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CI1APTER VII.
As the engine drew nenr the seme of
tbe wreck n great crowd could be seen
standing about the track. Before the
train came to a stop Robert Hardy
leaped down from the cab and strug
gled forward, uttering cries of which
be himself jirobably was not conscious.
The accident had occurred upon a
bridge which spanned a small river In
the vicinity of Baldwin, near which
town Mr. Hardy'l brother lived.
The engine, mall car, two day coach
es and two sleepers had crashed
through nnd, falling a distance of 50
feet, had partly broken through the
loo of the frozen stream. To add to the
horror of the disaster the two sleepers
had caught lire, and there was abso
lutely DO means to light It. Mr. Hardy
caught confused glimpses of men down
on the Ice throwing bandfuli of snow
upon the blazing timbers in a frantic
I attempt to drive back or put out the
I flames. He fell rather than scrambled
down the steep, slippery bank of the
' stream, and then the full horror of the
situation began to dawn upon him.
The baggage ear and tender had fall
en In such a way that the trucks rested
' upright on the Ice. and the position of
the timbers was relatively that of the
1 train before it hud left the track. One
day coach lay Umjii its side, hut had
; broken completely In two as If some
giant hand had pulled it apart, leaving
the ragged ends of timbers projecting
j toward one another in such curious
i fashion that if the two ends of the ear
had been pushed toward the middle
I the splintered beams would have fitted
Into place almost as if made on a pat-
tern. The other day coach had fallen
upon one end, and one-third of the en
tire coach was under water. The other
end, resting partly against the broken
car, stuck up in the air like some cu
rious, fantastic pillar or leaning tower.
Mr. Hardy was conscious of all this
and more us he heard the groans of the
Injured and the cries of those begging
to be released from the timbers under
which they had been caught But his
owu children! Never bad be loved
them as uow.
The crowd of people had Increased to
a mob. The confusion was that of ter
ror. Mr. Hardy rusbed about the
wreck searching for his children, a
great throbbing at bis heart as be
thought of their probable fate, when
the sweetest of all sounds, Bessie's
dear voice, came to him, nnd the next
minute he had caught up the child ns
she ran to him and strained her to his
breast ns In the old days when he had
carried her about the house and yard.
"Where are Will and Clara I"
"Oh, father, they're here, and Will
wasn't hurt much more than I was,
but Clara has fainted, and she Is lying)
down over here!"
Itess dragged her father out across
the Ice to the edge of the bank, where
u Dumber of the victims had beeu laid
on the cushions of the seats, some
dead, some dying. There lay Clara
very white nud still, with Will bend
ing over her. himself bleeding from
several wounds nbout the head and
hands, but still conscious nnd trying to
restore his sister.
Mr. Hardy kneeled down In the snow
by his son's side, and Will, seeing him
there, was not surprised, but he sob
bod excitedly. "Oh, she is dead!"
"No," replied her father; "she Is not."
Clara stirred, and her lips moved,
hut-she did not open her eyes, nnd then
her father noticed that a strange mark
lay over her face.
How Mr. Hardy succeeded In carry
ing the girl to the top of the bank;
how he left her there in the care of
brave hearted women while he went
down Into that lu ll's pit to rescue vic
tims Imprisoned nnd groaning for help:
bow Bess related the accident of the
night nnd tried to explain how she
was not hurt except a scratch or two.
because she fell between two car seat
cushions that were Jammed around her
and protected her from Injury; how the
excitement grew ns It was discovered
that the dend and dying would number
more than "5 Instead of 10 or 12. ns
Hums had telephoned; how Dually
Robert Hardy and Will and Bess nnd
Clara, with other victims, were taken
back to Rarton, where a great crowd
of anxious, pale faced people was surg
ing through the station and over the
track; how James Caxton was first to
board the train down by the shops at
.the risk of his neck ns In the rainy
darkness he swung himself on the dead
run up to the plntform of the coach:
how Mrs. nardy met her children and
husband; how there was sorrow In
many a home In Barton that night and
for many days to come; how Mr. Har
dy finally, a little after midnight, en
tirely exhausted by the events of the
day and night, fell asleep and dreamed
the scene all over again all this and a
great deal more might be of Interest
concerning one of tbe most remarkable
railroad accidents that ever occurred
Id this country, but would be out of
place In this narrative. For It is all
true, exactly and literally, only tbe de
tailed horrors of It no pen can describe,
no words can tell.
