Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-05-14

the wheels Of the cabooss an odor Of
something burning drifted up to him.
"rve got your wheels locked" he half
sobbed. "I'll hold you yet. you brute.
Slidei That's III Slide. and natten
your Internal wheels. Hahl You're
quitting-quitting. rll7havs You In
control before we reach the curve.
Burn. curse you. burnt" ~
With a shrek Of metal scrapIng
metal. the head OF the Juggernaut
ahead took the curve. chung there an
instant. and was cntapulted out into
space, Logs weighing twenty tons
were hung about Ike kindling; one In
slant, Bryce could see them In the air
the next they had disappeared down
the hillside. A deafening crash. a
splash, cloud of dust
with O protesting sQueal. the ca
boose came to the point where the log
ging-trnip had left the right OF way.
carrying rails and ties with It. The
wheels on the side nearest the bank
slid into the dirt frst and plowed deep
into the soil the caboose came to
an abrupt stop. trembled and ratified,
overtopped It's center Of gravity. and
fell over against the cut-bank, YEARLY.
like drunken bag.
Bryce, still cllnging to the brake,
was fully braced for the shock and
was not flung Off. Calmly he descend.
ed the ladder, recovered the axe from
49, hnc,no. ,ltvxhad ha nh <o tho ronf
tiptoed Off the roof to the top OF the
bank and sat calmly down under q
manzanita bush TO await results. foI
he was quite confident that none OF
the occupants of the COMPOUNDED ca
boose had been treated to anything
worse than wild ride and a rare
fright, and he was curious to see how
Shirley Sumner would behave in ar
emergency.
Colonel Pennington was first e
emerge at the rear Of the caboose. Ht
leaped lightly down the steps, ran tC
the front OF the car, looked down the
track, and swore feelingly. Then hi
darted back to the rear of the ca
boose.
"All clear and snug as bug undel
a chip, my dear" he called to Shirley
"Thank God. the caboose become un
coupled-guess that fool brakeman
forgot to drop the pin; 1t was the las
car. and when II jumped the tract
and plowed into the dirt, It just nat
urally quit and toppled over agains
the hank. Come out, my dear"
Shirley came out, dry-eyed, bu
white and trembling. The Oolone
placed his arm around her. and sh
hid her face on his shoulder and shud
dered. There, therei" he soothed he
affectiOnately. "It's all over. my dear
Ais well that ends WELL"
"The train" she cried In a chokln
voice. "Where is TT"
'In little pleces-down In Ma
river"
4 bryce Cardigan" she sobbed.
saw hlm--he was riding atop on tn
| train. He-ah, God help himl"
The Colonel shook her with suddel
feroclty. young Cardigan" he erie
sharply. Riding the logsf Are 20
certain?"
She nodded, and her shoulder
shook piteously.
"Then Bryce Cardigan is gone
! Pennlngton's announcement was sol
emn. deadly with its fiat finality. an
man could have rolled down into Ma
river with a trainload Of logs and SUI
vived. The devil himself couldn't.
He heaved a great sigh, and added
"Well, that clears the atmosphere cor
siderably, although for all his faults
regret, for his fathers sake, that thI
dreadful affair has happened. Wei
II can't be helped, Shirley. Poor devil
For all his damnable treatment Of m,