A RAILROAD YACHT.
”lilotiosthatsonss pretty fast time is
Hugudeonthoessternrallrusdsiately."
shark-itin- majoraa he laid down his
lmadsuths Union suns
" ‘ fixer-duty new harrackaand
mhsvlagmuchtodohadamptedthein-
'vflatitmofmy friud Ben Winthrop. di-
'vfla-psrintondentstSydneyJogowith
*hi-nadachhuntdownatiene Pine,a
.ilttlswatoringstation about twenty miles
downturn. “3;qu a favorite
‘plsns flouting we often been
thmhdolnonthosameerrand.
“Thestationkosper. 'I‘omCarter. wasan
:d-d-gunlna. whose literary—dime literary
philosophical tnrnof mind enabled
III-tow the solitude of his life In a
dhoerfnlwny. Theouttonttnentofnrenof
thianantp calls for a very peculiar tem-
bont that of a lighthouse
w“ judge.
has Cartar lived in the little two
momeshmprovided hythe railroad. with
Immacupleot trickling», of
whlehhswasvsrypmdmndwhichcouid
domthhghttdhhsclaimsd.
“'I'hsdogfaaeiwwssveryglad tossens
whmwogotodthsrreightthatheoughtne
dowandgavemalitheintormstionthat
hohsdahoatdnehsaadothergsme. 'i'he
wasrsdrontthresmilesawaymndas
wasslresdyattcsaarise sometimewe
harriedi'lghtonttotheahootingground.
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”West!” doubted the train robber story,
hutthero was evidently something wrong,
Indabout theqnicksat wayto got at It
wastolethim hisowngsit.
"'Yon see, r. Winthrop.’ he went on.
'ahont mhonrssgofonrtellersrldes up
hsre,antheflrstthing I knows i’m held
up. While one of 'em hospstho V ‘
ms the otherstheygossthmnghmy
thereanllshts out mytimstsbles sn lg-
nrssont the trains. While they'rnloolin
'round my dogs gets gay an ammonites
barkinangrowlin. Thismskesonoot'om
lls his gun at: biases
away. Onedog rops.an the other runs
away.hnthetnkaashotathim.too.anl
hunwshegothimJoglheardhlmyelp. I
wsspowerfuimad,auljes'turnsloooean
Icosseshim high and low. liewas hind
tnrnshlsgnnon moanmyshe. "We want
you still anyway," an lets her go. The
felierwhat seemedtohotho leader o'the
gangjumpshlmanknooks his hand
as tho hall gets
course ,
wasn't heeled. "Don't hill anybody '1-
you have to." says this feller.
“"I'heysll hsdmasksan I knowedthey
wasn't tramps from that. ioratrnmp never
sports no mash, he's al’ays rather proud o’
h protemion.’
“ ‘ilnrry up.’ here broke in Winthrop.
" 'No hurry. Mr. Winthrop.’ was theoool
reply. “sot my bum? ‘
“I happened to have a little whisky and
pound my dash to the philosophical vie~
tllnznftorhohadtakenal pull,
sighed and adjusted his other . he
went on:
“ ‘No, there's no hurry. gentlemen; I’ve
thought the whole thing out while l’re
been lyin here waitin for you fellcrn to get
back. 0’ course, it you’d a come heioro
them rohbers Ilt out it 'nd heen dinerent:
hot i didn't much think you would an you
didn’t.
“ 'Well, after they sees I'm that an can't
walk, the has. he says. ”Might as well
leave him alone: there ain't no telegraph
instrument an he can't walk 01."
" 'IIe was dead right: I wasn’t in it a lit.
tla bit on a walhln match. Thry talked
right out before me what they was up to
an it’s jen' thin: You see, they aimed to get
the schedule from my ranch here an
psoh'lytie menp orkili me.or anything
togetmequiet: this yer shot In my leg
doneall rightsasotheylett merighthere;
[or therapre- tonight is the first train
through. which theyde onto' the time
tabla. an ths'sthetrain they're after.