Mr. Hardy woke about 8 o'clock rest
ed, but feeling very lame nnd sore
from bis exertions of tbe night. His
drst thought was of Clara. When be
went to sleep, the girl seemed to be 1
resting without pain, only that strange
nark across ber face made them all
anxious. It was not a bruise, but It ,
lay like a brand across tbe eyes, which I
not opened since her father found
her lying ny the frozen stream.
, James had Insisted on staying In the
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nonse to ue ot service, nun mr. iinruy
hnd felt grateful for his presence as
she watched for returning conscious
ness from Clara, who still gave no
more sign of animation, although she
breathed easily and seemed to be free
from pain. Every doctor and surgeon
lu town had been summoned to the
Cene of the accident. But Mr. Hardy
felt so anxious for Clnra as he came in
and looked at her that he went down
stairs and asked James If he wouldn't
run out nnd see if any of the doctors
had returned.
"Yes, sir; I'll go nt once. How Is she
now, Mr. Hardy?" James looked him
In the face with tbe look that love
menus when It Is true and brave.
"My boy," replied Mr. Hardy, laying
his hand on James' shoulder, "I don't
know. There Is something strange
about It. Get a doctor If you cnn. But
I know there must be many other sad
homes today lu Burton. Oh, It was
horrible!"
He sat down and covered his face,
while James with a brief "God help us,
sir!" went out In search of a doctor.
Mr. Hardy went up stairs again and,
with his wife, knelt down and offered
a prayer of thanksgiving nnd of ap
peal. "O Lord," said Robert, grant
that this dear one of ours may be re
stored to us again. Sparc us this an
guish, not in return for our goodness,
but out of thy great compassion for
our sins repented of."
Will and Hess lay in tbe next room,
and now that the reaction had set in
they were sleeping, Will feverish and
restless, Bess quiet nnd peaceful, as if
DOtblng bad happened out of the usual
order of things.
"Where is George?" asked Mr. Har
dy us he rose from his prayer.
"1 don't know. Robert He started
down to the train a little while after
you did. Haven't you seen him?"
"No, Mary. God grant he mny not"
Mr. Hardy did not dare finish his
thought aloud.
His wife guessed his thought and to
gether the two sut hand In band,
drawn very near by their mutual trou
ble nnd by nil the strange events of
that strange week, and together they
talked of the accident nnd of Clara nnd
James ami their eldest son, and then
Mrs. Hardy said as she trembling drew
her husband's fnce near to ber:
"Robert, do you still have that Im
pression concerning the time left you
here to live? Do you still think this
week Is to be the end?"
Mrs. Hardy bad a vague hope that
the shock of the accident might bare
destroyed the Impression of the dream,
but her hope was disappointed.
"My dear wife," replied Robert,
"there Is tot tbe least doubt Id my
"Oh, she is dead!"
mind that my dream was a vision of
what will happen. There Is no ques
tlou but that nfter Sunday I shall not
be with you. This is Wednesday. How
llghtulugllke the days have flown:
How precious the moments are! How
many of them I have wasted lnefoollsb
selfishness! Mary, I should go mad
with the thought If I did not feel the
necessity of muklng this week the best
week of my life, only I do not know
what Is most Important to do. If It
hud been seven months or even seveu
weeks, 1 might have planned more
wisely. Oh. It Is cruelly brief, the
time! But I must make the wisest
possible use of It This accident, so
unexpected, has complicated the mat
ter. I had not reckoned on It."
How many of us do reckon on acci
dents? They nlways come Into our
lives with n shock. Yet It seems possi
ble that a man who lives very close to
God every day might be so ready for
everything that not even the most ter
rible catastrophe could make much
difference to his plans for dally life,
least of all deprive htm of his reason,
as It has so often done. Robert Hardy
was Just beginning to realize dimly
that life Is not one thing, but many
things, nnd that Its Importance Is the
Importance which belongs to tbe char
acter of God himself.
He began to talk calmly with his
wife concerning what he would do that
day nnd was still talking about It when
James came In with a doctor, who at
once went up stairs. He was Just from
the scene of the accident and bore
marks of a bard night's work. His
first glance at Clara was hard and pro
fessional, but as be looked be grew
very grave, and an expression of serl
us surprise came over bis weary face.
He laid bis hands on tbe girl's eyes and
examined them, raised her hand and
dropped It upon the bed again. Then,
turning to the father and mother, be
said gently:
"You must prepare yourselves for a
terrible fact resulting from tbe acci
dent to your daughter. She baa suffer
ed a shock tbst will probably render
ber blind as long as sho Uvea."
