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ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEEK?WEDNESDAY ^JSTJD FRIDAY. lewis m. grist, proprietor. | 3 ^amilg |}eirs pa (jer: |for the promotion of the political, Social, Jfjriculturat and Commercial Interests of the ?outh. j TERslngS:,ctpvH'hbee cextsXE' VOLUME 41. YOBKVILLE, S. O., WEDYESDAY, MAY 7, 1895. NU1IBEB HVSfSSV OF BY LUCIE [Copyrighted ISM, byAmerlcau Press Assoclatlo CHAPTER XL The new arrival was a dog of immense size. I first heard a low, threatening growl and then felt him sniffing at my heels One of the first thoughts of a vagrant in approaching a house is whether be is likely to come in contact with a canine, but that danger had not occurred to me. I spoke in a soothing voice to the huge dog, whose nose touched my hip, for 1 was anxious to establish friendly relations with him, but he knew his duty, and his manner became so threat ening that I saw I mast retreat. It was olear that be meant "business," and the Bafest place for me was somewhere else. It would not do to break into a run, for nothing inspires a dog with more courage than the sight of a feeing person, and it is the same if the pursuer is a man. I tried to walk with a certain dignity, uttering all the conciliatory expressions at my command and even trying to pat his enormous head. But a snap at my hand and more growls showed that ho was in no mood to be conciliated. He knew I was an intruder, and he must have been taught to adopt summary measures with persons of that class. He kept close to me, still growling, and seemed to be trying to settle in his mind the best method of making an attack. Thus matters stood when we reached the head of the avenue and 1 walked briskly toward the highway. How I yearned to break into a run and dash with speed of the wind to the main road! But, sprinter though 1 was, I could be no match for that huge oreature. Suddenly he made a snap at my heels, ana Wlin an lnvuiumary e^uiaujauuu x leaped into the air and was off like a deer. "Let me alone or I'll kill yon!" I shouted, drawing my revolver. It is not to bo presumed that the canine grasped the meaning of my threat, or if he did be was not frightened, for he was upon me the next it 3tant He landed upon my shoulders and would have borne me to the earth had I not shaken him off. But his blood was up, and he was like a jungle tiger. He meant to tear me to shreds and would have done it the next minute had I not prevented. I had faced around and saw the terrible beast leap straight at my throat. A sweep of my left arm averted this danger, and as be nafkaM^ fftmoolf AnnthAr snrina I let fly with three shots of my revolver. That settled him. When a man has to deoide between killing a dog and being killed by him, he is not apt to hesitate. The occurrence settled another thing. It was idle for me to keep any surveillance of the house for some time to come. The shooting of the dog would alarm the inmates, and they would be on the watch for the rest of the night Probably Darius Howard would read the meaning of the affair and leave the dwelling for good. If so, my venture had not only failed to do good, but had done harm. But suoh are the chanoes of war, and why regret that which oannot be helped? Taking to the highway, I walked briskly, never stopping until I reached the railway station. I was in time to catoh the train to Jersey City, and soon was in bed at a hotel on the New York side, kept by a friend of mine, who knew my profession and gave me every facility 1 wished, it was so convenient to the railway that it saved me the time I must have lost had I gone to my home up town. The individual wno stepped on tne train next day at Rahway would never have been suspected of being the vagrant who slouched into town the day preceding and walked from Elizabeth to that point. He was fashionably dressed, prim looking and carried a small cane. ] had deoided upon a magnificent game of bluff. The day was brisk and cooL It bad not rained for a week, and the weather was of that sort which makes a walk a souroe of delight Instead of hiring a cab, I sauntered down town, turning off over the same road I had followed the night before. The route was so familiar that I could not go astray, and in due time I saw the stone house among the partly denuded trees on my left. There was the avenue, lined on each side with the towering poplars, and I slackened my pace at the very 6pot where I had given the nnietns to the doe that so sorelv beset me. He mast have beeu a favorite, for his body had been removed and doubtless given decent burial. "They will be sure to buy another, but it isn't likely they have him yet," was my comforting reflection as I