Show I I bt Wreck of the me By BV v e Ailing alling her an n unlucky cY H v 11 gall h p h fur fuff the factory factor shine h e wa w off oC o lagging n fl d Superintendent u h nid Id man Bence th men i r j inn hn when they felt good hu Itu huI u uI wrathful aplenty plent Ien He had I j v 1 J 1 led dd tK tO many man years YV not net to j r r n mm s reputation la t muck 1 l I I f K good xi report as ft a R Rk 1 i I tI i i it is a Ii good bit easier e to set k mK ng j i rogue a wa wag abou ether either etherI I 11 I i tp P them None UM MM 1 It Iti ItU Ittu tu U i 1 ha hat t engine IMS to make makei r i for fr deviltry d a Mft n as e she shei he heT lil i T tie shop I 1 p h h as a passenger machine j u the fast rat man mall on milea ni to they put her hei on OD a freight 1 rl ak k her In and Larry Lairry Carna Tarna Carnan n LII I her ht r On 01 her first trip she shei he I i j Ik Mk a soda fountain kept j the I H minK a foot race between j tors to 10 keep water in her r ana anai ad I II i t vered ver d with alkali and i iI x MI ll II the second trip abe he went ent into Int I II I j i and Larry was wa brought back bek j jn I In I n h with a broken arm an and ani i d 1 1 out and a good third of 1 gone gont I II picked J ked her ber up VP with the derrick v 1 J I j the side she be had torn tom oft off i 4 i h 11 t lunge down the embankment embank nt J I her hr h r out ou t again p In this tI with wi th thIman Iman at the throttle Amos was 1 J v Hampshire man of the cool I i and a born I i nry For a time the c t i 1 h him coyly dropped tt link trip slipped sUpped an ec ee I i liI w i n one ne r T th h n and ami broke a II string sprIng I n The thi h third thin Then after t tj n i few fewa 1 g a 1 i lx to lure him on l r ishI ih 1 his hi record in a of r few i ii m n s was w a man j I 11 1 i ni nJ hK he h t took ok his medicine thirty t n II v pay with true te i ng ii 1 t IS ln Blit to us In ln the thet i Id II d the facts in the thew t 1 t w hi n ii ho h ie had not thought it w t I I i hilt o 01 mention in Ita I tt carpet t i I 11 n flot ith h iM hi man broad daylight with i LII it n in ill the th way wa Of course Oune I saw sa nut Hut I choke that MK big t h ft I no nu n miren I cd td fly Throttle mined 11 l the bark t te a amil mil ani when ben I homed bossed her over oer she sheK Ib K j hack bark at me and slid into ii the th track d been greased pea a as aInan Inan s i i off oiT and the l second Hiding acc ee P accomplished in the tile ty da dB days but bot when ben the then nn Sn v f n nf Waa w ready redy to go out the 1 i 1 ir le ih h hv Xo No o good man cared to tOh hi h r rort rord on n her and tramp engi e elith with lith everything thing to gain and aDd noth i I were wert ere n nit flat t plentiful on the C C i in old man Bailees Bences time tim The f t made his light tight against I iu ion lik like the stubborn old In iny y that he h wa was but tout be he wa was Gin Gien a hn to re reI 11 I Hf and the tb 1019 1011 at one and tn tune time Amos Amon Oilman Gilman promptly t 1 ir his hi h time check and when w n if r go H men hose chose a it like hard hardit hardI I it I c 1019 was as run in on the i IP 1111 pt i and aud her fire fir was y banked i s it al this LC l of t the battle that p l n ncr Mae ame to bold old man Braces Beace la Itari ai I Wrt uc a pulling the Lone with wih the 10 a ai aa i 1 n to In a light for tor the th work wok and andi 1 n i motion moi n he went ent to the th super I MI Ht asked for the tM lOll lOb and got Kot Th f u on the hI big pig flyer fyr seemed me to I 1 n 1 nw leif it I wa was as U if she sheI 0 I 1 of ot the freight t M 11 hai hj revenged herself ao ac a Tha was what Harry Har said Md J ked hU h nun and aSked j r hd I i o his coffin a a t I S u 1 at t everything But Buti ut 1 A J i Jk k Ms his bs head bead bd and t I h 1 a i d layn 1 I nil t I Ii 1 i you am ain Lint t wa II UI and ind do d ye 0 Hi i la a agin bin and andi h mt i ab b to move the big bl I P n s the th tilting turn tum mash