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BY .-H - N‘ttE..:Y . . -- . - L:.36,, — Csill,34sEß,, -1--:..'
TIM OLD COUPLE.
It stands in a sunny, nicedow,
T le house 80 mossy and brown,
With its cumbrous Old, stOne chimney,
And the gray toot eloping dOwn.
The trees fold their green'aims around it,
The trees a century .old ;
And the winds go - chanting 'through them,
And the sunbeams drop their gold.
The cowslips spring in the marshes,
And the roses bloom on the hill ;
And beside the brook in the Pastures',
Tile herds go feeding at will.
The children have gone and left them ; 1,
They sit in the sun alone ; t..
And the old wife's eats ace failing, -
As she harks to the well knOwn tone, ,
That won her heart in her girlhood,
That has soothed her in many a care,
And praises her, now for the brightness
Her old face used to ear.
She thinks again of he . bridal—
How, dressed in her robe of white,
She.etood by her gay yhung lover
In the morning's rosy light. ,
Oh 'the morning is rosy is ever,
But the rose from her 'cheek has tied ; I
And the sunshine still is golden, •
But it falls on a silvered 'head.
And the girlhood dreams, once vanished,
Come back in ber`W inter time,
Till her feeble pulses tremblej • •
With the thrill of Spring time prime.
And looking forth from the window,
She thinks how the trees havegrown,
Since, clad in her bridal whiteness,
She crossed the old door Odin.
Though dimmed her eye's bright azure,
And dimmed her hair's young gold,
Thelove in her girlhood plighted
Ras never grown dim or old.
They sat in their place in sunshine,
Till the day was almost done ;
And then, at its close, an angel
Stole over the threshold stone.
He folded their.hands tOgether— I
He tonched their eplids With balm
And their last breath floated upivard,
Like the close of a solemn psalm:
Like a bridal pair they traversed
The,nnseen inystic road,
Thal leads to the beautiful city,
"Whose builder and maker is God."
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MARRIED IN HASTE.
"nll, CARRIE, I'arn Otu •glad • you are
BUJ come:; I was just I goicg to send
4Fratik with a note to ask yon to do that
very thing. Here, Jack, you take -Miss
Carrie's pony. . . A nd You, l- you: darlin g,
eunte right . up stairs and take -ofts , vour.
heavy riding habit. How , Is all the fain- :
'• ilv—Lyoung, old, black and white ?"
"AU well, but Nellie, what is, the mat
ter with you'? Why , your look 'as if you
had the whole round earth on your shoul
ders."
"Oil. I am just bothered io death, Car.'
rie I". .
"Well, what is up ? throw ;tnel that
rapper, dear.' There, now I aml reSdy to
hear all your bothers, little mouse."
"I've had two offers,, Carrie, and I
don't know which to take—at le4st
know which I want to take ; but things
are all contrary—the wrong man has got
the money—the right man is poor, as
rat men generally are." And Nellie
tapped her little foot impatiently, and
looked at Carrie.
"I must say that you have,:a, gigantic
bother, Nellie !' .You you
- ought to be
ashamed of yoUrself ! , _ Most, girls . are
bothered because • they don't get any ot
fas—takelniyaelf, for , instance—and here
you . are pouting because you have . to
choose b-tween two. - 11/o I knOw the ri
,
vat candidates r': • , - '
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."Ye: ,- , you have met . Dick LatrOke of
tro—here-and elsewhere ; !and yo must
have seen Royal .Wlft.e.ler at hureh with
its, for lie never fvrgets thl - roprieties."'
' ai
Why, Nelli, :I amton shed, at you I-
I know it wouldn't. take - me- three. min-
tites to decide." ..- :, .• .: .' , . f '
"In whose fayor?" ‘. ' 1 ,
"C4n' you doubt ?
.. In fayor- of that.
handsome - Mr. Wheeler, of 'course... He is
so stylish, dresses to, --perfection,And is' a
S , !nator. How the, girls would envy you
What promise of : balls,.
