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Show OICD THE uven. Itaial. ,!, f ,; b v,hmtt Italtl.lattU, Ihraltla, 1" mj long eervicoru n rnllroid en-Slneerllmebecomo en-Slneerllmebecomo well nnpinlritcO ithcil(ui.lnu(,,p, cool and clndire. It waa while 'Oring-' that tho practical knowledge of my engine wet gained. It takri time to learn to Are well, to ru to have the hlghciit rcuiro of iteam at the grade where neednl. Hit lire uiuitULrttttaidynrid hot, and It It nemaary that lie know the road at well at the engine. Wliat Willi thoyellng coil, oiling hli erigtno and looking oiler hit ttuck of coal and water the fireman it n buii lunn When 1 liegin firing under Kell Anew I knew hitn loloagouillienrtnl, plrotout fellow, and be iih.avt tpokt pleawnlly lo me whllo I wat learning my Juliet, ond 1 luuit harobeeu a trying try-ing chap at lint. One bitter cold night In tho month of January found ut pulling out ol Omaha, wettward bound, nbout twen ty mlniilra late. Our train wat henry, Hie rnlltfrmty, and tho wlieelt teemed to ttlek to Hi line, while the Icy wlndt alniott froze tho blood lii our vein W ntcd ci ery ounce of ttonm. It Ukot mora conl to make tteani on tiieh a nhtlit. though the fire leeuu to bum fiercer and brighter. At wo pulled out Nell allowed In l.ll determined manner nnd by tin way he luuidlcd her tlut lio meant lo make ii. tlio twenty mlnutia, for nil ahead out lino waa clenr On we tped, eounllng H tho inllo- rtnnet at tlttl rnln (if tnHit a.. !... wlicre the road wru letch Ah, then blenk winter ulghttl llvpefully wo ntr Into tho ihrlinota, butitu only aco what the headlight aliow ua. "So. IIJ- imtlioun-l fnlgld tmln running Iu Oiualoi would cither rhlw track at A email ttathui called Hhrldun or nnttlim mllet furlhir rrutmllnl Uhllng, until we pawl. We iwaaol Uhllngat llhli. ml It writ n comfort to think there would lie no delay mi ourroavl and woawertawlllly onward toward Sheldon, where wo nieclcd ".Vo. II- to bo aafely ihlctntckcd, alnee the liad not mn Into lllbllng. Hut an unaroidabto accident liad omirml Jiut aroun I a tanv. wlwr Hie road follooed tlio tnuwtlr, wilid lug bank of Hm I'latlo. An atle liad brvken nnd pot uno ot their can of! tho track. Tlio train lirmde conductor ruid bmAi rm-n were In tlio coImxmo for wanutli, arid dIJ no nolirv tlio accident for n time. The train wat dually bnmiilit to n ilanditlll, and at they did wiutlirr NireweniiU rilled, whlcli threw tho whole tmln Into confutlon. tUgnaUaro uftwi ob-tcure ob-tcure hi the freity air, nnd tliey tild we dine un tlieiu tery quickly niter the tlgiul Uiitema were gotten out Aavo ahot around tho curio Rotng at a great epred 1 taw tho iteam from the freight tnglnc rCtll wat luokhij out on lilt tide, Wenre lt, XilII" 1 ihou'ed "Xa 113 It on our lino." In nn In.tant we lind aliut off, retencU and whhtlud foi broken. AtwocAtnoupl tuting out, for 1 taw l.uilli nliail of ua. "juiuji, .Vlir I crIM. He glanced toward me, ami then itrulcht nlieod. ' Tho look on lilt face fciincl to any to luo, "It It all right for )ou to go) I luuit not lenro my tiiglnir In that one lightning glanro 1 toeiue.1 In ace the brute, lieroto mill of luy inginerrl tlilulng In Idt lioncat, pleotant facx. I Thin I Jiimwl rollcl otrr oral uicr down tlio ttiep rlicr bank, an I landed on the loo. There wat n mighty cmih, and I n from thatput where I had (alien, dated but unhurt, our inglrie and eecralcaria'tcliej lieadhuigdown tho embankment. Tlio tllenr nf the night at bniktn by agonizing crlee fur help and luurlreiidliig tcreaiue and prayert. ' We who were uninjured worked with a will Toelee uwneer were hill ami many Injured. I looked ami walche.1 for Nell, hoping lio would toon be aren at work among ua. After cteurlng a any Jh of wreck, wo found him at dawn lying under lilt engine In the tlullow water Urn-nth the Ice. He , met death fearlmly with lilt hand on tho leier, gltlng lilt own life In the hope that utlure might 1 Mrnl. llruio oll Amat Ho waa, Indeed, a lieru. .ikanww Trai i Irr. |