strode up the lane, stepped upon tho porch and gave a resounding summons with the polished brass knocker on the door. It was opened by a colored woman, who locked inquiringly at me. "I wish to see Mr. Darius Howard," I said pleasantly. "He doesn't live here, sir. " "I mean tho dark haired, black eyed gentleman who coine3 out from New York occasionally. Sometimes his wife is with him. Sho is very handsome. " The servant was quite intelligent and surveyed me sharply. "Mr. Hickman lives here. I nevah heard of the pussons you name." "Who compose this family, please?" "Mr. Hickman, his mother and sister. Dere's nobody elso, sir." S SOT? PBi ST. DEAXE. n.] At tniq juncture a pleasant looking woman of 60 or 70, hearing the voices, came from the sitting room and inquired what was wanted. "Possibly I have mistaken the name," I said courteously, "but I was under the belief that it was Mr. Howard who lives here." "No. I was born in this house and have lived in it all my life, as did my father and grandfather. No person of the name of Howard has ever lived or boarded hera I am sorry to disappoint you." "It does not specially matter. Thank yon for your kindness," I replied, lifting my hat and bowing myself off the porch. Nothing could be more certain than that this old lady had spoken the truth. The parties whom I was seeking had never crossed the threshold. All that I had done before was a blunder. So it goes. 1 must begin over again. I had just turned from the lane into the highway and was walking toward town when a cab wheeled around a bend in the road and approached at a spanking gait. My heart boat a little faster when I recognized the driver whom I had vainly attempted to follow, and who, I was now satisfied, was the one that had bought his whip about my shoulders and received a great scare therefor. Before he fairly saw me I wheeled like a flash and walked in the direction he was driving. If he noticed my aotion, he thought nothing of it. I carelessly looked up as he passed and through the glass window of the cab saw the face of a woman. There could be no mistaking those eyes, hair and matchless features?the most entrancing on which I had evei . i Through the window of the cab I saw the face of a woman. gazed. It was the young woman who had registered at the Windsor as Mrs. Darius C. Howard, Vienna, and Bhe was alone, sne loosea ac me ior wo second she was in sight as she would have surveyed a tree, a horse or a oow. She could have had no suspicion that that well dressed man sauntering along the highway and swinging his cane had any more interest in her than the hundreds of other people whom she saw every day. I was now on the right trail, and the sun was shining, great advantages that I had not possessed before. Further, the road was comparatively straight for half a mile, and there was no reason why I should be thrown off the track again. The cab rattled on for a furlong or more and then wheeled into a lane and ?" fvnm oicrhf. AQ lfc was ptUUIJ U1UUCU 4AVUJ ??QMV MM -W bowled between the trees toward the dwelling at the other end of the avenue. "No mistake this time. I have run you down, my pretty bird." The astonishing turn of the business now was that the dwelling to which Mrs. Howard had been driven was an almost perfect counterpart of the scene of my adventure of the night previous. There was the long lane shaded by tall poplars, the big stone house set among a grove of trees, and even the piazza along the front, precisely the same as when Mr. Hickman (mistaken for Mr. Howard) paced back and forth enjoying his evening cigar. Had I not just passed the first I would have believed that this was the same. By the time I reached the mouth of the lale the cabman was turuiug out of it. He hardly noticed me, but I saw the interior of his vehicle as he swept Tf man nmnfw UJ. IV ?? VkO I decided to postpone my little game of bluff until I could think it over. So I walked past the lane, with only a glance at the broad, low stone building, partly revealed through the autumn trees. I had made some progress. I had located the houso Mr. Howard and his wife were in the hubit of visiting for some purpose which at present could not be guessed. In leaving New York and Jersey City?that is, so far as I had learned?they took every precaution to avoid being followed, even to the extent of not recognizing each other or sitting in the same car. These precautions were thrown aside when they left the train at Rahway, probably because they were satisfied that no one was shadowing them and their care was useless. I fixed the locality of the houso clearly in my mind, so that if it was approached in tho night no mistake would be mada I know the distanco it was from