.enteitain ments
a. d theaters. Why, Nrifiej
,Ang•:lyash
itigton, New Tot k
.and. Newport infhe
delicious distance:' l • - d I . --'. -
"I hate balls and- tnillinera and big
vines!' ' .' .:
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' . "What a little goOae.! •Aemembeeyo - r'
pretty face and charniing ' figure, and - 11:
thobe bewitching 'golden c ...rls! .'-' .: '• '
',Now what particle of :reason is there in
being lovely; on -ii, Texan 'frontier? '-'-WhO
sees us but a rude Mantel.; now and then,.
some stock-raisere i .o:.at- - best a change . of
• Me: hodist preadiere? ' Well, i yes, I-. ack-„
amyiedge there is always an '.exciting
chance 'of a •ConianchebraVe
;_wouldn't.
Your hair.be a .godsend to - theto ?,--- . Mr.
Wheeler is a special': and' - extraordinary
favor of the gods- , ltake the gorde -they.
p.n.s' i de, like a grateful "gill,' , .-:r •'.... 1 i - . ' '
'`You mix trutbiand-untriith iadMira
bly, Carrie ;' - .I declare, I' : . don't=know, how
to vparate them; '..but ,first -I --will'ack
now ledge
_the. etyleand position; atideyen
ik 18 b.eanty—these three, things are ennply
the whole man, and- that is not enough
of manhood for tie." ' • - ' ...-' -'-'-: -
' "Insatiable
,girl.!;- - Rut .:-dony . the. fact l
--hut vou . • had trgOttert . . blB '..ininietise:
Property. "' - - .. ,! '. J..'.,. . . ' • ,
.' Well.' then' add - '. his Property. - --.; , now i
that is a11."..- - : -,-...
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'And a i'nry satisfictoti:•oall.'? , -- - •
-Pray
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what more would you liKe to haver
, '
"Well, in the first place I would like a
little-bit of courage+l hate cowards.—
There has not been a! night since he came
'that he has not gone) to bed in - - mortal,
terror of the indians 7 4e is afraid of a
,wolf or a bear—if old. Dirk barks he
turns pale, and if a book drops in the
next, room, or a negro shouts iu the ce
dar-brake., he is ready to drop with ter'
\ 1 •
ror. .
.
\ "I don't blame him at all. Very nat
ural and rirOper, I think. .t feel just Vac
same-r-beAdes be is bound to take care'of
himself ; the welfare -of the nation we
may suppoi4 d,epende !Tod- her law-mak
ers'J \.•
.
"Fiddlesticks Catlel The nation
would never MIEN
"Let .me -tell. you Nellie, the great
.knierican nation, is ; not going to supply
scalps of such, dignity to the . Comman
ches."
'Ton are joking without material,no*,
Carrie ; I think it would puzzle even a
Commanch to get a respectable lock-of
Mr. Wheeler's .hair—why, his head is as
smooth as a billiard ball." 0
"Nellie, take care! Don't speak evil
of dignities, dear.; it is - against social.eti
queue. Mr. Wi.eeler is one of the pillars
of the Constitution!'
"Then the sooner the Constitution gets
some new p i illars the better it will be for
it, I shouldisay.'. •
"I siippoie you would like them after
the patern f Mr. Richard Latrobe."
"Exactly !"
"Dick'.has not one bit of style.'
"That islcne reason I'like him."
"Beside his pay as Captain of the Llano
Rangers, I ;on%..believe he owns two
hundred h•ad of stock."
"That is too much for him and me."
"Re haiku° position to speak of Nel
lie."
