Boone County Recorder . r had broken thecoupling, and I was being left behind. I knew that the break would soonbe discovered, and when the conductorshonld come back to investigate the ac-cident, I would be found and put offthe train. As soon as I realized this, I beganto look hastily about me for someplace in which to conceal myself. Hap-pening to glance downward, I discov-ered the door leading into the furnacestanding open, and in a moment I hadconcealed myself in the fire box, clos-ing the door behind me. Scarcely had I gained the shelterof .that rather unusual hiding placewhen iTielt the~en
Boone County Recorder . r had broken thecoupling, and I was being left behind. I knew that the break would soonbe discovered, and when the conductorshonld come back to investigate the ac-cident, I would be found and put offthe train. As soon as I realized this, I beganto look hastily about me for someplace in which to conceal myself. Hap-pening to glance downward, I discov-ered the door leading into the furnacestanding open, and in a moment I hadconcealed myself in the fire box, clos-ing the door behind me. Scarcely had I gained the shelterof .that rather unusual hiding placewhen iTielt the~engiue-begin to slowlyraove down the track. For a shorttime I thought nothing of this, and mo-mentarily expected to hear the trainback against it, but as the momentswent by and the sound of the train>grewfainter and fainter, 1 came to the con-clusion that the breaking loose of theengine had not been discovered 1 now resolved to crawl from rayplace of concealment, but asl attempt-ed to open the door I found ttiat it was. v-4 long lines of ?ars on the side tracksand a bomber HELPS. —For simple hoarseness take a freak . ^rfflSmffiSf *«« **Us»»tVtokn* *«? P******Vff *V***» *•** **• ?**?**> *« * augar. Eat freely of it and the hoarse-ahttddered as I thought of what wonlcj ^ wm ^a tofamlOy relieved,happen should the main track not beclear when I reached the place. Only a few seconds now and I wouldbe at Tribidad. As one in a dream Iagain set the brakes a notch tighter,and then, grasping the bell cord, I rangthe bell furiously. The engine seemed bo he fairly lift-ed from the track as it swept ronnd acurve and went thundering on its cast u Age ting glance at the stationclose ahead. I only saw a confusedmass of buildings and oars; then Idashed by like a meteor. Then, as I gained a level stretch oftrack the engine began to slacken itsspeed, and presently came to a stand-still nearly a mile below- the>£ ;V ^ I was saved! A mist gsKered be-fore my eyes; and I san
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