Show we they J FLAG IANS STORY 1 cg ta m 4 W the lino line of 0 duty V all ahoe that duty had nothing of tho the inq uolar i it bir nothing tit at till you al out the insensible bit of d il for 1 tad ad leather lih li h did duty for ait amk IO sturdy limb 3 ou 0 MO o sir I 1 I 1 lot t go long ugo ago tt a freight handler adall ii i miami and able to handlo Ie with tho the best of cm em but I 1 berah hoi 1013 it WM was with me in time lh th other strong mm who dally daily ry best k lhoir if lives es IP iv their hande hands not alto to if go do don n to tho the BOO sea in ships tat t t face 0 on daa da tho the iron monsters inon stere h on en whose whoso wheels and tho the glisten DU aiji tat nek mck lurk lurks oftentimes somo something thing 03 h 1 orto u than death tho speaker speakers cut following ful as ho be spoke a hock flock of returning from tho the bottome bottoms caw cai caw bounding sounding weirdly pon upon tho the summer tar ell 11 II 1 ho after a pause I 1 Z f as is unfortunate enough ono day to A victim to ono U tho the block black hera a slip a wild catching lit khing thing which gao gai 0 way an express es faering b a fall and N well ell 3 ou fina imagine gino tho the bound of crushing his 16 tho tic groan of agony tho the clang of loun alf rushing ambulance tho the hospital i irely abi 1 all tho the real rest 11 with a it glance glanco r ft I 1 or gloomy nor moroso at his poor dl b j iid limb all kl i mercy morcy only my leg well M I 1 wa I 1 biad four can d I 1 to bring up and elti cato cate yes f lend ese ti rr pir IP if tho the company bad had a 11 ko ke tills this at langdown Lang donn crossing 1 cr cripple apple like mo me where u would tho the x y havo lim 0 como come in idline id like to know 52 1 lie 10 listener Lr thought of tho the great tb V atlon in tho mans mano wages tho the many ihs its to feud food upon 25 per month of chappy cappy philosophy hie his cheery man ea aad azid ballo and wondered in his it y rt t of hearts if honest tom owens not entitled to tho the name hiro 11 t yes 1 thoughtfully it was in tho the ast j of dut that I 1 got hot tho the lords ulf and V to go about on ono good leg I 1 eye ou see sir if U I 1 had noor met lez h that accident and been assigned ed S his Is cry crossing a boul ono one night spared might aitio ha been hurried fa oat eternity ll 1 here acro was a simple earnestness in speakers words and manner which L ifs acted the regard of his him with tho the belief that in flagmann lag flag mant boul toul ched ca having dono done something far ar nobler aft higher than his mere simple duly duty W ira foud liko like to hear the stora stor P after at 1 c well just take ma m stool in tho the antry box and ill bo be bcd to idl ell it lt sir and in as few ads Is as its possible arx it t is something nigh onto tva two 0 cars W it bo he began wh when ono pretty cold lit t in december I 1 eat sat dozing by the fr in my little bouso house 0 oer er 3 sender onder I 1 hero there half asleep and half awake t disturbed by the childrens cl chatter iatter pa und nd mo me till nigh onto 9 I 1 d about concluded to go to bod bed then t as is I 1 still sit wit there the heavy rum ng of a teim as it neared the crossing re struck m ear car it was no unus hing thing for teams to be returning from innabi at that hour of course but L toned is as I 1 had got in the habit babit of ingo ing g 0 en in my sleep sloop I 1 sometimes ink k sir for tho the muffled thunder of a hot bos hoofs as thoa the based through 0 duck creek crock bridge over ponder to 0 pike beyond bea ond I 1 something within tho the room at that ament icat attracted my attention bo that was is full uvo five minutes before I 1 thought the 10 team again aguin 11 did ou hea that wagon go rough ugh tho the bri bridge doP P I 1 asked of my est t daigh daughter ter dimly conscious somo some ow that I 1 had not yes 1 eho sho carelessly 1 I ink k I 1 didia did another five minutes passed I 1 aked cd at the clock in ton minutes or ess tho chicago express would thun or by restless and uneasy some ow I 1 went to the door and opened it he moon was at its full bathing every abject ct in its pure white light III t glanced down the track I 1 A at dark abject ct throw ita its black shadow directly brahs ss the spot it was my daily duty to ard d 1 the team I 1 gasped reaching for Y hat my god and the next mot ont as well as my