- 1 ,
"I think von are mistaken—he is
known t 6 be the bravest, boldest leader
on the 'wee ern border. His name is - a
tower of st ength to every woman and
child for pfty, miles around, and the
Commanches dread him' more than a
'whole company [of '"regulars," his own
Men sweariby him, and the Whole' corn
muniv 1 trust in him. If I was a man--I
mean a real •man—l Would rather be Dick
L'ttrobe withniit a dollar, than Royal
Wheeler in the Governor's chair,"
"Well, ,Nellie, all, I have got, to say is,
that you are a 'fool ~ there .it 'ii in good
plain Stixo'h, just what I think.*
"Never you mind the absurdity of the
thing; will you help me in a little
scheme I' have ?" ' _ .
"Yes, that is—l was going to say sen
sible, but I don't expect that after this
revelation —so I . will 'say if it is possi
ble."
"Oh; yes, it is more than possible. ; I
laid the first stone last night, and in Spite
Of the : Senators professions 1. found quite
a good foundation for them."
'"What ao you mean ?"
"I must; go back to 'last Sunday in or
der to enlighten you. When we parted
at the ciiirch door Mr. Wheeler asked
me who you were. You may be sure that
I did full justice to your many graces and
aecoinplis iments, . with virtues topping
all. This morning when he proposed, I
did not d re refuse him' point-blank be
cause of pavals anger, so I told 'him I
would give him an answer in a week, that.
my frien4hip tor you demanded some
delay, as I knew you were deeply smitten,
with your perfections." .
"Oh, Nellie, how could. you': But
what did !Mr,. Wheeler say ?"
"Oh, he was immensely 'flattered, cool
ed towar4 poor me - very. sensibly,, and
said you were a splendid looking girl,.be 7
side volunteering other criticisms on
your appearance. which by impliCation,
were not flattering to. me seeing that I
am your perivct antipodes." ,
Carrie listened, attentively . to Nellie's
sehemr, ith a rew light in her great
drearily e, es. 1 '
. \ ,
, "Now, what I want is this—pitch pour
tent right:here and storm this pil!ar of
State with the witchery of your beaUty
and the flattery of I your tongue; look
:your swei•test, sing your best, 'feed him
on flattery, morning,
.1100 U and night,.
.and in it week you will have beaten
ihe and I shall be your grateful and
.'much
obliged' friend, Nellie Marvin." - •
'"The arrangements suit me to T ;
but you are sure you know what you are
doing ?"
.
‘`.quite sure.". , •
"S - hake hands, then over it. lam to
cut yOu - rout ;' that is understood between
us, eh ?"I, •
"It is do nominated in the bond," said
Nellie, kicking off her slipper and calling
her maid to help her dress for dinner.
After dinner, Nellie, with some unin
telligible excuse, left the Senator to Car
rie's enchantment 6; and 'if anybody had
'looked carefully alter ' ten minutes kter
they' would have found her with Dick
Latrobe,at their usual tryti,ting place in
the pecan grove .at the bottom of .the
garden. , Arid It needed but a moment's
glance into the, dark handsome fiae, alive
with intense feeling and as Open as sun
shine; hut one glance at the magnificent
physique,. clothed 'as It were With an al
most vitiable sense of power and com-
MONTR6SE,
mand,to understand and sympathize with
Nellie in estimating her two lovers.
• Meau while Carrie_, was
. improving . her
opriOrtunity.i f She new perfectly .all *her
good pciints;iarid.She: Afire* herself into
the capture tit the'i Senator \_ with.. all the
enthusiasm Fin her nature. • soon
learned that' to hear himself talk, was the
most subtlepleasure this wise legislator
was 'capable of • enjoying,.sii she coaxed
•himiciut into the - v eranda, got hitt to seat
hunSelf on' the vine:shinied, low , broad
Steps:and placed herself just solarbelO*
him i as to . enable. liet.:_to up into his
. facet the itifirvelosiiii light hiireplendid
eyes.' •
Siie.askedi - him• all about Washington
andthe.grent North ; 811044 him to de
scri a the . SOnate louse and 'all his own
du"ties
ahe sympathized in alibis trials,
and; the Shaineful • want of :appreciation
pecnliarto Iconstituents,. she was full of
wedder endi admiration as . the case re
• - -
• Senator Wheeler. went, r,to sleep th
night•ouite [convlnced that she-was the
moat sensible w.orrin•Ale had ever met
in his , life. ;He even tonndlimioelf. corn
pairing l‘er iwitli Nellie...-
That, night as Nellie was uncoiling her
'soft! brown hair and" . ' brushing" Ont the
tangled curls, Carrie put. her piquant lit
tle face,in.at the tiooi and said::
‘l.l . came, II , sow, Z cotiquoredplease
Congiatiilate me." ;..