Ilc h s me I Ill Iii Il smash T ining aning from fr rota the high hl h v Ion you yo hear hr she hj a I 1 n I get Ift o ot out t the there ther t re r f wont be b enough of rap Tap out t of o L I I Jm Fin m bUln bettin bet tin a tin spot tn ii c 1 t mun who wo was as the t scalping ept gets good an ready ry hash hub tv ye an as ver 1 fi f i hint Hnit that tt laughed I b 1 i 1 fa of o tins time Ua they thY I r t the th t prophecies of or i a time AS if It th thI the au 1 tn I been n dy exercised T had paced ped the t MK big 1 ton for fo a about bout hout I a R 1 mishap of or f i 1 s 5 began bea to talk of i J mail mai run rn for t J I 1 h Ar A to 0 thia thu thug t 4 i K g to say sy as a matter tb tt I I m n fl it leaked Ike oat Ut that thet was w ft likely to be beIMS I II ItS IMS I S engine to the run J he took tok occasion to toi t 1 i Bene in the latter later when hen hn you get Je time timen tf n ii i and when w n the su an an th 1 h hiet atoned around aun in his hi j around ard among ang 1 il K going ing to t get a chance c e I 1 L If I Its It so 1 I 1 dont d t tn T 1 n o n Hardy Hay was a true truen ni n ih hi fd breed b in m I h had hi h his particular red I II nt and this red r T I t thi re rag r indication on the part I r T that hat his hi nerve nerver was 11 1 fTH r he bent his hla heavy i r 4 t YOUn YOUnT d T i S ped d ut his a ot hil h i T matter with ue Spen j 4 1 g YUr ne p I I h th the a Bt Im Im welt w I C TI tn reo I yea so t fu O Ih ht t G 8 Il it i l r rt nt R 1 r r 1 I h Of Ol coarse Harry Bi He ii w waS as C those con who wh would Wk Jh sad and offer oer to tot t I hake hands wh with death tut the narrow narrowest hak In his est ert peas paM p But there t was d hi hiI fus I dot dont here have to o work wok w te fer fOt the C A G R B R when whee wb you h ou get gt with th m me he to said Mid and ao a It I ended end for lO the tl Since Sin a rl e is 18 leaky Jk ek as a any ay I sieve eve ve It soon 8 ami I 0 be he b whispered about that deitY lay refused Jeu f abt tt 1 the mail ml rn run way was a small smal mystery Ue In Ot Wg cJe Uie U mall mail IYa engineers wei ath sf the op top p and white while wt a the mileage was wa stiff the th runs were wee fast fat and ad the layovers proportionately long But Harry Harr had a rot rea Oh of his hl awn wn fr tr t to keep kep the th moad Mid d of t this titis I reason nose none nOe of us ua luM ka later The Te Lone Lne Pine Wow an en Says run rn d Butt Butt tt to Lone LonePine Pine one on envy J Q hj beck back Ick the th next net This arrangement e nt ga v the tJ crews eres every eer oth othor er or e night in lit Lose Lone Lle Pipe Pine Ppe and that th of it I Nit reif wa was a standing grievance in Ue the eyes eye C cf most mOt ot of us Fir Lone Pine boasted no more than a station a astock n mo th stock ak corral corot a water tank tk and the il U illimitable i limitable with here hr and ad there a ranch b house bou e to dot it It Of the th crew rew er of o live five men mn fo foUr Or Orcar r carried car dinner dinn buckets and slept lpt on bunks bunk In the thE station But Brt the fifth fh man mand aad that wap wl wa Harry bought a broncho early earb in the theP game gam P anu a aa ambled amble away to the nearest of or the ranch rh houses hous every ev other evening as a soon as a he had ha sine side sidetracked tracked his train and eared cared for hla hie tre trin cred ht en engine eng engins gins gine We never ed what the real g situation was at ens ranch until one fine morning moloK when Harry Harr rode roe over with wt a girl gl beside b e him She was ws pretty enough to t make the other members of the accommodation crew gasp ga and they thy nde instant j ant inquiry of the thelta theta sta station tion agent nt whether Harry was pard i 1 ing ng the 1019 for the t h young you w en nt I Why yes ye I Jd the th agent That e I I MI Priede Pree the kids WH rail call cl her thI the school maam from lm t r f somewhere here down downcast ean and she she boards board bs