town and how long it would take to reach it. Whether I would come on foot or In a carriage was to be decided later. In short, I needed an hour or so to settle upon the course to follow. Meanwfirie something migiit Tbe gamed by a few guarded inquiries of those who must possess a part of the knowledge I was seeking. CHAPTER XII I was now so far in tho country that the dwellings were widely separated, the next house being a fourth of a mile off and 011 the same side of the highway. It wa3 near noon when I presented myself at the door asking whether I could obtain dinner, for whioh, of course, I expected to pay. The oocupauts were a kindly old couple and their grown son. The meal was on the table, and noting my smart appearance they invited me to sit with them, the old lady asserting that they could not think of accepting pay. I forced a dollar upon them, much against their will, and naturally rose in their estimation. Nothing was easier than to tarn the conversation npon the gossip of the neighborhood, during which I secured about all the information they possessed about their next door neighbors. The name of the head of the latter household was Isaiah Bridges, and he was the twin brother of my host, whose given name was Nathan. The former couple had no children, having lost their only daughter a long time before. They had owned and lived upon the farm for 40 years. My informants seemed to know little about the visitors of their relatives. They were aware that a very distinguished looking gentleman and his wife, foreigners they thought, had been boarding there off and on for the past few weeks. They occupied most of the upper floor, but associated with no one in the neighborhood and avoided making acquaintances. Mrs. Bridges told me she had called once or twice when she knew the man and his wife were up stairs, but they did not show themselves, and neither my host nor hostess had seen either exoept at a distauca After establishing friendly relations with my new friends I asked to be allowed to stay with them for a few days, explaining that if I found it necessary to remain longer I would send for my luggage. They expressed a modest fear that their accommodations were not good enough for me, but the bargain was quickly made My friend Mr. Brown had omitted from his narrative a fact which must now be givem There was a strong resemblance between the appearance of Mr. Darius C. Howard and myself. We were of similar height and build and wore our beards in the same style?peculiarities which I noticed when I first saw him. My hair, however, is auburn and my eyes hazel in color, the difference being so marked that no one could mistake either of us for the other by daylight or in the glare of gas or electrio light At night, however, suoh mistake would be natural. Ever since I took hold of this business the fancy had been flickering in my brain that perhaps it was possible to turn this personal resemblance to ao count If I could make Mrs. Howard think I was he, even for a brief time, she might reveal some interesting secrets. But the scheme was a quixotio one. I could not imitate his voice and manner closely enough to deceive her, and more than likely when the husband and wife talked they employed their own language instead of English. Besides in what possible way cou.'d I gain the chance to make the test? Another question presented itself? were this strange couple in fear of natives of thair own country or of American officers? These and a multitude of similar queries ran through my brain on the starlit night when I left my temporary home at Nathan Bridges' and strolled along the highway in the direction of the dwelling where the interesting couple spent a portion of their tima The bluff which I had in mind was to go to the house during the day, representing to the old lady that I was a county officer who had called to assess the property, and it was necessary for me to examine the premises. It was a simple artifice, but I did not doubt I could make it work. Perhaps I would try it on the morrow. Careful inquiries of my landlord gave the gratifying information that his brother was not the owner of a dog. That disagreeable factor was eliminated from the problem. It seemed to me, therefore, mac no harm bat considerable good was likely to eome from a little investigation daring the favoring darkness. Perhaps 1 something might be seen throngh some of the lower or npper windows that wonld throw light npon the mystery. If I failed, it would be nevertheless an interesting way of spending a few hoars. ( At the entrance to the lane I paased to look and listen. Far in the distance , I heard the faint sound of a locomotive whistle. Some one called to another, on