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"Come ynu,go.ed, delivereil
I knew ou t could de it." -
And Oarrie came in ; then this coun
cil f two silt - till 'near- midnight sipping
coree, and? •arranging further .plans- of .
op4•ations. .
It was the third, day after carat's , ar
rival. She 1 was playing chest with the
Soiator ans Nellie .was leaning against
the open door that led into the-western
• veranda„ watching . with love-haunted
eyes, the pecan-grove where Dick Latrobe
wotild have been waiting her; if :he
. bad.
'b en in they neighborhood. But Dick had,
gone to the next :town for his triens' ra•
riots, and the trysting place was vacant
.she knew. ,
-Suddenli i Mr. Marvin e nt er ed the room
with an
a nxious troul)led . face and bur-,
riedlY said f • • 1
l'Nellie, pew .here. I' 'am - in: want of
yO0." ' .-1,.. '• i ' , • . A '....
Her father's lobki; and • words shot an
app' ailing fear to .Nellie's heart ; :taut
Carrie and; her 130744i,t' were too mnch:
interested in their awn play and - fiy-Play
to 'notice it. - • '
4,'Nellie,tny darling,- Jake has just es
caved with his life from the lower ranche
and he say the Comanches . have run off
all; the hores, and that a party of them
are on thelr'way li.re. What are we to
dol? , Senator Wheeler is a-----" .• '
'Pooh I father, i he is• a coward ; . there
L
is o morel dependence.' to be placed on
biro than i i m my old tabby." _ .
1 0 If I con, ld only get word to the settle
‘rtent." '1
'.• .
tuCan ndne of the servants gor r ,
. r‘There are only; three at honie that
.cali handle alifle T i-I . may need all these.
The rest, if they thought we.. Were, in dan
ger wouldibe so fraid as, to be worse than
nseless.", I -
1"I will v. lathe i l v--=1 will -ride Rabbit.
Itl 'Will be ii 11, , Pt hbrse that .can overtake
ti 4. I. kni. - w every step, of, the road so
ydu must 'let me go." _ , .
l'..liut NOlie-- 7 - 7 "
.. "But, fsither, I should .be' of no use.in
the house l; I can never i hitanything but
by mista4. Bat ; if 'yoit - go and the peo
p(e-get frighteued, I can do nothing . with
them." 1 . . .. ~ ..
. 1"But, it anything should happen .to
you Nellie • ."; -
"But nbthing'Willhappen to me:" ,
"I will I find,
.;' son in God's, care, my
daughter.l :. N 4:,),. Child, hurry; : . I
,will
hive Rabbit atihe door in three minutes.
Once at Ole settlement, - find -Capt. tat
ro'be, he will knew what to do:at once.
...