a ai i i at ens Why gosh gu I J I you yo all al knew kne what took tok Harry over there thrE Hs Hes dead ded gone f on hes 4 ln n plum plumi i up to his eans eare e I But Bt Harry Har wa was not Dt in he h was only oly longing to be b longing to make the plunge and dreaded dr ae It i more and more as time and better acquaintance a paced off of the terrible distance d nce between this dainty low voiced eastern estern product ot of good g breeding and education and t trough rough rh young fellow who wh knew how to I get gt the most moi J out ot of a big bg and knew little else el ing he had h met mt her h every ever other evening all al summer he h still sun found foun It ft I difficult to talk to her ber even with the 1019 for or a theme I thought maybe like to see her hr he h 1 was WN saying why hy 1 i asked a you to t ride r e over ove she a whaler wheT Miss Mis Mi Cartwright laughed Ju h of your Tor figures of speech aph are ae Just Jut too to apt a for anything she sh saM said 1 I 1 think I never saw W such suh a trem Ma big 1 one O before or ie Is i it only o that t ta t Jve ve never Dever noticed noti Oh I dont know k laughed lauch Harry Har They ey are a building them bigger r every yer Year Ar Are they t she said 1 Jd Apia then tn Dont fo jo feel terribly afraid of Tit it sometimes Imet es Harry Har I again apin No I come to that yet not Rt even with wih the 1 1013 19 though she s has scared out a good many m of C the th a 1 ys l Scared cared r them out said Mid Miss Ie Cart Cartwright Cartwright wright with Uh an al uplifting of the brows that tt made me Harry Hur shiver and an a ad then turn tu rn hot with Ith love kne of or her b Jve I 1 dont doat dt under understand understand stand un an He explained e n giving the th story stor of ot the te 10 mH and she sh shuddered shuder in sympathy more Whereat he loved love her bl the themore t themore mr Of or course COW there is nothing to the superstition she saM said 81 but bul stilt still I 1 should think you a would be b afraid Ifa Ia It my not nM to be b afraid and an after mil all 11 J nothing but bt a R big bl deli gish bunch of o iron and an steel t l Would you would you like to we see I how ho s she h sides te I lye lve ve got to run run out on the th Y sy and a rn around Miss Mis MI Part Cartwright wright caught her breath and a aM she dare but she sh eu hy by 1 letting Harry Hairy Har help her up into Int the cab cb The Te little spin sin around arund the Y V waa wae the merest taste tate of a a Jol tive the ride but it awoke hitherto a dor dormant mant appetite in the school Ih mistress It Jt te is 1 simply inspiring she declared delre s with wih unfeigned enthusiasm I 1 wish hil I 1 were wel going ng to be b here hr longer Id Id come over every fV ry little tle while bUe and ad ask uk you to let Jt me do It again in Harrys Haa Jaw daw dropped Are Ar you go trop Ing lag away M Pr lO Yes Yea Ye war Im going back home I Dt tell Fail t t your y you This u is 1 only oly a summer school hol TOS know and we dose Y kw e r next week Harry Barry Ha I p her down do a from the th th cab cb b band and V 1 ug into mt 1St her bee het ad ad 21 l without a void old oldA And A on op o all al the th long days day run ID to the Butte the fireman remarked thet Bute te he ever once o A week Wk later Harry Narry ae had h another nt interview with wih the theTon te Ton roe Yo M awhile back Ml that ik ta taSo Uke l to t pMt the ft 19 1 on ost o the t mall JI he I be beta b bI So I would wt if ItT I d t have hv a set M of or j s fools tol for fr runners snapped napped oM man mn Bence Well We po Iv r Ive on thinking it I over and an andru Til ru try t It If It you want ant me to said si Harry Barry Then Te he made me a condition Id Id like Uk o 0 put pitt in lt the th rest rt of or the th week we on onte I the te accommodation an ato if it you dont mind The r rest resi rt of ot the week we carried c him hUn last Jt the t close clo of ot the th school Iho in swale wal beyond the th Jepson