halting step would erelt alt I 1 making for the crossing at t shrill whistle in 10 the distance d it already be the express in n leaa less time than it takes to toll tell t it I 1 had clambered into the wagon upon i the floor of which with white returned irinod face fac lay a oung man dead if 3 iou ou will permit me to eay say it sir ead I 1 drunk ale train waa was bettea bet wea linwood and russella Kuss ellB even nam its fiery oo 00 I 1 gleamed med banefully banea ully over tho the track the I 1 horses es trembled reared and wouldn t I 1 t obey tho a relna reins pray aye air 1 that of peril tuu ht mo me tho the difference between batu cell form and zi earliest ear riest pruce good lord deliver us meant soma thing more than nn an idle petition spoken with a shalto on tho the lip up I 1 needed help superhuman rupe help A second later tho the a illmon nd cison flashed by nud and on tho the cros crossing crol rg iny lay no writhen writhing 9 horses no lorn tom and bleeding men no wrecked and wagon tho soung man zuan aroused by tho the clieo had by now led to lila his feet what Is it lio lie naked asked doggedly at tt halt co III 1 I wits t trembling m na fol cutly ns its tho the and for a mon ont was unable to an WI 11 him III ills face ihen han I 1 brid turned v bite in the moonlight 1 I 1 kobor ho he rat silent for for awhile A lila lit lips mo ing con puiai el its tho in arn ci I 1 youre nil all right now I 1 enid said I 1 after whilo gluing him therein the reins but bo be careful my a boa of tho the next crossing crossin gt I 1 I 1 lor or ho lie wrung my fiand saying nei or a word I 1 understood of courso nil all that was in lile his heart and so I 1 stood nil all unmindful of tho the cold till long after the wagon hud bad crossed tho bridge and tho the sourd of tho the wheels bad cry nearly died in tho the distance dia tance it was a bionta or more after alica ono day a young man stopped up to tho the sontra box and cordially cord lully grasped my hand band 4 1 you dont member mo me ho said a little bashfully tho the a boung man hose life 5 ou sm euca cd almost on this I 1 crt spot P dahy why bless mop atly a and n d then 0 of cause fell to talking tho the thing 0 or air mr I 1 1 enid said ho he earnestly when whon about to leal lem 0 1 I 1 feel aa as though lean I 1 can noice no or repay 3 ou for 3 ourn our noble deed tant night but pissing me it shining effier quarter quart or of it dollar v u aich by cour courtesy tOSY lir I 1 felt I 1 shou defuso it would afford mo great groat p pleasure if it ou N would outa borao timo time drink to our further acquaint acquaintance ante 1 I 1 con ancor do that siri answered baking my head 1 indulge in spirits epi ritti I 1 alwa s bo be ut lit for duty boung mun it I 1 did I 1 so eald said ho he tho the muscles L his chin qu qui vering cring I 1 if 3 bouhad ou had been in bed and iw as tipsy na Ps I 1 wae was that night why but no 20 was duo due I 1 could only eny say goodby g by and leave him about a 3 a car ncr alter that ho he resumed after a slight ranso an old genalo man standing l bt ro re idly ono one day engaged mo me in corn con creation something in hia his faco face and speech seemed familiar tantalizingly familiar presently I 1 asked ills his namo name florrow john morrow of I 1 knew then w ho stood deboro me he ile v u as the father of tho the oung man I 1 have been telling ou about naturally enough I 1 spoke of his sons eons peigi pel II 11 that night 1 aho I ho old gentleman looked dumbfounded that accounts for tho the sudden change in my boy exclaimed lie when at hie his request I 1 had told him all that accounts for tho the change in ned no k d about that time 1 and then ho he told mo me of tho sorrow and trouble tho boas aa love of liquor had given the mother and him and how unreliable he was A as generally in nil all matters of business tho the father ither fi a 3 ou see sir being a well to do lumber of suddenly in one day it seemed a change had came over tl clr con fon a cilous Is chango change as tho the old man called it the eight and smell of liquor turned him palo pale hia his boon camp alons bad had no charm for him he took lu to business bustness and eaid said jhc thc theold old man proudly when about to depart and today to day mr owens theres not in the whole state of ohio n steadier better oung man than ned morro 31 my son tho the boy 1 I ou saed |