' In less
she
five ' minutes, Nellie Was.
fairly inhe saddle,' and Rabbit a-power--
fill hors e was_ making the quickest time
iv en he ad ever.madl , , while Nellie gave
11
a
'4i , loose re'ti- and Watched with keen bright.
e, the timber around and before' ti.r. ,
1 he,V1.43 already.. some miles • .oriher
jfriirney,.nd the. moon waf. risen almost
hke a - lesser sun - 'When, she heard a yell
0o hide,dus.to be desoribed. - Rabbit . knew
*hat it betokened as Weil. as she did, and
his etreadi of Indians-was almost- equal .to
her own, l_ "God. help me_ P' , she murmur
.ed, and then spoke to : her 'horse in tones.
fie searcely needed, for ries*is going at a
trightfullspeed.; An'arroW. flew past her
- h '•
- Mr - but' ' was
r anot er a -another; -she:
thbrouglV rousek. 4 l.ly, Rabbit, fly I" she
kept,uren - g and: th e noble brute answer
id-.with Supernatural efforts. .H: . ••.
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11.• "Thei dare not follow -much , further—.
half an - j hour-L4 .quarter---ten minutes'
will brie g me i within reach:of helli," . -
osheelicouraged. her .brave little heart,
until R l abbit aliiiost - ,staggered tip the
main - street of 1 ti*. town. ' -' She Iteew,
.where to go ;' She was sure Most' of tWe
Men tvcOld be Congregated iti,...th'e . bur".6ii
. the piazza .of . the one, hotel t :she was :not
piistakeo. . :.• - :.-- - '- . '•
Her horse was scares at th 6 door-when
a crowd! surrounded her: Dick who was
0, that Moment smoking his cigar to bap
PA., '..JUNE - 14, ' 1876.
py thoughts of . ; lier, Jeapet: up in the "pretty steep—yes. - You kn.,* that in
wildest astoot-hnivnt. He. understood as i oi.l tunes, in. England,. grades of thirty
if by instinct, what : message she had ; and forty feet to the, mile . were thought
brought. It took brit a minute to lift to be heavy. Grade of seventy or eighty
her safely into the house, and whisper in: feet were thought impracticable. - I can
her ear. words. of I love and comfort ;in remember - reading- all about. ,it. They
the next moment he was Mounted on his didn't understakt then what a grip an
own horse to gather his men and go to iron wheel had on an' - iron rail, and how
the rescue of her home and friends, much a good locomotive - cOuld - -Pull if
Nellie and Rabbit lwere very netdful you only give her fuel and time: They
of,.and- very grateful i.for the attention found it out .afterwards. ~I hear they're
and refreshments 'so . kindly urged on got - in England and France
. grades,l32
them; but it'was very hard for,Nellie to to 196 feet to the mile: and even - the. Sal
mak in such anxiety and suspense.— timore and Ohio railroad hat 'grades of
What Was going on at the lonely plants- 114 feet:. Thegraded on' the Pocifici rail
tion no one could tell; they could but roads, „and on that Reeky Mountain,
fear and hope;; and even when word Xoilroad from Denver city to the mines,
cane next day, that t the. Indiana had fled are worse than any - yet. This grade don't
westward, pursued by. Captain Latrobe,_ seem very bad, does it ? And besides,
Nellie was still very miserable, for,' to the just look at that view l" ' ''
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unusual' exertion a excitement - had
succeeded an almost , . hysterical state cf
weakness, and . the. good women at the
settlement would nct suffer . her to return
home until her father came-Ito protect
her. •
TwO dayeiafterwartis, after ever one
had' recovered - from*l their fright, and
Nellie was safe at hoti.i.e, there was great
rejoicing at theMarvi . W.place. Diok!had
returned bringing the hist: notses 'with
hid,. There. had been la hard chase a., , d
a fierce battle,. and soil of the brae . tel.;
lows who rode so c', eerily, .ourd d not re-
Eturn. But what of. that'? - Ili the glory
of success, who thiii.ks by. what . means it
has been y wou ? . : ,
"How shall I. reward you Captain -?"
said Mr. Marvin joyfully',
. And Dick made hard terms with the
old planter, th.iugh Neliie declared her
poor_little hand was, PreSen t fair too small.
:Hardly was the arrangement approved
when batri- came in, With . a. - beaming
'face and said: .
