The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-05

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Is what she Itdld Mrs. Cook that eve.
ming at tea, and she really thought size
could. rr.t,3...es.a.. -
Mahoney looked for n letter that
never came. As mail trim after mail
train had come and left him TO his
gloomy and tesolate home on the big.
hill with no answer from his first
love. his mind found new theories az
to how II was possible she might have
missed receiving his message. 80 he
wrote again A the days wore on.
and he received no response, he asked
Kennon, the night track man, II the
Cooks were still at El Pas0. Perhaps
they had gone. he thought. But when
he had been told over the wire that
Miss Cook had been seen crossing the
tracks that very afternoon, his heart
sank within him, and for the first
time he took drink. The mesqual
was bitter, and his head soon began
to ache. The next morning, he made
two solemn oaths. The first was that
he would never speak to another girl
or save her from death II he had the
chance. His second resolve was that
he would never take another drink. He
has studiously observed the latter.
One morning the FL Paso Chronicle
had story Of Mahoney's bravery, and
II was scattered all over the front
page Of that newspaper. Robbers had
bound and gagged him at Sierra
Blanca, but they had not secured his
hands so fast that he could not crawl
to the telegraph key and warn the
approaching express that was soon
due at Valentine Of it, impending dam
ger. This incident was followed
week later by another story printed
equally ~ conspicuous. telling how
Mahoney, with a pistol, had shot the
headlight out Of an engine dashlng by
the station after the signal lights had
failed to warn the engineer to get In
on the sidetrack. Thus q collision
with No. 81, which was hauling the
general manager. was averted. Three
weeks later Dave Mahoney was dis
patcher at Ell Paso.
Fearing that his return might rekin-
die the dangerous flame which, APP
parently, had been successfully ex-
tinguished In her daughter, MS soon as
Mrs. Cook discovered Mahoney's pres
ence. she arranged an excursion for
herself and daughter into chihuahua.
A months stay among the foothills
Of the Sierra Madres worked such
wonderful results In the physical con-
dition Of Mrs. Cook that she conclud-.
ed she was we'll enough to 60 back
to her Louisiana orange grove.
So one evening she wrote q message
to Superintendent Stewart, telling him
Of her plans, and asking him to zee to
| II that her belongings In the Nagofin
fats were packed and made ready for
shipment On her return, and that shs
would depart from Chihuahua the fol-
lowing afternoon. Mahoney was at
| the desk when the telegram was n.
ceived. He did not sleep that night.
and the following morning he asked
to be relieved Of work for the day. =
In the evening hs wandered over
into he asepy town Of Juares. Just
across the Irivsr from IA fhso. and the
| terminal o( the Mexican UAntral. He
driftsd Into the dispatchssS ONCE. and
after shaking hands With the opera
toe, took . seat He could not tell
why he remained. An indefinite some
thing held him to his chair. In little
while the dispatcher asked Mahoney
| to take his key while he walked over
TO the station. Aahoney had no moro
than glanced over the train sheet than
the operator at Pueblo began nervous
~ calling Juares. Mahoney answered.
and then came the message that made
his head reel. The passenger train
had run over half dozen Nexicans,
and an had been killed. AZ that mo.
ment the train was ct the station and
the MEXICAN ofhcials were coming.
II did mot take Mahonsy moment
to grasp the real seriousness Of the
situation. II the train wsre caught.
oil hands, tralnmen and passengers,
would have to lie In jail end await
tedious and vexatious questioning By
the alcalde and his ofilcefA h thought
of her and mentally took picture Of
that sweet face in q Mexiean EEL. A
shudder passed over his frame.
'No. 10 has right Of way TO Juafsx
limit ITO miles an hour. Make no stops
unless for water. Disregard an sig.
nails Have conductor say to American
lady and her daughter ON board your
train that II train detained. American
consul viii proceed on special to pro
tect them.
(Signed) "MAHONEY.
"Acting Trainmaster."
That was the order that went from
the trainmaster's Office to the. conduc-
tor Of No. 10 When the operator had
returned to relieve Mahoney. and heard
what had been done. he would have
been powerless to have countermanded
the order. even II he had been 10 In
clined. for the train had already pulled
out Of Pueblo.
| Two hours later q closed carriage
was driven rapidly over the long
hrid1A hetwaan the MeYicnn and AmoP.