| Show GHOST SAVED THE TRAIN recent heavy rains in montana so raised the mountain streams that quiet creeks becaro raging torrents which t greatened reat ened the great northern railroad at many points cne night right athe tho engl engineer Leer on one of the passenger trains a superstitious fellow was y Epe eding edling his train along at a pretty silt sti T gait and mas as rapidly rearing a pr carious spot which according to common report was haunted when ho w was as horror stricken to perce perceive iv on the brightly I 1 gated stretch of track ahead a shadowy figure with uplifted waving arms trained to act promptly under all circumstances he instinctively cut off steam and applied the powerful brakes with parks streaming ming from its brake shoes lurching and groan ing in eiery joint the por ponderous derous mechanism charl sina soon came to a full stop in gation showed show ed it to be I 1 ut a few feet from a bridge which was will alai I 1 anding together by only a few iron lods the fou foundations nations having been comple tel cashed away by a torren t al creel the rudely disturbed pas passengers pouring borth in their alarm were are made acquainted acqua anted with their proximity to beath in one of its most horrible forms the engineer meanwhile des can canting tiang in awe stricken tones on the virtues of so kindly a ghost his song of praise was rudely interrupted by the conductor sho biting out that he had discovered the ghost where cried out twenty eager voices for answer that sedate official pointed to the cheadl and baere much to the discomfiture of the engineer all eyes discovered a simple little bug crawl ing about on the inner surface of the lens in his eff efforts arts to escape from a too warm pris n its enlarged and projected shadow had bad indeed been the wonderful ghost A if aj |
