Show GHOST y WHISPERS SAVE TRAIN kindly shade sits beside engineer and guards him no danger lurks in the path of no 15 two drivers perch on the same bench in the locomotive a cab and guide its destiny one Is horace L seaver veteran engineer and hero ol 01 numerous hairbreadth escapes the other la the ghost of a man that was unseen unheard the specter hat been at the throttle for sears guiding and guarding the lives of those sleeping in the darkened coaches behind no 15 is the big four fast express which runs into chicago over the 1111 central tracks from kankakee the train is pulled by an illinois cen aral locomotive of which mr seaver Is the engineer for 43 years the veteran has been handling the throttle th of illinois central engines for 43 years mr seaver has been a not one of the table raising bell ringing kind but an in believer that spirit bodies exist he says he has had innumerable evidences that a spirit hand guided his engine through tearful dan gers and happy escapes hene vei he climbs up in his cab be knows that the spectral engineer Is sitting beside him ready to extend the hand of warn ing in time of need mr seiver was in the cab gazing far out along the track one dark night wondering how many more trips he would make before his good spirit deserted him in the train were moro than old soldiers going to a reunion at champaign the throttle was out to the last notch and the speed more than 60 miles an hour suddenly the engineer heard a soft voice whispering in his ear the bridge Is burned the bridge Is burned As quickly as possible mr seaver set the air brakes and stopped the train in the coaches 1 old soldiers were sleeping the conductor hurried forward to the engine what do you mean by stopping this train out here he demanded angrily you would better go along the track and find out said the engineer quietly only a few feet ahead of the engine was the aher and over the river hung the charred remains of the big bridge which had burned only a short time before the 1000 veterans were saved this happened in 1890 and mr seaver was hailed as a hero all over the country hut it gasn wasn t me that did it said the engineer modestly jt was some thing unseen something that we do not know anything about I 1 did not deserve any credit at all I 1 just heeded the warning that was given me there are numerous other instances where the same voice has given me warn ing just in time to save the lives ot my passengers chicago journal |