared, our host procured
writing materials and placed them on
the table.
i want one Of you-uns to write a
letter. he said. Guess you-all had bet
ter do it. he continued, addressing
me.
Il expressed my willingness to &C.
commodate him. and perpared to stem
ograph his dictation.
This here letter. he said, is to be
wrote to the president Of the United
States
Il indited the superscription and
waited for him to commence iictation.
"Mr. President he started, and
then continued:
Dear Sir:
This here section OF the country has been
pestered by a lot OF no-account revenue
men huntin' for moonshiners. They made
IL unpleasant for ms honest natives and
We-ali has had TO feed them Pretty darn
often. To prove to you that these revenue
men you send down here are no-account
critters. i am sending you by railroad a
keg OF first-class moonshine whisky which
made In my cabin while your varmints
was there eating my grub. I guess YOU
all will find Il all right. but there Is no
use you sending any more OF them crit
ters down here TO get me. fer I am GO
ing away. Please excuse the writing, as
II was done by a no-account railroad man
eFNnNH
lhisI
JAKE X. TOLEfvER.
Imarkl
Quite an expressive epistle," com
mented the pug-nosed brakeman.
"Yes," replied Monk. That noun.
taineer bad the art of letter writing
down fine. After I had finished my
stenographic duties, that moonshiner
produced d five-gallon keg and made
US lug 1t down to the train. He told
the engineer to see that Il was deliy.
cred to the president along with the
letter. Then he babe as adieu and told
us to clear out
I'VE backed out OF that wilderness.
and eventually reached our destina-
ton"
And was the liquor sent to the
PRESIDENT" asked the pug-nosed brake
man.
Not in q thousand yearsl" ex.
claimed Monk. Somehow or other
that key sprung leak. an before we
reached our destination every drop of
the liquor was gone. II the train
hadn't run so slow, we might have
saved some OF IT,"
Had a Better Name for the Baby.
A literary mother In q town not q
thousand miles away from Toronto
Republican once exhibited her fret
born to bachelor acquaintance. The
infant set up a lusty sQuailing. and be-
tween yells the mother said: We're
thinking of-calling her-Hypatia!"
Huh" grunted the bachelor. better
call her Hysteria. kansas City Star.
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