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Show j .UftilGEJ JiflD i,4E CESERAli ' A nun who Las never lived up his last iiicment on earth and survived to tell about it afterwards, can ever know how much business one can transact, in his mind, during that moment in which he waits and listens for the swish of the scythe. But one does hot always review his past life at such a moment; often he wastes time thinking upon a mere trifie. in Congress Lafe Pence was in a wrrock the next day after his election, and although he had been a Democrat and had become a Populist, he gave no thought to the past nor the future, but said to himself. as the sleeper plunged down an embankment, Now, what the devil was I elected for? The driver of the engine had a boy, and this boyspecial had climbed up on a picket fence to kiss his father good-by- e that morning at their home in Salt Lake, but he slipped, fell and hung there with a fence picket through .the seat of his first pair of trousers; and It was all so funny that now as the engineer recalled the circumstance, he threw back his head and laughed as heartily as he had ever laughed In his life. The fireman, casting a farewell glance at his companion, saw him laughing and concluded, in his last moment that the driver had suddenly become, insane, but, as he glanced ahead where death was waiting, he was not sure that he was sane him- THE GfiOST TRmn. Pfi jiiajim nwy y y Wf wwrywy w How a Special and AJMcrlit Engine 31 et on One Trade Railroad InW'armau. Cy Related cident by When the Iiio Grande Western was a road it was very nafrow-gaucrooked. Even in the Utah desert there were many curves among the sand hills that have been piled np dur' ing the past few thousand years. A good locomotive one of the type because known as all of their machinery was in sight was trying to make a spurt for the general managers special, against which she had a time order. The time was growing alarmingly short, and the driver of the light engine knew that the man on the special, with the G. M. e . sewing-machine- s, W A .( .c ; self. UJb '- ! , the engine in the forward motion and the speed of the train, which had been but little checked, carried them away down among the sand hills. The driver looked over at the fireman and asked: jDid you see anything? Did you? No, said the fireman. and the driver said no, tried his water and opened the throttle and the engine whirled away, while the fireman returned to his place at the furnace i'i - f door, The two men scarcely glanced at each (other again until they stopped for water at Green River, but each in his own mind was recalling all the wild stales of ghost trains he had ever heard. Each was firm In the belief that he had seen a ghost, but he would never tell it not for his job. The official In the special train felt the resistance of the engine when the engineer shut her off and reversed, and the general manager, turning to the superintendent, asked, with a surprise: When did you put in that siding? What, back there, thats Coyote spur, and it has been there for six months, .was the reply. I know very well, said the manager, where Coyote spur Is, for we waited there fifteen minntes for No. 8 going down the Other day, but we just passed ft siding on the north. The superintendent was Inclined to be funny, but the colonel, stroking his long gray Peffers, remarked that he had seen a locomotive standing at the point mentioned, and as trains are not In the habit of meeting and passing between stations I take It that there must be a siding there. There i i M , Saw the Light Engine Emerging From a. Shallow Cat. behind him, would be crowding the were limit. These sewing-machinfamous riders. The springs were so light and so perfectly adjusted that one of these locomotives would ride as easily as the engineer of a Pullman car does does to a commercial tra veler, with one seat fop himself and another for his feet. As the little machine rocked around the corners, screaming at every curve, the engineer and fireman kept a sharp lookout ahead, at the same time counting the minutes and reckoning the miles that still lay between them and the spur. Down the desert one pf the swiftest engines on the road ,was trembling away toward the sewing machine, and at the end of each minute the two locomotives were a mile and a half nearer each other. To be allowed to pull the general managep is an honor earnestly striven for by engineers, and when once obtained it is carefully guarded. Whatever record a man makes at the head of such a train is sure to count for or against him, since he is then directly knder the eye of the management. The chances are always in favor of a good run, for the train dispatcher, with his own reputation at stake, can he depended upon to keep the track clear. He will hold a passenger train ten minutes rather than hold the special five. Another point in favor of the special