The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-05-26

Threw His Whole Weight on tho
careful aim, threw 1t up on top of she
car. The mel secured the shoe AID
read the note:
Passenger due-Must ditch
car-Jump.
R~hinelander and Storm looked at
each other and looked down tho line.
The smoke OF the passenger train rose
on the horizon. There was nothing to
DO but what Helen directed. They
thought OF Spike below, but Helen was
calling to them and without further
delay the two men Jumped one after
the other down into the machine
They told Helen Of Spikes plight.
She nodded as If the difficulty were
no more than a detril. slued the ma
chine from between the rails, droys
around the outfit cAr, slowed along
side 1t and all three shouted. Spike,
hearing his name, listened and sat up,
lie saw the machine r1tside the doo,
and crawled forward ealt he was un.
equal to a leap. Rh'nelander ard
Storm urged him 70 make every 81
fort. lie got to his feet and did the
best he could toward e. jump. Tia
men together half caugtG and halt
pulled him into the marine. With
the three aboard. Helen spst on ahead
Of the runaway.
Storm had decided what e do. It'll
drop eff the hind end. Ifele-,' he OK.
alain3aj sN,pl J,.,+l 49,
She caught his idea. "Qu,.ki" che
cried. NO time to lose"
Storm rolled over the back Of the
machine and dropped to the ground.
4 bridge spanned an arroyo lust
ahead. Running forward, Storm caught
up such loose rocks as he could reach
and placed them along the track.
Helen, choosing a negotiable point.
turned her machine c~ourageously Oh
the right Of way and steered it safely
down the e~mbankment. The outfit car
struck the rocks Storm had thrown on
the track. 1t reeled, plunged wildly
into the air and shot headlong oyer
the bridge II the bottom of the ar
royo.
!" hho hAolailSO NHG OlCbullIlR pA9-
senger train was whistling for a cross
ing close ahead. Storm running back
to the track, cleared it hurriedly Of the
Constructions. The engineer OF the
train. seeming trouble, tried to check
his train, but it was too late ard
storm, to save himself, dropped down
between the ties and hung there till
tho heavy train hurf1aG nao& NJ
CINE driver was ever more relieved
than the man in the passenger cab,
when he saw himself safely acroas.
Tie stopped his train. From the foot
Of the bridge, Helen, Spike and Rhine
lander were making their way to the
top ard were with Storm when the
crew and passengers anne back. The
engineman angrily told the conductor
the trouble. But after Storms briGf
story, he vas al grateful as he had
been indignant.
The conductor, knowing the anxiety
among the d~ispatchers, urged his pas.
sengerS on board and the train has
tened on. The moment it pulled into
Arden the conductor gave the details
~ llc operator anu Lie lAlLpT wired
headquarters.
In the dispatchers' office it was the
chief himself who jumped to the in
strnment when he heard the Arden
call. 1t Tas the chief who took the
message telling how Helen and Storm
had saved the train. But the chief, 40
be wiped his face with his ~handker
chief, reflected that it was only an
other incident in the days work on he
rail, happily, instead Of tragicalle.
closed.
At the bridge Spike was trying to
express his gratefulness to the th60
who had rescued him. They lo1t -
scene together in the commandoooA
machine; and with perhaps . umhs
better understanding ct one ana1nW
oaao any ol then - ~ ~G1Dol
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