Show LEAK IN AIR BRAKE II I 1 Tho The most humorous event vent long ong common common common com com- mon carrier lines lines said Hod Had Tyler to a Philadelphia railroad man was this I was down In Tennes Tennessee ee last summer sauntering around tho the state slate on 65 pounds to the tho yard One Ono day ay while doing said eald sauntering the tho air all brakes pranS' pranS a lc k Just a HUe on our c car r S it was not of or sufficient magnitude to tomake tomake tomake make the trainmen feel teel blue nor on tho the other hand was it too small to Ignore r I 1 was waa desirous of getting off ort so that In case worse came camo to worse t I could render assistance to tho the Injured Instead d of or having assistance rendered to mI mo me Beside I expected to inherit several hundred dollars and anel wanted to tobe tobo tobo bo be in a n condition to Inherit Tho The conductor conductor con con- ductor however howo assured me that there would woul bo bl no loss of ot life so I stuck with the rolling stock As ho was telling this to me mc we I passed through h London at the rate of I man many miles per pel hour hout Including stops Before he ho ha had passe passed It a spark from tho lure locomotive fell between our car carand carand carand and the one ahead It fell tell In such a n 1 manner that It was protected from the passing atmosphere and under the fostering In Influence of ot the gentle genUe leak enk leakin in tho the break breal began to change from Crom a amere amere amere mere spark Into a blaze Ten minutes after aler that tho the engineer looted looked In ills his rear to son SOl if It his train Was ns aa b behaving ln ha all right He also gazer gazed in that direction to rest his hilt neck heck When ho first threw his lugs gaze to ithe 1 the rear he thou thought ht he observed e a n prairie firo ro after him and his first t Impulse was to elten the wider and Journey away from Crom the said conflagration But BUl after studying the tho phenomenon for tOI fora a quarter of or a mile i the he hI thought that perhaps he might ho bo mistaken and slowed down lil his place of lC bu to a walk then he stopped J cn entirely tI re Whereupon he ran back three cat C lengths had a t talk lk with the con con- conductor ductor about th the matter maUer Yes the they carried on oar several Ne sentences and came cameto cameto cameto to the conclusion that tho tiro cur car must beon beon be beon on fire The con conductor wanted anted to Ito rush on onto onto onto to awater tank an and then to shed some of or its contents on the trouble but the Hn engineer said that before nn any water tank tack could possibly be reached there woul would not be enough left of oC tho the train train to cary a second class passenger seven even Meanwhile I 1 had vacated m my seat sea seah c h in Ir the coach an and W was S at the scene of oC I tho rho u smoke and flame About that time tho the crew crow were becoming vel very excited excite d and out of or sorts and anel asked If it anyone had an any suggestions lo to offer jerel I cleared m my throat and told them It could be extinguished if it tho time proper thing were done The They wanted to know kno nt nl once what It might be I re replied replied re- re plied that if IC the they would make malce the th lea leak k 1 I I 1 ff r rI t F I In n tho the air brake larger tho the result would Ld bo quite nattering flattering to 8 say threats the th 1 least eats t tAt At first the they were reluctant about doing ns os I had directed hut hunt after I 1 jollied them up by appealing to their better serve selves the they procured a knife an and sliced an extensive hole in the rubber T piping With Ith a rush the time air sauntered out and blew so o vehemently that the con con- was quite extinguished In three minutes Of or course all were elated el ted as well i as excited and t some ome of oC them theta were going goIng hOInS' hOInS go- go Ing InS to give me several cheers But nut th he the conductor remarked that that wa was hardly commensurate with the deed and gave mo a quarter I accepted It ft C cour course e. e and In threw three minutes I had several moro more coins of ot the same de de- de nomination But nut that was not all When I reached Memphis M the proprietor of or thin the road telegraphed me tendering the of- of rIco flee of vice Ice presidency If It I would take it ft I 1 wired back hack that nothing short of ot tho the presidency would Interest me Then I left leU for St St. Louis |