engineer is the fact tEjjt he is due at no particular point at anspeei-fie- d to time, and, having no time-car- d hold him down ,he may regulate the speed of the train to suit himself. He is always an experienced runner who knews the road knows every low sag on the division consequently the officers put no limit upon the speed of the train, but leave it all to the good judgment of the engineer. It was a clear, dry day in the early autumn, the very best time of the year for a fast run, and Old Sam had been ganging his speed for fifty miles back so as to hit Coyote spur on the dot, and break the record for fast running on the Alkali division. By the rules of the road five minutes were allowed for the variation of watches, .but the rule is not always wholly respected, and as the man on the special was known to be a daring driver the sewing machine crew saw that they were In a close place long before the smoke of the approaching locomotive was seen. Now they had Uar;Iy five miutes left and nothing for the variation and the coveted siding foujr miles away. If the opposing train failed to respect the rcU she might, at that moment, be parsing the spur. At last there remained but a single mile and only a tnkiuta to do it In. The throttle was wide open and the little engine was rolling co that" the bell rang continually. The fireman had put In his last fire, and was now straining his eyes h catch the smoke of the special. The engineer, with bis left hand on the twki?tle rope, clung to the side of the cab to keep from being thrown out cf the rlqht of way. The wheels under the sewing machine were to small that the best tho could do was forty-fiv- e miles, and raw whin she came down to the very Dst ieccr. 1 there was still a quarter of a o between her and the meeting Jvi: t, Lut at that moment the Sjlng wheel of the special engine crashed over tire switch and shut her out. The little rawing machine. Lid among the t m,! hills, was straining every nerve to e ich the ieMng point at which 'the was -already overdue. Tim man ch:l sms J:: t to t;i Ho f vl f ure cf Lis position wh n ho raumhd a curve and saw the light illow cut. f a clue emerging upon a Of tours be shut Ml ami tiivi to Lo. cn tl e force of tl e e III h n, but to i lew was cut cf th ) qu 'two. he fireman on the light cn nine saw; tl ' f C :1 and warred hU comp mien, 3', ere curving to the left and fhr not e, 1 it tl e fp ir the flih. r I es , was just a twinkle of mirth In the eyes, which, despite the finger marks left about them by the touch of time, are still bright with the sparkle of youth, but the superintendent was utterly unable to understand the general manager. There was silence for a little while, but the general manager was by no means satisfied. He pressed the button and when the black porter come in he asked: Did you see an engine on a sidiug back a ways, George? No, sah, I havent saw no engine, daint no sidin cept spur, an dat wus clear. Send the conductor to me, said the official, and when the conductor came in the manager asked to be allowed to look at the running orders. Run special to Grand Junction, avoiding all regular trains. , Extra en(5:55) to gine 57 has until five fifty-fiv- e make Coyote spur against you. What time did you pass the spur7 demanded the colonel. Precisely at 5:55, said the conducv col-one- Ps Ci-o- -- te v tU When from the colonels contaking couragewas bang In front of U3, fession, she like a ball out of cut a out of coming a cannon. I saw it was all up with us, but I naturally shut off mechanically, so to speak. I think I hooked her over, but I didnt whistle, open the 'sand valve nor set the air theyI time but just then want no use noSammie as I saw him thought of little fence on the by the seat last, hangin an it seemed to me that uv his pants, I never see anything quite so funny, and I laughed that hard that the tears came in my eyes and blinded me. Then the thought came to me that .we were a long time coming together; so I looks ahead an there want a thing in sight. I asked Harry if he see anyup the thing an I lied too, anallopened about know I throttle again. Thats 1 1- i vfc rJ - c it... v. , to' ?! )! U; r ily ww t :;d' r i r l Lrr-- I -- i: -- Chi i rt au. Vv, the Track an J lit Square on her Vheeli. was a wooden leg. Detroit tor, now somewhat alarmed at tho j It Prer.3. managers air. and Slie Jumped there a siding between here suCoyote? ashed the colonel, and the The Recline of Needlework, perintendent being at awas to make The decay of the fine art cf needleout what the manager driving at started to leave the car, but his supe- work i3 cne of the accepted conditiorj rior oiiccr called him bach. of the moment. As to preserve that Tlti- re is not, was the conductor's was. but is threatened not to t- -, which paid the colonel, reply. Perhaps pursuit just no p, th m was not when wo went down, is a locomoa I same cne of the many women's cluu but