J n house MUI and an good go hick 1 would wo have Mf It It the th cIR exer exercises class cl were we ot Oft b the th Thursday Thur e c e which was the ule night of or his hi layover 1 e at a t tI L I J ne Pine S v he went Rt to the I shack Bl HOMM and an sat at through h the ih In t 4 I of or bliss b and af a 1 bad A l the t Ineffable ble joy jay of or a walk walking walkIne lag ing beck back tk to the Jepson ranch ran h with 0 It was a beautiful be night starlit and andas aa as still sUII as an if the Ute wind had never blown across aCro e the brown wastes a night Hight of all nights for the tite saying of such things as were clamoring for tor speech within him and ancl yet for the tue life IKe of ot him himbe he be could not say 87 the thing tiling he had de determined determined to say sy Every time he tried tiled to formulate that t t unspeakable un peak le question the terrible distance anee between the school schoolmistress schoolmistress schoolmistress mistress with a Wellesley diploma and an engineer with calloused ed hands wid widened ened cued to a chasm cha m impassable from his i side at least So he took her ber home and andI bade her he good night and the thing was I left let Afterward by way war of ot pen penI taos bce jice he his bed breakfast I and ind the tire morning farewells and went to toI the station to sleep what sleep there I was for him on R the comfortless cush cushI cushions I j ions of the day d da coach coachI I The mail run was waa to begin for Spencer I and aBd the 1019 on the following Monday I j but on Friday the 1866 broke a side rod rodI I and was laid up for tor repairs So it came I about that Harry Harr went west m his first firstman man mail run r Friday noon ROOn passed Lone Pine in the night and doubled d back with the I I mail nian two to hours late on Sat SlIt SatI I urda I I Lone Lon Pine was not a stop top for the i mall mati but when you try to make up lost time wIth live heavy hevY mall man cars it takes steam and steam takes water Harry knew kne he would have to get set water be before before fore tore he be reached Arroya so he told the fireman they would fill nil the tank at Lone LonePine LonePine LonePine Pine It was not because he had bad any further interest in the lonely prairie station save for or Its memories If Miss 1185 Cartwrights plans had not nol miscarried carried ml she was at this thiB moment trundling east eastward eastward eastward ward on No 2 which train the fast ael flying naiL mail would pass pas at a skiIng siding an hours run beyond Lone Pine The 1819 1019 was behaving beautifully that morning and she slid up to the tIle theater water ater tank at Lone Pine and stopped I I 1 I II t I I It II t I i t I V l i ih r f A q t HOLDING THE GIRL IN HI S ARMS HE JUMPED FROM THE CAB CA I with nice precision un er the tank spout Harry Hury was wu down dawn in Ina a twinkling with his oil can and had made half the e circuit when there here was a rustle of stanched sta hed skirts skim beside him and anda a sweet voles voice saM said Good morning Mr 11 Spencer Harry looked loOk tip op p and promptly dropped the oil oU caw caR You V ou 1 h he exclaimed Why I though w r onN oNe Ne 2 Miss laugh was of grin STIn grinI I I 1 meant to be she said And my luggage Is on No 2 But I insisted In on telling them all goodby at the house and walking over So 1 had the pleasure of ot seeing the train run away Hay from ue tie Hut But what are you going to do demanded Harry utterly oblivious to the fact that the tank was full and that he was losing precious seconds of the time Mr dr Marin Mafin says I can an go on lm the way freight fr ht she he explained I am waiting for tor It The way away freight Why it will wUl talc take takOU you OU all day to get nowhere Then he had hada a daring flashlight of ot an Idea and andin andIn andin in the deane of ef it promptly broke one of ot the old man Dances Bences Benc fi ironclad rules There are only mall mII cars on this train Miss le but if youir |