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Show i THnEE-VCAH-OfcP CNQINnEH. Or.lonl.nl X..rlj rrl(liln.il la Uaalh 1J onnc-l.r'i Art, "I can run an engine like pr.pi" said little 3 year-old Fred Kvans, as he was lifted down from the locomotive locomo-tive of tho St Johns motor line the other day at Alblna lie had mounted the erglne at HI Johns, pulled open the throttle and remilned on the seat ntono on a mad ride of seven miles, says sn exchange The young engineer engin-eer Is the son of W II Kvans of St. Johns, an engineer on tho motor line, llo has often been on the engine, and his father had ctplalned how the lever Is pulled and the wheels started moving mov-ing The engine lies orer an hour at St. Johns, Just by the water tank, and during this time while Mr l.tans was at homo nt lunch, little I'red walked down to the engine, mounted tho seat and Opened the thrutllo wide The mn'hlne was full of coal and water and ready for th rind. Several jwople saw the boy start, but no one was close enough to catch the engine. The news was nt once told to Mr Hvans. and he reached the trark Just In time lo seo the locomotive, with his boy on loard, disappear around n curve. The lithcr was wild with grief and fear, mil tho boy's mother was almost prostrated pros-trated The news snreid like wild dm. and the whole town turnrd out Hi-cltemcnl Hi-cltemcnl was Intense, women nnd children cried and the men offered suggestions sug-gestions Master Mechanic Michael I' Ilrady waa nt the end of tho line, nnd at once begin to telephone to stations along tho line Portsmouth and Pen-Insular Pen-Insular were notified, nnd men at these points tried to board tho engine as It dashed by, but Ita speed was too great Mr. Ilrady also notified the otTlco at Alblnajind n parly ot moil ran out lino northward to meet tho wild engine In coining up the long grade toward Alblna, tho slmm died down a. little, but tho register still showsd eighty pounds John WooJs, n motor-man motor-man on the City nnd Suburban railway, rail-way, was tho first man to meet the cnglno Ho rarght the handrail "tnd swung up, but In so doing ho was drag ged sixty nr setcnty-nve feet llo at once turned off the steam, and tho en-glnno en-glnno slowed down nnd stopped It was then young l'red made tho remark concerning his ability ns an engine-driver. engine-driver. The boy wis not seared at all, but seemed rather proud ot his U. When the englno first dashed out of St. Johns ho was frightened, and ss ho came through Portsmouth llko n shot out ot a gun, he .was yelling lustily lust-ily for "mamma." Aftor going several mills, bowci or, ho again became brave, and held his position on tho seat with composure, with his hand on the lever llko a veteran In tho mean-, tlmo tho news ot tho rescue had been sent by telephono to tho frightened parents, and for the remainder ot the . ,'vtliraaa Kriat.lwr. InHWiil'is- |
