Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
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lady. She was only bit faint and
dizzy"
Where did she go?"
/. The woman didn't know. She sup
posed the girl went down toward tho
wreck. Anyway, she went out by her.
self and quite all right. the woman
thought. though in queer clothes.
The notes Of a bugle call echoed over
the field. Jim did not recognize the
call. but Its meaning was obvious. The
scattered infantrymen and cavalrymen
were being recalled. Jim returned to
the track. Two more trains from the
west had come up and stopped behind
the troop train which had brought the
cavalry. The headlight Of \ west
bound train glared at the wreck from
the other side Of the river. Other trains
stood in long line behind It. Some Of
the passengers from those trains from
the east crossed the river and mingled
with the soldiers. These passengers
were refugees. too. Of the sort which
Jim had seen in the station at Chicago.
Jim heard first from one Of these refu.
gees-a woman-that soldiers under the
direction Of officers were stripping Ger
tain Of the dead 80 that live soldiers
could wear their uniforms.
An hour after sunrise the train at
last got away. BY noon. running
through Ohio, It began to pass trains
full of refugees who had fed from the
coast after it was known that the
American feet was destroyed. Com
pany F ate once during the day. 1t was
at Cleveland, about 8 o'clock in the
afternoon. The train stopped there to
change engines. There were no ar
engagements made to supply the SOL
diers. The company officers learned
that the train would stay there for at
hast half an hour, and every one was
told to SO cut and forage &c. himself.
. .
Jim gazed out the open window at
bis elbow. A wide river with high
banks lay before him-the HUDSON a
few miles below Poughkeebsie. A large
passenger steamer Of the sort which
ply between New York and Albany
was midstream, steaming north. Its
decks were crowded with people far
beyond any legal limit, Indeed, 1t was
evident even from the train. that no
more people possibly could be packed
aboard. A brown freight steamer-an
ocean tramp, whose pilot plainly was
following the deepest channel as shown
by the course Of the Albany boat-was
close behind 1t carried no cargo. It
was high out Of the water. but its
decks were damned with passengers,
and heads rretruded from the open
port Isl
Other hight seagoing craft and har-
Dor boats now appeared. There was
tug, belching smoke, towing string
Of lighters and scows. People packed
the tugs marrow deck, and the tow
boats were black and speckled with
their human freight. Motor launches
spesdsd swiftly up the nver in the
shallower waters near the graceful pri-
vate yachts which rushed past the
scows. The yachts were private no
longer. Tho only space which was I'M
occupied was upon the crafts which
wese scurrying downstream. Their
decks were absolutely deserted The
fugitives no longer could be numbered
BY the thousands They were count
less.
"How long have We been passing
that sort Of thingT Jim appealed in
amusement to Kilbane.
"since we've been beside the river"
The Irishman returned II woke be-
yant Albany"
Thousands! There must be millions
In flight. Across the river, below the
high banks, the trains on the West
Shore railroad were in plain sight One
long line of. cars followed another,
freight trains filing the gaps between
passenger trains
They're hauling population b
freight over there the same as here
Kilbane observed.
Jim gaSed out the windows on the
other side Of his car. A freight train
was passing. Every car was crowded
with people. Tho traffic on the two
north bound tracks Of the New York
Central was almost continuous. Empty
trains were returning to the great city
on the other south bound track.
They're Smelling New York, ye've
Kilbane explained.
"Howr Jim asked.
"Part BY airship dropping bombs.
70 know. Part from the sea-"
From the see? The Sandy Hook
forts have fallenT'
The ships that're doing the business
lre OF beyant range from Sandy Hook.
heard they're over be Roekaway
beach tossing tn big burstin' boys
over Bhrooklyn-a matther Of fifteen
Or eighteen miles, they say"
Soon The train was rushing beside
The Harlem river. Il crossed into Man
haitian, and above the noise Of the cars
here rose distinctly at persistent regu-
lar intervals Of seconds the sound Of
shells bursting In the city.
Fort Hancock, far out ct the point
II Sandy Hook. was replying, every
me know. Perhaps Fort Wadsworth
On saten Island and Fort Hamilton ON
The other ode Of the Narrows were
firing their guns. But the sound Of the
guns came only AZ low. dis
tant rumble. The noise now and now
md now was the detonation Of great,
high explosive shells striking only .