Show THE MAN WITH A FAILING his to heliseva the intense anal ity abot it was 1030 at night and rain and wind and darkness made it i wild one when the train suddenly came to a halt some one had swung a lantern on the track about a quarter of a mile from the bridge shady creek those of na who turned out to learn what was up saw a farmer looking man come back to the smoking car with the conductor and when in out of tho storm the latter asked plow then you say theres trouble ahead what ia it talk fast for I 1 am now twelve minutes behind time the man was about forty years old dressed in coarse clothing and wag wet to the skin the lantern was an old fashioned one made of tin and the light was famished by a piece of candle about three inches long look a here fineral gi he replied to the conductor in a nervous way go sorter slow on me or I 1 cant tell yo the story what do you mean ave ive got a bailin me excited ill stutter till yo cant understand a word I 1 say very well you stopped us yes I 1 felt called to do it hold on bowl dont push mel ill give you time you live near here dont yon right up by the branch abar lived goin on twenty years keep cool and dont git me carvous nar im a doin all right eo fur ifill you felt called upon to stop ats 1 I did is ifs been steady for about a week yes the branch has jest been a bumph of herself fur the last two days yes the water has been rising hold on gingerall gine rall dont chip in too fast fm a holdin of myself as hard as I 1 kin but 1 feel my tongue around this noon 1 seen the water mighty fast and I 1 felt it my duty to watch it I 1 went up agin about dark and then agin an hour ago 1 knowel when you was due here and and you stopped us good heavens but the andge is gonel hold on gingerall gine rall you are goin too fasti I 1 t t told you if you g g got me ex ex take it easy replied the conductor just think what you want to say and then speak very slow great andal but what an escape t fineral Gi I 1 reckoned bod worry about the bridge yes ive been very anxious about it yo knowel the water was way up yes 1 told the old woman worry about it and that id best git the lantern and stop the t t train a a and t t tell ten take it easy man theres no hurry you got your lantern and stopped the train to tell us that the bridge had been floated off by the freshet I 1 understand and I 1 can promise you Gine yes the bridge Is all right I 1 reckoned iad worry over it and so I 1 got the lantern and stopped tho train to tell you tb tat the water had gone down four feet nd the bridge suffered a harl I 1 dont remember all the conductor isaid when he got at the facts many passengers helped throw the man down among the bushes but when tha train moved on he was banging aha old tin lantern around and calling bob h dont bee this old r r road in T T texada I 1 ever do it another fa fa favora Sw Tork world |