Year: 1865




my life, but | knew there must be valv,
somewhere that let the steam from tn,
boiler into the cylinders, and that, being
important it would be in conspicuous
position. | therefore turned the large han
die in front of me, and had the satisfaction
of finding the speed rapidly increased, anC
at the same time felt the guard putting OIL
the break to retard the train. Spite of this
in ten minutes | could see dim lights
could not tell where, and | still pressed on
faster and faster


In vain, between the intervals of putting
on Goals, did | try to arouse the sleeping
driver. There | was, with two apparently
dead bodies on the foot-pIate of an engine
going at the rate of forty miles an hour, ol
more, amidst laundering noise and vibra
tion that nearly maddened me.


At last we reached the lights, and | saw
as dashed by, that we had passed the
point


As turned back, could see the rapidly
dropping cinders from the train which, haC
the guards break been sufficiently power
full to have made me thirty seconds later
would have utterly destroyed me.
was still in difficult position. There
was the train half a minute behind US
which, had we kept our time, would have
| been four minutes in front of us. 1t came
on to the same rails, and | could hear its
dull rumbling rushing on towards u.s.. fast
If stopped there was no light to war;
them | must 60 on, for the Sienna trair
did not stop at Empoh.


| put on more fuel, and after some slight
scalding, from turning the wrong taps, had
the pleasure of seeing the water gauge
filling up Still could not go on long
] the risk was awful l tried in vain tC
write on leaf of my notebook, and after
searching in the tool-box, wrote on the
iron lid of the tank with piece of chalk
Stop everything behind me. The trair
will not be stopped till three red lights are
ranging in line on the ground. Tele
graph Forwards" And then as we flew
through the Empoli station, threw it on
the platform On we went, the same dull
thunder behind warning me that dare not
stop.


We passed through another station at
full speed and at length | saw the white
lights of another station in the distance
The sound behind had almost ceased, and
in few moments more | saw the line of
three red lamps low down on the ground
I pulled back the handle, and after an in
effectual effort to pull up at the station,
brought up the train about hundred yards
beyond Pontedera.


The porters and police of the station
came up and put the train back, and then
came the explanation


The guard had been found dead on the
rails, Just beyond Empoli, and the telegraph
set to work to stop the train He must
have found out the failure of his scheme,
and in trying to reach the engine, have
fallen on the rails.


The driver was only stupitied, and the
stoker fortunately only dangerously not
fatally wounded.


Another driver was found and the train
was to go on.


The Count had listened most attentively
to my statements, and then, taking my


Madam, my mother you have from this
day one other son this, my mother, is my
brother.


The Countess literally fell on my neck,
and kissed me in the sight of them all ;
aud speaking in Italian, said


Julian, he is my son he has saved my
life and more, he has saved your life
My son, l will not say much what is your
name ?"


"Guy Westwood >"


"Guy, my child, my son. am your moth
er you shall love me. :"


Eyes, my mother he is my brother.
am his. He is English, too | like English
He has done we'll Blanche shall be his
sister.


During the whole of this time both moth
er and son were embracing me and kissing
my cheeks, after the impulsive manner of
their passionate natures, the Indulgence OF
which appears so strange to our cold blood


The train was delayed for my wounds
and bruises to be dressed, and | then EN-.
tered their carriage and went to Leghorn
with them.


Arrived there was about to say Fare
well


"What is farewell, now? No; you must
see Blanche your sister. You will SLEEP
at my hotel: l shall not let you go. Who
is she that in your great book says, 'Where
you go will go p That is my spirit You
must not leave me till-till you are as hap
Ply as | am. :"


He kept me, introduced me to Blanche
and persuaded me to write for leave to stay
another two months, when he would return
to England with me. Little by little he
made me talk about Alice, till he knew al
my story.


"Ah that is it !: you shall be unhapp,
because you want five hundred pound
every year, and have so much as that
am patriot to get rid of my money. S
it is that you will not take money. Yol
have saved my life, and you will not taxi
money but | shall make you take money
my friend, English Guy you shall have a
thus :" And he handed me my appointment
as secretary to one of the largest railway
in Italy. Now you shall take money
now you will not go to your fogland t.
work like slave !; you shall take the mon
ey That is not all. am one of the prac
tice patriots-no, the practical patriots
of Italy They come to me withtheir col
spiracies to join their secret societies t
adhere to, but l do not. | am direc
tor of yer so many railways max
fresh directions every day. | say to thos
who talk to me of politics, How man
shares will you take in this or in that?
am a printer of books am builder {
museums have great share in docks, AN
say to these at is this that am doin
that is wanted" This is not conspiracy
=, it is not plot it is not society with ril