Show RACE AGAINST dreatha DEATH N orange seely make makes heroic effort to reach the bedside or hiis tiis dying mother in a race against death itself a special train on the denver and rio grando grande railroad made a trip from salt lake toT junction and on to mt pleasant Pisa sant over dver the sanpete valley branch of that road on tuesday y of this week says the mt pleasant pyramid and the grim reaper NA met defeat in the unusual unequal 2 content against steam and steel and sra a cool headed man the run was wa made that orange seely a resident of of castle dae dale and I 1 a man prominent all through central 5 aral utah might reach the bedside of his aged mother mrs C CJ J seely who ho for hours had b been n lying upon her deathbed at her home in mt Is pleasant sustained and buoyed u up P 01 almost wholly by the hope and wish fiat she might be able to say the last loving good bye to her eldest son the tile only one of her children who was v ip absent at that time orange seely had been at price for several days confined to a sick bed and aad unable to make the trip on here owing to the illness i with which he I 1 e Z waa afflicted tuesday morning he was somewhat better and learn 1 ing that his mother was gradually weakening 7 ealce ning and that the end was but a matter make an extra effort and if it w in hi his s power see sac her again in this lie ke he ile arose from hi hut bed caught an overhand overland train at price and came on oil to thistle junction only to reach there a few moments after the depar tura tui y of the last train for the day aay bound south 0 f er the branch his first thought was a team and a driver over the forty miles from thistle here A team could not be obtained for any price word to that effect was sent sent on here and as a last resort the idea of a special train was broached railroad headquarters in salt lake were called up A special was promised but was the price wanted that was not encouraging at least cast but before ordering it put on the track an effort wai made to secure a reduction in the price A friend 0 of f the with influence with t the he railroad company was asked to intervene he did so and the tile special as offered fi diee ee of charge as a result the train was made ready at salt lake no equipment being available at a nearer point it consisted of an engine and caboose the track was cleared and the race against death was on at thistle seely was picked up an exasperating exase rating delay was necessary there owing to the northbound freight from sanpete being late after it pulled in the special started on the last end of its journey with a clear track ahead it made a good run and won its race the last earthly desire of the aged mother moth prone one more meeting with her beldt eld st son was hela hei |