"Mr. Marvin, Mr . • Altrlieler and 'I have
just - decided to be. marriel immediately—,
:if you will n,rmit the ceremony her - e.— .
.We don't want to take 'any more Indian
risks."
"What is . to 'binder a double mar
riage ?" asked the captain', . .•• .
And as no one seemed *hie to soggiest
any objection Mr. - Marvin Said.:
"Well, if thingi are to', be brought to
a.head.in this shape I. may as well send
Jake for parson Justine at,once." - '
The proposal
.was. at once carried. For
once. fortune seenied merry mood,
and inclinedto gi v e! . love, anything — he
.desired.- ..!
• So Carrie attainediheratribition.
became a brikii . t_par4plar ,
star of fashiOn. Nellie, too, got her own
way—and she liked it—to .be Abe aearly,
loved wife of a brave man,: to trialce'her'
-- earthly.home always among. the woods
and, prairies they both loved,..thi.se.things
she counted good:equiValents fur
. 64:that
.fash sOciety, of the :place that ,pomp
and power could give ; for 'When one is
contented there is no momito be' desifed,
acd - when there is no more to be desired,
there is an end of it" • !
A STORY OF THE RAIL.
lson, the racy' cotrespondent of
the New York World, relates .a story told
him by an engmeer;on the Lehigh Valley
railroad,.what time the locOmotive climb-
:ed the mountains "oa the; most. -pictur
esque line - of railway in .A tnerica;
At' White• Haven we bad - dinner, and
engines and engineers were changed.•. .1,
ifoUnd myself here - on one of the' finest
locomotives ever .built for any road, and
'hi the company of : one. of the brighteSt
of engine-drivers. The ride thencefOr
• ward was one to be remembered through a
-life time. • • • •
A great, flood had swept ihi•ough the
Valley here not matiy , years ago. Thl3 Le
high, swollen with its rainy tributary,
streams and , reinforced by the giving way
of (lath after dam with their vast accu
mulation of luMber and (*Wails, soonsbe
cathe irreBtible and froth White Haven to
Easton the waters, 'rising thirty feet, rav
aged both banks. • MerD, women and - chil ,
dren were crushed: . and downed . without
,other warning than the roar of a wav e
that rose at the rate of thirty feet in nine
minutes. The vision' of ;this flood in the
midst of etorn and darkness, and the ,
eehos of despairing cries, were easily
,conjured up as the locomotive , boomed
a'ong, jingling its bell under the cliffs.—
little while the road quitted the val
ley for the mountain and we began the
long ascent through the heart of the
Pennsylvania wilderness to 'a height which
overlooks one. Of the hisiorical and typi- .
cat Scenes of the pcmtinent„
• The grade was steep ' • the etigineerl
'opened the valve, regulated his engine in
all respects, smoked ' and asked, me to
step over and sit on his:side, of theloco
motive. - , •
"It's all clear' sailing. for a few miles.
now," said be. "We not meet any-,
thing. It's a tng
"What grade.?"
"From 100 148 feet to the mile."
"That's the reason. then, that you have
these heavy engines Is" ;,
"Yeti."
this grade thought by railroad, men
to be very . steep ?"
"Well," said the engineer, sloCy,
VOL. :3-‘4.7.7:N.q..;;'24-
Away to the south stretched the bleak
Pennsylvania wildernesa, uninhabited
save by a few wood-men, the panther, the
deer and the bear. The solitude seemed ••
like that of a desert, and the gigantie .
locomutiv6 like a gigantic pioneer. ' .
''There's a right-down_ romance, or.
tragedy, -or whatever you inty call it,"'.
said the engineer, , 4 'uttached to this hill.