They’veoortdpneintothocampdownto
the hidgswhoro they can stop any one
whatoornesalongaaseethenaln'tno so
ddental warnin; theydon’t seem to look
m Ioraoonelocomelromfiidney. ’I'hare
oin’tnofrrlght due to come through an
thoyknowsit.’
“‘Do yosmeantotolimothatthsreare
one ud- one... within a ruling”:
waiting to jump the cape-rear
Whthmnowthoroughlysronmd.
"They're goin to jump it, an they're
goin togetfooledthoworst youeverseo.’
wastheoooireply.
"'Caner, you're crazy-id the-oper-
' Went. sitting down spin.
”‘80 help me God. Hr. Winthrop, it’s
gospeitrue. Lnokstthem drawers—isn’t
thotimetabimgonel Ala'tlshotf Ain't
mydogdesd? tinned my grub'sheen
touchd—trampa never leaves no gruh.’
’“l'hotaan'srnauaerandvoiee ermvinced
us much more than did hisratherwealt
arrayolcircnmstantiaievidenee. lcould
asethatWinthropw-Itiadedthat there
waasotnethlng in thostoryondwaatry'mg
to think it ont—heehargednpanddown
the shunt .lnohod out at the moon just
thing, infaetwu in an entirely“.
mandamus“;
“Thesituatlna w- catalnlynnique.”
uytheleon. Atrsiamhberyontisoeards.
andthodivlsionsuperintendentwarnodhe
forehand.
"l! Csrtsrhadnot been hurt we t
have attached the My. although there
were certainly four. whor- (.‘arterhadseen.
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hridgewhersthatnfoiimrs h’wastho re-
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“‘ifloonidgetbachtoSid Iconltl
M’onuiaasdthoadasposhr.
thinkingaioud.
”That's mytdoauattofiidaeyaalso
aldqraphtoAateiqedownbelow.“
an an keteh the train oasy.to’prsasa
ddsputimaaoomothrnngh.’
a:‘I'es. hutSld-y's twenty milea'wse
response.
“Twentyono. Iir. Winthrop.’ replied
remark.
q“'lwtshyo'o"had,' rstarnsdthssther;
asked you one awhile amyna so
mahw.’ Thiswmtraaaslhappswedto
"I'hsvo'snothhgtodetatstoyand
Mite-Linen.“ Manor
sparse.
”ltssnsduifthiswssthorsmrwh
Maw—waitingiowdorhosaddsaly
loot-Is:
“Wye-nuances?
“The question wartisd as lath aad
mods-mumIbtraiorshhrsr-uss
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" “i'hey must he right.’ said Carter, 'for
ain't touched 'em since you lsft’enrron
rob neverseen 'em at all.’
"We had lettour watches at the shanty
when we went outto the
ot the gnestsCarter had,
loses them. although we hadoot
thought at them until we got ready to
re.
“ ‘You've todo some tall cliniin.’ he
'I ’t know it worse late: that
trsl hsInAntelops Inside of anawful
short honr.’
”Row wedid hurry! We did not stop
toranymorepalarer; we hastened to the
ht. ran her down to the main line,
Related tho soil—there wsssgood breeze.
anthem always is in that country—and
away we went. The owner’s last words
were ‘Don't 'let the wheels to windward
leave the rail mor'n six inches.’
“ 'heas than forty miuuwo togo twenty
miles. Can we make it!’
“ ‘I don't know,’ I replied, 'bnt we ought
tomato good time if this brute holds.’
“Westarted rather gently. while I felt
my host and got the sail at the
angle. ltook my seatattherearend.
with my foot on the brake. There was no
rudder to manage, of course. Winthrop
placed himself in in front of the mast. pre-
paring to keep a sharp lookout, for we did
not feel sure that the robbers had not put
some obstacle onthetrack or posted a
watch. Asit proved. theyhaddoneneither.
