| Show f BEATING FATHER TIME the th mormon alas brightened I 1 a att t the speed hittl biorn the chicago record speed was once demonstrated on a toad in a fashion to curl burl the hair haar ot of at least one old mormon bishop the churchman considered it a phenomenon and got ost off the train as quickly as he could ile he had bull whacked across the plains in im the early days and strange to say had bad never ridden on a railroad rall rood train until the timp time when ho be entered upon ills bis trip flora green river to san francisco the speed was therefore a revelation to him ile ho had never before seen anything so BO swift and he was seared scared about twelve miles from ogden ogdan he asked the conductor for the time of day and was told that it was 7 35 lie ile Impi impressed essed this time forcibly on hla his mind now tor for a wonder the western connection at ogden was quickly made and after the lapse of but a tw few minutes the san ban Fian feancisco cisco lound travelers were on their way Californi award ogden bad been left behind only a few miles and the train was whooping along at a be hind bind time rate of speed when the old ai bishop frightened and trembling dared to ask the conductor what was tho time of day it if you have tra traveled voled westward you know that ut lit ogden the time changes and san francisco time ono one hour earlier Is adopted the conr ductor bad san rian cisco time and lie ho said eaid it Is 7 10 ten minutes after seven 11 tile the old bishop previously ha haunted by a dieal of impending destruction because of the hanible rate of speed at which he was being whirled through space rose with a wild cry and made tor for the door lemme off he cited I 1 it was 35 minutes after 7 an hour ago an were goin so ao fast wo we are goin faster than time can codet itself lemme off had he really been going as fast as the old man had believed he would surely have been beaten to bits as he jumped from the arlin As it was he was waa only rolled something like a halt half mile and was carried hack back to ogden on a handcar |
