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Show Ban Ills Train Through tbe One Ahead. "Ttiero are hrrun anil lierocs,and Uiere are'lieroinra and heroines," raid -Cbauncey M. Dcpcw lu stwak-i stwak-i us of tho matter of personal brav-eryi brav-eryi "There are blue shlrtcd men who go over ou- railroad lines every day in engine cabs who would laugh at you if you Intimated to them that they are heroes, and who in spite of all aro as brave as any man who ever drew a BWord or carried a musket. Railroad men seldom have much time to think. Thry are cowards or heroes iu a tocond. Not long ago one of our engineers of an express train rounded a turn in the road and caw that another train had been derailed, aud lay right across tho track. A collision was inevitable. The engineer might have taken chances and jumped, but bo didn't. As he cold afterward: "I saw right away wo wero in for it, and like a flaali it f truck me that our only chance was to go right ahiad and cut through if we could. So I threw her open and let her go.' -Thcexpeiinicnt was perilous, out it was euecesuul. lie did 'cut through,' and no one was Injured. Ihis act of the engineer was that of an exceedingly courageouj, cool-headed cool-headed man. "Another engineer ou a western road ijerformcd a similar actfome time ago with tragic results, lie tried to or lu fact was forced to try to cut through a freight train that had been thrown across tlie track. Xonuof thenasMiogerswerelnJured, but the engineer and his fireman were killed. This is but too often the reward of bravery in all walks of life.-iVli!afcpAfa 1'rtu. |