”We both were well on the windward
sldeofthecnr.for we knew it would he
cantedassoonaswogot upanyspced. As
Igotthe hangofthothingl drew in the
sheetsndthecraftatonce «L'I'he
wind was Apparently just right. I believe
asailor would call iton our quarter. and
everything looked favorable for a quick
run. Weknew thetrack had nosharp
curvesor heavy grades.
“As Winthrop Mt the motion how
ssying'i’aeter. faater!’ 'l'hewind stoned
to freshen audwe were soon making ex-
pr' time. Them began to Inrchsnd
bound in a very unpleasant way.
" 'Iinre yet. more yet!‘ yelled my cum-
ponlon. and i let out a link; the wheels on
the windward sidewero raised from the
railandl,not knowing justhowmuehof
asiant my vessel would stand. hm to be
alarmed.
“Still we raced . I didnot touch
tho sheet. ’I’hswindwsrd wheels had not
hsennn the ruilafor some ntiiu. itseemed
tome. and the strulnl on the car. rigging
and Warn. tour, or that matter. was
fearful.
“‘I'he rnoonwas nowde up fromthe
horizon anvlwehad a clear riewahead.
We were certainly making a mile a minute
and wouldget totiidneyintime. ifwo got
there at all.
”Winthrop was wild with excitement
and I wasa hit erhilarated myself: i took
mother turn of the sheet around the cleat.
0n we went. the ear jumpiugand cracking.
the wind whistling amt carvings and the
telegraph poles bane ii eta.
”let her outmyet!‘ heyelled. now
thoroughly wild with excitement. 'the
track's good and we'll heat the recur”
”0n and on. faster and faster! lrould
hardly get my breath and sea slight bend
in the track. changing the slant of the
wind.mado it ncceenarytoeuoofll tried
to lumen the sheet. The rope was jammed!
Try as I would I could not untie it and the
earwsonrtting moreand more oil of the
lent-too much. i (zit sure.
"I'ho windward wheels were a foot front
the rail.the speedierridc. I thoughtof
cutting the rope. hot if i did that thelmsn
would have swung around and knocked
Winthrop od’, aim-at surely throwing him
under the wheels.
“The terrible speed seemed at last to
worry him, for he stopped yelling and
looked hack at motwo or three times. I
fragments understand.
“Desperately waiting for the crash. I
triedtopnton the brake. It only made
godsend even lame earns.“ did no
good. Imotionedto-y Iellowtravelorto
oomsaiLsadwithmnchdiflatlty hedid
n. Reunidsseatucethatwowers he
thonghthewssgoingtoentths and
ohoohmyhoad. Ihatsdtoglvenp.forws
wwwsoarlytothotowa.
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ready and hurried away, (or it was a little
late.snd it ismore thanamiieorerthere.
yonknow. itonudthehoussfniiot enm-
pany—young people from Little Rock. and
most of themohl acquaintances of mine.
Among the number were three young men
whomlhnewlongbeforelmetJohn.
“Well. we were all sitting on the gallery
having a good time when any down the
road i caught sight olaclondoi dust just
as Patima’s sister Anna did.snd in the
Inhlst of the cloud was that pig coming at
a long trot, his nose to the ground. squeal-
ing in the most heartrnnding manner. He
was tracking me! Some oi the ch’”
had left thegstsopsmandhecameright
in,and juststthstmanentthem‘ “
thing caught sight of mo and immediately
began jumping about and cutting more
lantutic capers than any pig ever did be
fore.
"llow than folhsdidlanghat me! in the
midst of the merriment the pig stretched
himseli comfortably in the shade and went
to sleep and remained quiet until I started
home. when he pranced and snorted after
use.
”But it was on a Sunday," went on the
lady. laughing and blushing atthe remetn
hrance. "that he capped the climax and
covered ms with contusion. After that
visiting day he refused to he coaxed into
his pen any more. and wlflnever l nude
any motions in that direction he slwayr
had Iataineso away down at the farthea
earner of the pasture That was who: hay
Sunday morning. andl was a) una-
togstofl to ehurch,isaid to John.
