Show A POSTAL CLERKS PERK i1t j I When the eastern bound passeez f i 1 ger train on the Norfolk < WesteK t 1 Railroad reached Central two of tb rl t iti United States postal clerks B 9 tp J 00 t Bocoek and George H Southall left 1 1 i I their car to get something to eats 4 f I leaving a third man in the car < Presently however the solitary i clerk likewise afflicted with i < hunger left the car locking l lock-ing the door after him so that t when Postal Clerk SonihalJ re turned he found the door fastened Sf toRe L to-Re chlg up he unlocked the doer i i J as ne cnougnc ana just then the train moved off with a jerk Mr i I Southall grasped the appliance used I ij to catch the mail of small postoffiese I oj where the train makes no stop audl 1 drew himself up into the car doer 1 but when he attempted to enter ts sr csr he found the door secured The f train by this time wa dashing along lightning speed and Sautia t i all finding that nothing ltmaioet1 fJ for him to do bu > to bold on to the mail catcher unil the train racb 5 qI J New River the next sut on or else jump off and ruk JOZIES ha r 11 1 life accepted the former situation r I as preferable and tightened hw grip fF 1 on the iron roil The night was as ft J t cold 33 a March blzzard could iasfe it and the wind played fantastier tt1 f tricks with Southall iru > va ru Pl whistled through hU gansenta aftec tf1 an uncommonly annoying fashioa lhe train sped on the iaater an t the faster it pped on the gladder it i I made S uthiIJ for its qUIck arrival r at New Elver was his only bopoer t salvation Toe most serious aspect S I of the night ride was the severe pbp ri sinai paIn it canted the unhappy postal f pos-tal clerk The mental stress and the tear of being hurled to U > > i p I > J earth was bad enough but in ad I I ditlon to this to have to grasp r hold on to a cold iron rod with fingers cut and bands benumbed tan i I i t-an experience that no man neetf I1 < f want to test j Southall wa equal to + t I the occasion however and ho e f braced the iron rod with great ll J tenacity until the train reached 1 r t NewRiver when he quietly dismounted I it r r I dis-mounted and modestly related hie 1 thrilling adventure to the trainmen ti > His fellowHolerk Mr B cock basi ridden from Central to NewRiC f I 1 on the rear platform of the pota f t pO1 r tJ carLynchburg Va JVeu I i t r j |