there is now, for paw tive standing there. i hould turn its attention to this matter. Not long ago a New York periodical pul II .Led a paper of pome length on old-fhioned sewing, in whim lr mink; a running, felling and the virion? otln r ways of our grandmother tint nothirg 1:Mart ctud--a ll i j i a Mfrl Tdth tN ndl were duly rzt forty, II WLwt tl t in a fur f conds tm ' River Pm id i' to most, probably, t v ' c of wh ilft iCftl ftThorc. eyes fell :y U ft.' it told P" t nmrsge and upon and, Iwown trl'A w at the .w etcci lift LUX Ut t n oil r tiny ' orrmn who i rcirm cxew. r pi d th' lR d v r it d mbtl What did j on plait rdd: Yci, C l 1: :i llti : f k d t b 13 lo-- ' much-affecte- d -- a L j u-P- T - w 11. , t rI w a r: interesting chapters ran OUR RURAL READERS. !' m i ok in at! keeping, k, cl 1 , i i i I it dnrly rcsil r mi failure uI v rfM hi 3 net the c: d but tho on . r 1 r, I r 1 t cccssfcl I'airifM Opernti Thlt rrn Dcp'srj Tunt cf tlie 1 J n. J j to tli9 Cara of 1 t-- iw A ia X. ttoefe FoiaUrT. the tho ono puts Lusinc fail; cf poultry keeping never m - unable to teat the people fairly, the manu- faeturers of filled EING cheese trying are now to get a substitute t 31 -'- 1 hill through congress. The dairymen, are on however, guard. The Ohio Dairymens asso- ciation sends out the following circular: In 1834, the United States exported chees8 to the value of only $7,180,000 a decrease In fourteen years of 40 per cent. In 1894, Canada exported cheese to the value of $15,500,000 an increase in fourteen years of 400 per cent. Owing to our weak and inefficient laws favoring manufacturers and ex- The Canadian government have laws prohibiting the exporting of any but full cream cheese. Thus the confidence and demand for the Canadian products. Hon. D. F. Wilber, of New York, has introduced a bill in congress a3 The Wilber Filled Cheese Bill, No. 5,213 restricting the manufacture and practically prohibiting the exportation of filled cheese. 1 1 ink cm ' 0 I will suggest a fev cf the ft.cya in ability is rhuvn. In tho first plcco ueo rurc-- red rtock. ft atGno i3 not likely to give fir; tention to ccrub stock, and to lucre io stock In da no doubt but that purc-bre- d to better methods.' In the second place, and I dont know but it should coma first, dont inbreed. More evils and loss cf profit results from this practice than from all other sources, lice included. In no place is the saying that Cleanliness is next to Godliness, more appropriate than in the raising of poultry; and if there ever is a time when I am strongly tempted to put cleanliness first, it Is in this connection. Some men practice economy, chiefly when buying for their wives, and on the same principle the men who have granaries, corn and hay structures, heg houses, horse, cattle and sheep barns galore, tell their wives that it wouldn't she pay to put up the new asked for, and at the same time permit, (I almost said expect) their better halves to purchase the groceries for a family of six or eight, (with an occasional plug of tobacco thrown In) with the proceeds of the poultry yard, with no better facilities for housing than is given by the top of an apple tree, or a 10x12 house, which leaks badly, and has openings between the boards on the sides, through which the wind whistles In a manner mournful enough to suggest an Aeolian harp. Still, I must insist that one of the requisites of profitable poultry raising is a suitable house, which should be made as secure against drafts as possible, with boards and building paper, a door on the east, which should fit closely, and a window on the south of glass with hoard shutter to close at night. 1 N hen-hou- se n I ft O t T- - I 'M r T t : 1 "p riJI 'k i , ccx.q iii tion, In an address said: The questions are prominent whether we can tain the excellence of imported animals without roots, and whether perfect health can be maintained easily without them in winter, and what can be most readily and profitably grown to keep dairy cows In milk during September and October drouths, such as we had last fall. In order that the farmers of Iowa might get some facts regarding root growing, we have been growing different kinds during the two years we have been at Ames. Inquiry was rife whether the state could grow sugar beets profitably. We have grown two crops under rigid rule and careful and find that the average per cent of sugar In the beet was 14.14, that the average tonnage per acre was 20,that the highest tonnage per acre was 28, that clay soils give the highest per cent of sugar, that subsoiling gave the best shaped beets, that early planting is every way better, and that no fertilizer we could buy gave us any benefit. We have had most success and profit main- note-takin- g, from growing mangles for stock. They are healthy, hardy and yield well. They are valuable for cows, keep well, and are Very acceptable to cattle of all kinds. The harder