. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . -and-out Yankees from this time on. But Geo. D. Wilson,who was older than the rest of us, cautioned him, saying, Dont be toofast, Dorsey; were not out of the woods yet. And indeed it soon seemed as if we were to have serious trouble at theoutset. The engine ran slower and slower, until it finally came to a fullstop. We were not yet far from camp. There had been just one burst of speed, and then this sickeningand alarming failure of asked eagerly of those for-ward what it meant, and the an-swer
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . -and-out Yankees from this time on. But Geo. D. Wilson,who was older than the rest of us, cautioned him, saying, Dont be toofast, Dorsey; were not out of the woods yet. And indeed it soon seemed as if we were to have serious trouble at theoutset. The engine ran slower and slower, until it finally came to a fullstop. We were not yet far from camp. There had been just one burst of speed, and then this sickeningand alarming failure of asked eagerly of those for-ward what it meant, and the an-swer was far from reassuring— The steam has gone down. Ina few moments we learned thereason. The dampers were closedon the engine fires when the stopfor Big Shanty was made, andthey were not opened by our boysin the hurry of the start; conse-quently, the fire was almost little oil and some fresh woodpromptly mended matters. Notime was lost while stopping herein this enforced manner, for wehad started ahead of time, andhad leisure to obstruct the telegraph wire was also John W. Scott. From a war-time photograph. This was necessary, for though there was no office at Big Shanty, aportable battery might be found, or a swift messenger be sent back toMarietta, and a single lightning flash ahead would blight our fondesthopes. Breaking a wire is not as easy as it seems; but we adopted aplan which worked all day, and took up no time that was not also utilizedfor other purposes. John Scott, who was agile as a cat, ran up the pole,and knocking off the insulating box at the top, swung down on it. Asmall saw found on the engine easily cut the tightly stretched wire closeto the box. This did not take more than one or two minutes. At this first stop, Andrews, who had not shared our uneasiness aboutthe fire in the engine, came back and clasped our hands in ecstasy, mani-festing more excitement than I ever saw in him before; exclaiming that
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