. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . s were the wife and daughterof thi upi 1 inti ndi nt. After thai, \\li. n the i ;.■■■■■■ tch his eye, him a kiss, but we alwayshad the front end of an engine or a boxcar to dodge behind. A few months after Thompson got hislay-off I was firing for an engine li freight by the name of Juke was a fine engineer and apartner to work with, and whillooking Eel nd a littl ioul his appi nance, he was not a dudalwaj r a joke. One Sunday morning we werewest, and had liken the siding to let apassen
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . s were the wife and daughterof thi upi 1 inti ndi nt. After thai, \\li. n the i ;.■■■■■■ tch his eye, him a kiss, but we alwayshad the front end of an engine or a boxcar to dodge behind. A few months after Thompson got hislay-off I was firing for an engine li freight by the name of Juke was a fine engineer and apartner to work with, and whillooking Eel nd a littl ioul his appi nance, he was not a dudalwaj r a joke. One Sunday morning we werewest, and had liken the siding to let apassenger train go past. As soon as westepped 1 11 the siding Duke got down tooil around. In a few moments I heardsomeone talking down on the ground be-ide the engim I got my head out of thecab window in time to hear the followingli tween Duke and a farmer: Be youns the injinecr? asked the CROSSING A MINIATURE LAKE. en top of the coal and kept bowing andthrowing kisses until the ladies were hidby a curve in the track. A few days after that there came ancrder to the roundhouse to lay Thompson. OLD BROOKS P. R. R. ENGINE PULLINGPASSENGER. farmer. I could -see Dukes chest swellout as he answered. Yes, I am the en-gineer. Be youns the man what starts andstops the cars? was the next question. Dukes chest came out a couple ofinches farther as he answered: Acs. I am the man that starts and stopsthe cars. When I say go. they go. andwhen I say stop, they st The hayseed stepped back a couple ofyards, and after looking at Duke a halfminute remarked. Well, it dont takemuch of a man for a injineer, do it? This was too much for me. I let aat of me that the Con heard backin the dog house, and the front shackcame back from the switch to see whatwas the matter. Duke shook his fist atme, but the farmer never smiled. Thejoke was too good to keep, and in ashort time all the boys on the divisionwere smiling. I fired for Duke several months after 3«2 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING Septemb
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