varieties of turnips are good for stock, but seem to be liable to Insect ravages and do not uniformly give the amount of feed per acre that mangles do. The yellow turnips sown In the fall on early potato ground or on early fall plowing, for early winter feeding, are valuable. By carefully preparing new land In the fall and planting early we can grow the mangle with very little hand labor, and we are convinced that it can be profitably given a place in the Iowa farm system. I ( '1 r jTit - f f , t j UncII'L n-- 1 ; J f , : m 1 r 1 r , t. , - . f.rrrrrs n - I ' L 1 - - ti cry rro'.vtl , the u g: t ly ( e m .1 riivly, growth r n r. m m r. r V. . - f fn a 3 oil meal in fattening thUr t" cf tho ch!:f rdftantr-they claim, thnt they t pjc r. and complete tho fntbx.Irg much quicker then tl cy c would. p p-- . f - q e The market for hcay her. 3 ; mending an animal that weighs i neighborhood of 1,700 cr 1,500 j It is ucclec3 to think cf using a : mare to get euch animals. If yC 1 r about to breed, etart right and e marc3 heavy enough eo that tho f may develop to the veeight deeired. The Kansas experiment station I been experimenting with begs ebN' and without eheltcr. Tha sbeh hogs made a gain cf cne pound cf Z tor every five pounds of corn fed, ; the unsheltered hog3 made no gain all. The station also refers to t necessity of having shelter in sunr as the animals suffer as well frere t much heat as from too much cold. l:-revie- ; : In We notice tha British agricult w ; papers are recording an outbreak cf among the nr, j cattle in the county cf Essex, Enph-f- . Two cows that had been sick for & time died, and their lungs were e I to the veterinary department cf tM board of agriculture for examinatba The examlnuatlon showed that one h i died from the disease above meatier i, and the other from tuberculosis. Y are told that the herd in which tbs former cow was found is to be but fears are expressed that has been widely spread cn account of the long time required for tho disease to reach the state shown by tie pleuro-pneumon- ia 1,- of 1 colei, 'I, loddiW th" weimw iu P e cf tl ova, m; I kwt ir.tly tl illiU the va v.h if upon pity h dc hy fee o Th t xmir.c r ftft i X ft 1 Pm If p 1 hi' s h U i ; if, Vi , ;v 1 1 . i v ' 4 do mi m ujt th. a ,o Li lU 1 1 ft 1 V.- :i it. - -; sianph-tere- - ft-- 1 1 d, se examination. At the same time the British papers, are fighting for a law to prohibit forever the admission of American cattle, except such as are slaughtered at tie ports of entry. The reason given for this prohibition Is not that the English stock growers are to be protected against foreign meats, but that they fear the terrible that they declare exists In the United pleuro-pneumon-ia States. Americans hear nothing of the 413- ease in their own country, where it has been officially pronounced as stamped out. They can therefore only think that , the outcry raised In England is for the purpose of getting a protective law under another name. ! The Sheep and the Ticks. At the Wisconsin experiment station they have this winter dipped sheep when the temperature was down to zero and below. Their reason for dippks was that the sheep had been collected from many points and some of ties were found to be infested with ticks. They did not consider it of any use try to feed while the animals were thus covered with parasites. All of our tensers that have sheep will do well to take the hint, and give their flocks the of an Inspection, and if the need exist, of a dipping in any reliable ihpf,l lot dip. It Is not desirable to feed a fed turn sheep, that the latter may In a lot of ticks. The time spent in rid veJ ding them of the vermin will he anpaid for In the added thrift of the Too Much Corn Fed. People more and more are demanding bacon and hams that have not too much fat cn I have experienced great difficulty them. They want meat that has a good la procuring reliable Information from of lean. We have noticed the farmers themselves, because of the proportion butcher shops of Chicago in the lamentable fact that so few of them that thegreat dealers have the hardest work keep a record of their work. The habit to get rid of the fat pork. This excescf guessing is supposed to belong strictsive fatness comes from feeding too ly to the Yankee, hut it Is far too precorn. much think that It makes valent among farmers, and la the rule no differencePeople In selling hogs, hut the with farmers wives, to which I have market generally Is affected. What imals. Farmers Review. found no exception. make3 Irish bacon the best in the Guessing has long been discarded by world If it he not the food upon which The Sheep in the South. Tall N the commercial world, but the farmer hogs are grown? Not having ac- with a Montana stockman' recently tnd hl3 wife have not dispensed with it, the to Indian corn, the Irish do not learned that some of the great cess because they do not consider