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Show I YOUNG MAN'S RAGE FOR LIFE OVER A TRESTLE BB Caught on Structure with Bicycle He BB Rides Ahead of Train to BK Safety. H Chicago. At Elgin, 111., tho C, M. BB & St. P. railway has n doublo track BJ trestle which runs along and directly H over tho Fox river. In tho days when BJ bicycles wero a fad, I with othor boys, BJj of my age would spin up tho narrow' HJf walk which ran between the two BM tracks. Wo could get up moro speed HS on this stretch than any othor place BB within tho city limits,, and, being a BB mile long, It was pretty good sport I Raced as I Had Never Raced Be- BJj fore. BBB I sold a Chicago nowspapor In Elgin BJ at thnt time, nnd usually took tny BE stand at tho stntlon, which was direct- BJ) y at tho head of tho trestle One BE summer evening, I was loitering at BE this station after my papers were Wm sold, whon a brnkemnn remarked, that BJ n freight had broken on tho grado BE north of Elgin, and that part of 'tho BJ train wns traveling back to town as BJ a runaway. I Jumped on. my wheel BJj nnd' started for tho old faraalllar aptn BJj alViig tho trestle. BJ lhud rlddon part way when I no- BJ tltffd the train coming over tho trestle BJ from tho north. It was coming at a BJ rapid rato. I dismounted and stood In BJ tho other track for tho train to go' by. BJ It inado a denfonlng nblso as It thun- BJ tiered nlong Tho shrlok of, n whlstlo BJ caused mo to turn. Tho passenger BJ train hail Just left tho stdtlon. nnd BJ, wns approaching from tho south. BJ I hesitated a moment betweon B. dropping through tho trostlo Into , the BJ river below und racing th,o train to BJ tho end of thu trestle. I decided to BJ rldo tho tics, Tho train enmo on fast- BJ or. I raced us I had novcr rncod be- BJ foro. FaBtcr came the train. Faster did I ride. Yet, It seemed to be gaining. gain-ing. Tho ties offered terrlblo resistance resist-ance compared with tho walk betweon the tracks, which I had always ridden before. It was almost on to me. In a flash, I throw my wheel Into tho river nnd Jumped after it, Just as tho express thundered by. |