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Show Clialnl tty nMltl tar. I was chased oncu by it lox ccr,n slid Harry (. Moon, nn ex railroad man. "It w ns ont in Colorado, tholiud if sleep gratUttnndshatpctmc. Vt'a wero sliding down tho mountains t no ilni witlintuiggaKOCirnudtwocoiches. I wisou tho rear ihtform looking at tho nml whin I descriid a box or toiuiug down tho grudunt n iiito of spied that was appalling. Ifitslruilt us wu wiro gouo sure, for it would tmnsh thu intlro triilu lut i kliulllug wood nnd I ilo It up in ono of thogorgi Our only lioiowas cither too.itruuor wreck It. Tho engineer cnnglit sight cf it nt tho h imo Inrt jut that I ill 1 and put tho lo cr down among tho tnllnw Jioti. It npiieand impossiiilo Unit wu could liol 1 tho track ou tho sharp cun ei w lillo moi lug moro thr.u n mllu u iniuuto. but wn did, nnd thu box tar continued to oiw wood. "If wo cent I oncn get to Iho foot of tho grade wo woull hu safe, hut that w as roou sent to Iki impossible. It ipldl) ns wo were going tho liox iar contlmud to galmipon us, and now wo lould seu that It wn loaded Willi iron. Bon o-Ihlng o-Ihlng mutt Iki ilouo and Hint iulikly. All tho pnsscngcra had lied into tho for-w for-w nrd concli nnd w cro li inglng on to tho re its. I signaled Iho englmer to shut off, wt a I rnko hard on tlio nur romli, pulled tho pin aud thoinglmer opiueil thu thmt Hi. Wo had not uono 100 ) nrds Moro tho box car ran into tho inacli nnd lent splinters fl)Ing a quarter of a uiilo lilsh. Ikith w cut plunging un r into a ihasui." St. Louis (Hobo Dimoirat. |