them-lelvjlookirg business people. Well, they feel themselves obliged to feed it al- owners of that statetheareUnited of southern more together. the need not regard themselves co, nor for a future feeding ground. One Ihould they he so regarded by others, con Demands Lighter Hogs. Market obstacle, however, seems toraln-L- intil they adopt business methsds. a was time when the market paid them, and that 13 that the The record for my own flock, (I con- There the top priees for heavy hog3, hcg3 that the south is so considerable th fine myself in this paper to chickens between 3G0 and 400 pounds, sheep cannot be left out all Gone, as time will not permit my talk- weighed has gone forever. There without shelter. This Is one d hut that ing on different varieties), is: Pure has been day a gradual decline through a that makes the business te bred Plymouth Rock hens, seventy-liv- e; things series of years till now in the west tive in the far west. The fall oj males, two; eggs $37.62; chickens, long 50 pound hog and in the east even 113 ure is a small, and because of 137.04. Total, $134.63. Eggs used, 1435; 150 as pound keg is the kind de- snow seldom comes to such a dep chickens used, 45; stock cn hand, 17 low manded. This 13 to the advantages of the sheep cannot make a living liens. the feeder, for he can produce that kind as the settlers are coming In ther As near as I can gat at it Newton of a keg at lees price. It is to the admen are finding themsel sheep the cf consumer bccausa he is ELilLteu &.u.kx alone has expended for poultry and vantage w ' surer cf getting the lean meat he wants. figure that on a small range products $65,500, and I am assured by both poultry dealers that this estimate tana they cannot keep enough United States Is low. Horses. Cavalry f make a good profit, and if These figures show that the poultry There are about 7,000 horsc3 In the to be restricted In territory they industry, as a branch, is one that rates United States cavalry service. They are better go to some state where e on a baci3 of dollars and cent3, just purchased at froxn $125 to $200 each. acre production of food is great Seldom docs the price go beyond these to make as docs any other branch of farming. the fields an fencing No luck about it. Banish from the in either direction. A gelding i3 the We may expect In the future mind at once the Idea that luck has only kcrce that stands a ehow cf being something of a movement to the Anything to do with success in poultry accepted, and ho must bo very perfect I raising. Yhen you hear that some one in all points. Five years is about the Davelopcd a Herd.- - When y has good luck In raising chickens, minimum rgs, unless tho animal has nenerd dairying I found that rest assured that they give their flocks been handled exceptionally well. , were not making me the profit tha 8 proper caro and attention, and that should, and I commenced tobui and A (JpoJ Nah for It. their co called luck consists in pracand raica heifer calves tical bus Inc 3 methods. Las teen In tho dairy cf grade Jerseys. I raT wn t; My bicycle injured deto clcso attention Industry and said Gildcrckove. butter yield in about nine years windpir0 tails arc raft; aary to successful poultry V.'Lat on csrth is a bicycles windabout two hunderd and sixty51 J j raising, Lut they sro not the only or pipe? okfl Tillinfihsat. to the cow. The year closing sven the chRf factors cf success. There The very part that is cn earth, tho 1520, I got cress profits frJJnnc3r:cr R- was a time- when the best farming was pv urnatic Frca Irc $53 and so mo cents each. tule.r:troit the result cf Increasing toil, ftUta comij r. more, v er G u I r y xuccfi-titY.'l cay would a a Tl rc la us th 'h Como cf ought. people paratively little rv for work hex not ceax.d, lut the fide didnt talk to much. ft ; The English cavalry has Juct and 14,900 horses were r tered. This was supposed to h good showing, but CIr Charles Ifi criticises them as being in many i. stances too young for military sen: at least In a hard campaign. He t that no other army in the world v : count horses that were less than ; years of age, while many of these v only three and four years old. rtenro-Fneniaon- la Roots for Iowa Stock. Prof. James Wilson, of the Iowa sta- f .it'J v it f x sf.;- 1 rm m - ,,, r M p. in th - . de d ' M 1 ftftho ftvhich good busing M " ft to c How r At -- l r-- U ft 4 v - -- H, r f NrTrrn u ii i .. es -- ' U bes-ef- i -- rA i This hill is endorsed by leading dairymen, fanners and all interested in the reputation of our food products. The subcommittee of the ways and means committee have reported another bill to congress, which Is directly against the interests of producers and consumers, and would legalize and promote an industry which has already it. nearly ruined the reputation of Ameriin Increase noticeable can cheese. There was a and of company, the We earnestly urge every farmer, and the attention