Show toa v v fv adventurers CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES sl OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF 11 elmiger danger on olt the rails H HELLO ELLO EVERYBODY the human mind im still learning what a terrific beating survive the latest one to imar impress es s take and still and body can S adventurer patrick 3 laffey of this lesson on me is trenton new jersey pat lafrey laffey as a boy in m ireland crawled under a locomotive and was hanging to the undercarriage when the engineer started his train his description of the heavy steel rods as they started to move bicki picking ng up speed shoving him I 1 battering him well read the story pat was just as he puts it abboth a broth of a boy in 1915 livi living ng this particular autumn afternoon he in galway ireland on and t two wo companions set out black so lovely was the scenery that they traveled farther from home than they had before ventured some ten miles ever we dared go no further pat says lest we get lost in m our pur homeward journey we were all tired now so we started home bringing our collection ot of berries along when suddenly they came to fields the boys crossed a few double railroad track rather than cross any more fences or a ditches they started home along a ong the track fau fall into any more they had walked about halt half a mile when their attention was attracted by a huge engine which lay on the sidetracks nearby to me pat says who had never seen one before this huge of lifes mysteries the boys watched of steel presented one mass and pulled levers how that thing did the aged engineer as he pushed 1 whistle and shriek pat recalls 1 I think I 1 hear it now mystified pat climbs under the locomotive A little later the engineer left his position and walked down amongst other cars on the track the engine was still steaming and hissing this pat says was our chance for a final analysis of our mystery was this huge thing really alive the more they looked at it the more confused the boys became they walked around it saw its dirty greasy iron bars its largo large shiny wheels and now pat says my race with death occurred I 1 feel a cold shiver right down my spine now 1 I myself set the trap for the grim jaws of eternity it was a foolish act on my part as I 1 learned later now boys dont get a fainting spell when you read this but consider yourself in my position what would you have done well here is the incredible thing pat did being greatly interested in the engine he examined it as best he could so did his chums rather than miss anything he crept underneath the huge structure he was just in there when the engineer returned he rebuked pats two chums for their presence on the property of the railroad the boys took to their heels as fast as they could but bult pats battered body was on the ground under the engine pat rather than face the engineers scolding tucked himself under the eri engine gine never aware of his life being in the others hands listening for every breath hoping the engineer would soon go away he did decide finally to go away but as pat puts it not without the engine smoke blew around irons clattered brakes shrieked and groaned and there was pat gasping for dear life itself he clung on with his hands and feet until a huge iron compelled him to lose his foothold he now tried to save his head and arms from being fiebing ground to pieces the engine pulled along pat expected any minute to be mashed to pieces A thousand thoughts flashed through his mind how tar far was he going would the engineer ever stop hew long could he hold on soaked with blood he sinks into unconsciousness to pat death was inevitable he could see no possible way to avert it no means of attracting the attention of the engineer he remembered he began to shout for help but his cries were only drowned 0 out ut by that ever increasing rattle of the engine he remembers too gettings getting a severe blow on his left side the cuts of which he bears to this day he felt himself getting weak wet with blood he sank into unconsciousness days passed days for which he can give no account days with life in the balance then finally on the fifth day pat again gained consciousness ness there beside his bed stood pats parents friends and neighbors and in the middle of the group the unfortunate enc engineer ineer himself needless to say all were overjoyed to see this response to medical attention in a boy they had literally given up for dead va pat afterward learned how it came about that his life had been spared fortune and again lt it was as just one e of those almost incredible edible flashes of i good od fortune or r providence pa the engineer had occasion to throw a switch the begins Se engines gins h and running while he gear was on the ground he chanced chall ced to look down doz at la 16 imagine his horror to see pats tattered body lying on the ground under toder the engine he signaled the fireman in the cab the firemans foremans fi remans hand shot to the levers and the immense leechen leeched monster onster nl of snorting steel see screeched beneath the to ton undercarriage a stop the engineer lifted out the unconscious bacon term form from if any of you 0 ail 1 ever want a ride on an engine take pats advice adds adai tearsa pat and says be sure are you against get IN you one and not on the rods s because bec the copyright service |