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy . listened, pale
faced- and troubled. It was bard to
think of tbe girl, so strong willed, so
passionate and yet so capable of noble
Impulses and loving desires, as all ber
life shut up within tbe darkness thus.
It was bitter to think of this for ber.
What would It be to her when she
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' awoke to tne wnoie consciousness of
it'
The doctor spoke again slowly:
'There is another thing you ought to
, be prepared for. In rare cases like this
it happens sometimes that a loss of
hearing accompanies tne loss of sight."
' Then, after a pause: "And with the
' loss of sight nnd hearing It Is possible
the peculiar shock has deprived your
i daughter of the DOWOt of speech, I do
not know yet whether this lias happen
ed, but,! prepare you for the worst."
"Blind and dcuf and dumb!" mur
mured Mr. Hardy, while his wife sat
down and buried her face lu the bed
clothes and sobbed. It seemed terrible
to them.
Tbe doctor, after a little further ex
amination, said nothing more could be
done at preseut, gave directions for
certain necessary treatment and de
parted after giving a look at Will and
Bess and prescribing for them.
Mr. Hardy went down stairs and
quietly told James all that the doctors
had said. To a man living on tbe
verge of eternity, as Mr. Hardy was,
there was no time for evasions or the
postponing of bad news or the utter
ance of soft speeches.
James took the news more calmly
than Mr. Hardy thought he would. It
was evident be did not realise all that
was meant by It.
"Can you love Clara under these con
ditions?" asked Mr. Hardy, looking
at James with a sympathy that the
young man could not help feeling.
"Yes, sir; more thau ever. Why, Is
she not more lu need of It than ever?"
"True, but what can you do with a
helpless creature like that?"
"Gold help us, sir! II she were my
wife uow and were dependent on me,
don't you think 1 could care for her
tenderly, better thau any one else in
tbe world?"
Mr. Hardy shook his head. "This Is
a hard blow to me, James. 1 dou't
kuow Just what to say yet Hut It is
possible tbe poor girl may not have to
suffer all that. Let us hope the doctor
is not just itied iu his supposition. In
deed, he said he could uot tell for cer
tain that loss of hearing and speech
would follow. If It does, I cannot see
how Clara can retain her reason when
she recovers from the shock. James, 1
believe you are a good fellow. I have
not forgotten my own courtship. 1
will not stnud In the way between you
nnd your love for Clara in nuythlng
right and reasonable. I had hoped
we might have a good talk together
over the matter. This uccldeut has
made it Impossible for a time at least,
but 1 confide In ypu ns an honest, true
man. We must wait for events to take
shnpe. Meanwhile let us pray Gqd to
give us wisdom and lead us Into the
way we need to go."
James Caxton listened to Mr. Hardy
with a feeling of nstonishmeut. This
was not the Robert Hardy be had
known all his life; this was n new
mnn. For a moment his own hopes
nnd fears were almost lost sight of lu
the thought of the great change In the
elder mnn. In a tumult of feellug he
went home after begging Mrs. Hardy
to send him word If Clnra became
worse or If there were any service he
could render the family, t
Robert went back up stairs, where
his wife sat by the side of the Injured
girl.
"Mary." he said. "I must go down to
the shops. You know I left word with
Wellmun to do what he could In the
office until 1 could get down, but this
accident has made It Imperative that 1
be there myself. There are details tbe
men cannot attend to. I cannot do any
more bere, and I must do wbnt I can
for the sufferers. God has been merci
ful to us, dear. Our dear ones are
spared to us. Ob, when 1 heard Bes
sie's voice In that bell's pit it seemed
to me God was taking pity on me for
tbe burden I am carrying this week!
And if sbe bad been killed I do believe
I should have gone mad. Pray for me,
sweetheartr
And with a kiss and embrace Robert
left tbe bouse, and even in tbe sorrow
of all ber trouble Mrs. Hardy felt a
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the thought of a love come back to
her. and as she wont to the window
and watched the tall, strong figure
swing down the street she nlmost felt
a girl again nnd wondered If he would
turu around nud see her there nnd toss
his hat to her as In the old days. Yes:
just before he reached the corner
where he had to turn he looked back
up at the window, saw his wife stand
lug there nud took off bis hat, with a
smile, and she wnved ber hand at him
and colored as when ber Robert used
to do tbe same thing while be was
courting ber.