Tim Farrity, the flagman, leaning low others interested In pure food products, toward the table, crossed himself and and their reputation' in the markets of ventured the prediction that they the world, to send, at once, a telegram, collision before would have a head-en- d or letter never I postal card to their representthey reached the junction. ative in congress. Insisting that they see a ghost train show up yet that but support the Wilbur Filled Cheese BUI, didnt mean something, he added, followed No. 5,213, together with the amendthe burst of laughter that no more. ments as said he closed his circuit, and suggested hy Mr. Wilber. numa In with came Now the agent The Oleo and Filled Cheese interests ber of messages for the superintend- are represented In the national capital, ent, and as the official began reading backed by millions of money, demandthe first of the lot he began to smile. Read it out, said the colonel, per- ing legislation favoring adulterated products. Do not despair! The voice haps it will tell us something about of the millions of yeomanry, through the ghost. The superintendent read: Engine 57 is off the track and nearpointed, personal letters, to our lawyards east makers, must and will be heeded. . ly off the right of way 1,000 of Coyote spur, but still on her feet Keep an eye open for legislation, state That explained the ghost engine At and national, touching the farming inthe Instant when the engineei shut terests. Be prompt to let your, repreoff, the sewing machine, jus, then sentative know your position. Honest the rounding a sharp oncurve, jumped and backed her wheels, demands, by the voice of the track, lit square adobe hard over not be the went plowing out people, dare disregarded. of the desert. She rolled and rocked This circular is issued by order of the for a few seconds and then came to a Ohio State Dairy association, which has stop with the engine men still stand- carefully examined all features of the ing in the cab. The engine had been Wilbur Filled Cheese bill, and considers working hard and If the throttle had importance to the remained open she might have made it a measure of vast food reand interests of the pure dairy the curve all right, but the sudden laxation of all her tension caused a country. L. P. Bailey, Secretary. that threw her off her feet, but it jar was a lucky jar for her crew. T. F. Hunt, President. Since that time, however, old Sam has been in hard luck. He has already Poultry on the Farm, lost three legs. The last one, being The following paper was read by Mrs. chopped caught under an engine, was off by the conductor with an ordinary Rose S.1 Carr at the Jasper (Illinois) ax to prevent the engineer being roast- County Farmers Institute: ed alive. Those who witnessed the opNo branch of agriculture Is so unieration say that Sam rested on cae versally underestimated as poultry. I elbow and smoked a cigar until the of in this proof assertion, conductor hacked away at his anlff?. might quote, Statistics from our large cities In the United States, but I think it will, perhaps, be of more Interest to tell what I have been able to glean in regard to the money value derived from the poultry yard In' Jasper county alone for the year just closed. five-minu- te 3 DLi :i May I ask you first if you saw anyThe driver, having finished his laugh said the driver. and still feeling po shock, looked thing, colonel? the marporters of adulterated locomotive a saw standing on a kets of the world havegoods, I unahead. The track was clear! He confidence lost east of Coyote. latched the reverse lever and threw spur or sidingseejust her I first, said Sam, in our cheese. .-- y. Wi w ' ?-- y, .. Icrs. Net thnt tho c!rctrre:I'int'v tad escaped his mind, for ns a matter cf fait he had thought of little eh c, hut he know not how to answer. Did you think that erninm was on the main lino? asked the general manager, noticing the emt irrat sment cf the engine crow. What eDgine? asked the cnalittr, look and speak naturally. trying to was There only one engine there beside you own, was the colonels response. Will you he good enough to answer my question? Well, thought the driver, if Ive and ha got em the G. M.s got em, cm was she I did think answered: . the main stern. What did you think, Harry? asked the superintendent of the fireman, who was staring at the engineer. The fireman only closed his eyes and shook, his head slowly as though he considered them all crazy, and his long lasher dark with coal dust, lay upon tin newly washed face like the lashes of & chorus girl. Did you see anything on your sidr' asked the colonel, who was determined to unlock the lips of the fireman. Not a thing, said Harry. I dont believe in ghosts. to It will not be necessary for you but I CA accident out report), take (an saw me what tell would you wish you and how it affected you, said the general manager, addressing the en- - lt |