'IM'I slip od while heisn't Ioohing.’ The
pig was rooting away down in the pasture,
and didn't seem to he noticing ng
couple of thieves. and absolutely climbed
theiencetokeep thopig from seeing us.
and away we went.
"We reached the ehnrch.snd inthohnsh
of that solemn placewaforgot all about
the pig. It was Sacrament Day, and John
and I were kneeling with the otherssrouud
the altar. and our minister was [musing
the plute of sacramental brend. when I
heard a sound that turned mecoldfmm
head to foot. The pig was coming up the
road, squealing as became. Anothcrmo
ment and he was at the door. Then I
hard the lirely pans of his hoofs along
the aisle, and then-l shudder when I
think of it—-he crowded by the sideol poor,
mystified John. mounted up with his fore
feet on the railing of thealtarand squealed
for the bread! .
”Oh, I could have died without the leaet
bit of trying. finenelrudy took awalking
sick to the pig and he went home ins
seat hurry. I wanted to cry, but John
nghed like a maniac just it! won as he
got mtside the church. and he laughs yet
every time he thinka of it. But it wasn't
so very funny. do you think sol"—Cor. 8t.
Innis Glohsilemoerst.
“shirt sleeve" curt-eta...
It was Wednesday night—the regular
night for the weekly prayer meeting—and
the lecture room was nu ', full.
The pastorhml takenfor hissuhjoct the
secessiiyof Chriutian work. and he grew
norethan usually ointment over hiatherne.
Reeahorted his hearers input the same
earnestness sndforce into their spiritual
lahorsthat they did into their business.
”Why." he continued, "when i come
round tosee you in your working hours, in
yourollieea and shops. oron your lsrmai
don't Ind you with kid gloves on. No.
yourhnndsnrebareand yonrcootsareod
and sleeves turned well back out of the
way; you’re working then. Now we want
the nmo thing In the church; we want
more shirt sleeve Christians."
Ilsvisg reached this climax, the homely
foreoof which made a visible impression
upon his hear-m. he called upon good old
lleom Shepard to lead in prayer.
ll'he deacon. as mat-st in the front
W remand his Iong.spsrsform rnssslowly
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JUifl'lCl OF THE PEA Notary Public.
Pension Attorney. Real late and Fit-
lnenrauce. Furniture Iuonrum'e a specialty.
lil Waahingtnn street. South Norwnih. unit it
HOMER B. HOYT.
Expert Watchmaler and levels:
“NORTH MAIN STREET.
Repairing of fine and mnplicutevi watt-hen a
specialty. Key wind changed in elem. Every
facility for tint clue.» work. and the mechan-
ical ahilitv to do the same.
item" Busmess College.
murmur» cows.
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Business houses supplied with once assist-
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«quarters for South Konrwaih and vicinity
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ALBIN (ammo. I
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Rutter.“ hrd.C nnwd Gourds. mum-m
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NORTH MAIN mm. sun W“.
South Norwalk. Incl? It
II“ III NIGHT SDIIEIBEI.
Vaults and Cmvwls cleaned in the best
manner for the lean! money. li'ullnatiefact'um
uaranteed. \‘anltedt-iufectodirer. Addre-
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FURNITURE
GREAT BARGAINS.
David, Slow,
«with Main street. lip-Stairs
D. P. MORRELL.
LIGll'l' AND HEAVY TRUCKING
Home and household furniture moved with
care. ‘l'runss and pathogen relied tor and
promptly delivered. (Mice. N». ill Washinf-
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Day Scavenger.
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Sundays—tsunami Tidym.
Trains leave Danhury for South Mall-
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615,73, ”wand II“ a. tn.. 3%.
“lion.
IAIN LIN! DIVISION.
Trainn leave Bridgeport as follows:
7 m a. m.. manger for Pituneld.
mm a. m.. ngsr for Pitt-field. mating
mmtlum or Albany and the West.
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Plumbing, Gas Fitting,
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Ranges. Decorated and Plain China.
Copper, Agate, 'l‘in and Iron Ware at the
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