And I wail the least of - a tier° in it.' As.
there was a woman in • it though; I intik
tell win I um a married man." • • :
"All right. *Go ahead..with your '
• "On - night, about four yea; s,ago, and
just about this in,'th, I , was coining
flown the hill With (eons:derieg the rea
ct)
eon) a pretty heap train. At Wilkes
Barre over the' valley—which you'll soon
see—a youlig lady: got, aboard of my en
glee. She wanted a night ride and was .
put 'on by the superintendent. She was:
a perfect lady, and her 'mother *as in
one,of the cars, back.- To tell the honest
truth (as : I have often :said to mv4ife) I
never saw a more beautiful and game •
looking girl. She was very, small sized, -.
dressed in what my wife . calls' complete
taste, and her figure was so good; and
her. ways so frank and • artless,. that I al- .
most wished she' was my daughter. -Her
face, though, .was what I can't give you.
an idea of. It was the moat beautiful' .
face I-ever saw. It had' all the intell!- .
gence 'of a woman's and the simplicity Of
a child'e.: And she was so upright and
loiable altogether, and asked so , many..
qeestions, that, although. 1 never had a .
w`)man on the train. but once
,before,l.,
invited her here' to* my seat, and ex 7
plained to her a holy' about' ho a locomotive '
is run. -,I showed her how to manipulate
the leve.eihich admits, ore or lesssteam ,
to the cylenders 2
• how the reverse lever,
worked ; how the - tests Of water, and,
steam are tilade:' ' 1-:showed her how
,to
blow the whistle and . ling the - bell, and.
explained how the breaks were blown
down, and how warnings were given on
the approach to crossings,. She . took it
all in, and," said the engineer 'stretching
his arm across the •boiler, and clutehing
my sleeve. "It was tae best leszon I Pifer.
gave.. Right up around yonder about:
two miles fromhere, : jAst as I was.hand- :
ling the reverse le7er, we struck a stone
tn
or.soething on the :rack at nine o'clock
at night. I was a-bending down at the
time.(the girl was sitting ~ where yeti are,
on my.ctiehion) and quicker: tha' light
ning the leper' flew back and struck me
in the eye agsl knocked me— well, I'll be
d . --d if I kiraw where: Anyway it don't .
make much difference for 'a min t o or
two, for I was justatunned. As were
inthe down grade, with : no need o fuel,
the 'fireman was hat* in the baggage car,,
and when I came to, this young girl was
holding on my head and fanning me 'with
her toy of a bat. It wasn't. two seconds'
before' I kßew what was to pay. The en- .
gins., and the whale train had started . ,
down the hill, at the rate of sixty miles
an hour. I tried to spring upand reach
the lever. - Mr right arm and side' and;
right leg were numb. My face and even
my
_tongue were so paralyzed by the blow .
I received that I could hardly speak. I
WBB 80 desperate that-(more to attract the,
:girl's atteolin 'than for anything else) I
grabbed
,her hat with my left hand and ,
threw it otit of the locomotive, and then
'managed to beckoei her ear down close to
my' lips and . say . : - .
ig‘Train'S going too fast. Well be iii
hell , if you don't orn . the lever P."
, "She understood me in an . instant i
and it was time. • The engine, was rock- .
ing, swaying, grinding,. and skurrying
down' the track like a beast with
. great
bounds. Every koOond I expectedit would
leap Vie rails • it certainly was decending
et the Irate of seventy miles. an hour.
But. that little thing sprang up here,
clutched the leyer,,,motioned which way
she should shove or push it, , gotmy nod
and reversed the wheels like a little man:
Then she whistled down .brakes-4here
was op need of that, . for the boys had:.
;put on every brake already. Inside of a.
mile and a halfshe stopped the train; and
then . she knelt down'all trembling and :
orying—and now what do you think she
said P., , - ..
"I can't guess." - • . -' • ,
13ahl :ehe : -ildr.—„l feel as if I ahou:d
faint., Henn you got some ositnilnr, , "r
a' little , whiskey In ',And aura as you. livri
she 'did 'faint; right away there—right
down m front of the flre-box--right wi
top of me.. The flre•man had to run the
.train dowu to White Jilmer
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