| Show she wanted to know she boarded the train at a flag station and took the seat scat ahead of me and when the conductor came for or her ticket she mildly inquired conductor does this train overran ever ran off the track 1 Il hardly ardly ever maam ho he replied as lie he winked at me but it does sometimes sometime sp yeam sometimes you yon dont know whether it will run off today or not no maam it if we strike a co cow w it probably will about where might you yon strike a cow it if on triko one today she persisted well pretty soon after wo we pass black river myer maam replied the official as he went away with a broad grin on his face black river was 20 miles down the road the woman sat very prim and erect until wo we reaz reached lied the town and left it then she turned to me with excuse me but that was block black river it 1 11 and if 11 we strict a 0 cow it will be pretty soon oon wont it M what the conductor said yes and I 1 i ought to know theros theres a cow ciu out there now and I 1 suppose we ought to get ready for the accident she got a braco brace tor for her feet grabbed the railing of her seat and while the fat waa across the aisle and I 1 were exchanging anks and nods and flatt crins ourselves that we wa knew a thing or tv two 0 there was a buird the front end of the coach reared up and next moment it lurched to the right and went off the raili and slid down anem an embankment ban kment and brought up in a marsh there were as of us ui in that car and every single one except tile woman in the I 1 he seat ahead suffered severe bruises or broken tones bones the entire train went off and there were 13 12 killed and about 30 seriously injured thu tho cause of the mishap was an old spotted cow which had bad got cot fast in a cattle guard after we had been helped out oat by way of the windows I 1 found the woman calmly seated on the grass gram and she ebo was just as calmly saying to a weeping female be beside 1 1 I 0 her 1 I am sorry your are hurt but you should have asked the conductor whore where wo we were going to strike a cow and so go have been pro pra pared pard tor for it AL QUAD |
