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Show Ijiklnrr Jnklm' firtfiillmrnt. Chruley Jcnklii wai an ungineer ou the lUHltuore and Ohio for many J earn, ami he had ininy hilrbrcilth imrape. Hli rati wm between O-trrett, Ind , an 1 Chicago Junction, O,ou I nearly eery-UOy eery-UOy along the route came to know him personally His friends ottll Ml his cngiii" ever) tlmoby tho pttullar lxt,H nnl whruMir thu engine was in sight there would be a ware of the band as a re ikgulthti of friutidhhip, Ills englm. tho 7.0, w as the best on tltedivUlon, and If a fast run was to bo made Jenkins and tho TO) wero stir lo bo on tee colt twar 1 for It. One diy the old engineer was taken HI, and fr r weeks he Ilngervl on his bed, when It pftmed that oidy a thread hoi 1 him cu tt Ufa He wm sadly iEhwod along the route, ami the jwcullar t wt" i f the whistle waa beard no more, fur, although old 780 was kept running, there w re other ban Is at tlie throttle. Tlie crisis of his Illness came. Tho family surrounded the bed nnd watched with breathlfM cagem for any sign gf a change Tlio stillness of tho room was f I pre-Ivo. pre-Ivo. Nothing coull to heard mvo h regular, liivy breathing of tho sick in Cluevr, buddenlrho arose on hU elbow He stored wildly around, and hlseyea looked llko n madman's, f Un he Mt up In lied, elntih'-d au imaginary ahott of lupvr, an 1 gaspeil "Tlillnj train fivei engine wven twenty twen-ty prepawto meet thy Ood H llo NtuU 1ack vi unhid nnl fill Into A quiet, muy slerp hen lie awoke ha I was on a fair way toroeowr), hut by that time thu new s hi 1 reached tho place that a terrlhlo ACtident lul hupptned, thitNo 5 lul collided with n freight that engine 7W was a wreck, and thit the engiiHt-r au 1 fireman wero dead. Charley Jeukim imlsts thit ho had n I reaentlicont from heaven. Cloveliud orld. |