"Two fools!" somebody says. Yes;
two children of God who have seen
his face and learned what all this life
means.
He found much to do at tbe shops.
Tbe accident necessitated special work.
It looked to him as If be must be down
there all day. There was almost a pan
ic In tbe planing rooms. The air was
heavy witFtbe horror of tbe night be
fore. Owing to the wreck there was
more need of work In tbe shops than
ever, but along toward noon Burns
came Into the office, pulling a long face
and asking Mr. Hardy to step across
the yard and talk to the men, who had
threatened, Burns said, to do mischief
If they were not given the afternoon to
go down to the scene of the disaster.
Mr. Hardy, with a sinking heart, rose
nnd followed Rums Into the planing
rooms. He told the foreman to get the
men together In the center of the room.
They stopped their machines nnd gath
ered In the largest open spnee between
the planers, and Mr. Hardy addressed
them:
"What do you want? Burns tells me
here Is dlssntlsfnctlon. Speak out so
hat we may know what tbe trouble
!s."
There was an awkward pause. Then
one man spoke up:
"We think the company ought to give
us the day off."
"What for?" asked Mr. Hardy mildly.
Under any other circumstances be
would have told tbe men tbey might
leave for good if they didn't like the
pay and the company. He had done
just that thing twice before, but things
were different now. He looked at the
men in a new light. He was a new
man himself. Besides, it was Impera
tive that the work in the shores go on.
The company could ill afford to lose
the work just at this particular time.
All these considerations did not blind
Robert to his obligations as an officer
of the company. He was only anxious
that no Injustice should be done, so be
said, "What for?" mildly and quietly
aud waited for an answer.
The spokesman was not quite ready
with an answer. The directness of tbe
question and the mildness of It also
surprised him. Another mnn spoke up:
"Our friends were In tbe accident
We want to go see them."
"Very well. How many men had
relatives or friends in the accident
who nre Injured or killed? Let them
step forward."
There was a moment of Inaction.
Then three men stepped out Mr. Har-
instantly Mr. Hardy stepped up between
the two men before Burnt could rise,
dy said: "You may go if you want to.
Why didn't yon ask for leave off If you
wanted It? What reason have yoa to
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MRS, P. W. DEPPEN, Shamokln, Pa.
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cramps so severe that he frequently
had to stay home from tbe store.
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supiio.se the company would refuse!'
UCh a request? Now, what is thel'
trouble with the rest? The company
is not in a position to graut a holiday
at this particular time, aud you kuow
it. Come, be fair, men! I can't shutl;
down the simps all day to let you gol I
and see a railroad wreck. Be reasona
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"We want more pay and freedom! 1
from Sunday work," said a big fellow,! '
the Norwegian who ran the biggest!''
planer in the shop. He had more thaul
once proved troublesome to Burns, but!"
he was a remarkably intelligent audi ''
skillful Workman, and the foreman had!"
endured much Irritation on that ac
count
Mr. Hardy replied, still speakin
pleasantly, "The matter of more pay Is w
one we cannot well discuss here now,
but I will say to you and all the rest
that as far as It Is In my power then
shall be no more Sunday work di
iMaiagw "whlla I live" Mr. Hanlr!'
was on tbe point of saying, but b
said Instead, "of tbe men in the shops."!;'
"Still, that Is not tbe question,
plied tbe man In an insolent tone. MrJ!ti
Hardy looked at him more closely anifltl
saw that he had been drinking. Sev-B 1
eral of the workmen cried out: I
"Shut up. Herman! Mr. Hardy
right! We be fools to make row noH0'
at this time!" I"
A dozen men started for their naSto
chines to go to work again, wbllflpi
Rurn went nn nnd laid bis hand M
the Norwegian's arm and said to hi
r,iinlilv- H W
"Quit off now. You've been dlppiJc
that beard of yours Into a whisky bar
ret Better mind your pegs or you ge '!
your walking papers." gr
"Mind your own. Hums." replied to hi
big mnn heavily. "You be something l"1
of a beard drinker yourself if you ha lie
the beard." ia
Burns was so enraged at the drunk "n
en retort that he drew back as If I w
strike the man. when the Norwegi R
smote the foreman a blow that 111 so
blm sprawling In the iron dust, h :"
stnntly Mr. Hardy stepped up betwet ri
the two men before Hums could rli no
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workman should degrade himself wi
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