odd eddy in the air bringing the voice , so near that I instinctively glanced to my right to see the speaker, though I know he was a mile away. The soft wind moved mournfully through the poplars, und the lights from the houses hero and there twinkled across the sleep- , ing landscape. Everything invitod the essay I had in mind. There was no dog and plenty of shadow. No one could be aware of my purposo. Looking ap tho long avenue, all was gloom, with the faint twinkle of lights at the upper end. There was no sound of carriage wheels in either direction and? When I turned my head and looked into the darkness toward my temporary home, I fancied I saw the figure of a mam silent and motionless. Ho appeared to be in the middle of the highway, and if a living person he most have observed me. 1 gazed intently and suspeoted I was mistaken. We all know that when- onr gaze, wandering over the heavens, first rests on the Pleiades the seven stars show distinctly, but surveying them closely and attempting to count them there are but six. One modestly withdraws from view. It may have been somewhat the same I in this casa I had no expectation of seeing any person when the shadowy outlines appeared, and when I studied i the situation all beaame blank darkness. It was easy to eolve the question. I i might make a sudden rush and be upon the stranger before ho was aware, but if he were an innocent person what ex- i nlnnofiAn eVinnM T r\fPar? fny mv nnn/lnnt.? I Instead of that, I began stealing ] slowly toward him. He could not see or * hear me nntil I made snre whether he i was a reality or figment of the imagination. i I took possibly five steps in this i guarded manner, when I langhed silent- j ly. No person was there. "I shouldn't feel nervous," I mutter- j ed, "for there's nothing in this business < to compare with the risks I have run i many a time." Nevertheless I remained standing for | several minutes, peering into the gloom , and listening. No suspicious sound ] reached me, nor could I make out the shadowy figure that had given me such 1 a start. Common 6ense told me I was mistaken, but an odd feeling whispered j that I had never more need of being on ^ my guard than at that moment Walking softly back to the entrance ( of the avenue, I again paused, with my ( senses on the alert. Once more the faint ( whistle of a passing engine nearly a mile away fell upon my ear, but that , was all. From the trees surrounding the j house at the end of the lane shone a dull ( light, the whole being so similar to that which greeted me the night before that it was hard to believe I was not standing on the same ground that I had then . stood on. One of the worst failings a man of my profession can have is impatience. It i has brought many a well laid scheme to ' naught < So profound was the stillness that I j heard the door of the house open and i close. i "Now, if some one comes out with a < cigar and walks up and down the porch, 1 the resemblance will be complete." t I had turned into the lane and began walking toward the dwelling. My steps i were noiseless, the soft earth making ! such precaution easy. There was no rea- < eon seemingly for this extreme care, but 1 I was unmistakably nervous. I looked behind me as often as to the front and never took a dozen steps | without stopping to listen. The deep stillness was unbroken. If any one was < sharinwinc? me. he could be as noiseless as myself. j I had passed about half the distance i from the highway to the house when I received my second shock There was no mistake this time. A man was in front of me, standing as motionless as L The poplars at the 6ides of the avenue threw him into such deep shadow that I oould not make out the figure until within a rod of it There it was in the middle of the road like a statue oarved oat of the night itself. A creepy feeling came over me, and I slid my hand to my hip. My weapon was at instant command. We must have seen each other at the same instant, so that the halt was si- ( multaneous. He was as suspicious as L , But why this mutual distrust? We' ( were in a civilized country and simply meeting in the lane of a country farmhousa We ought to pass with a friendly greeting perhaps, but at least with- , out molesting each other. It will be understood that with my attention absorbed by the sight of the figure before me I forgot that shadowy form whioh I fancied had appeared in tho other direotion. It was idle to stand thus, and I took a step forward, meaning to make a bold , front of it At that moment the faintest perceptible rustling behind oaused me to turn j my head. As I did so the figure of a man leaped out of the gloom and bore me resistlossly to the ground. It was an Asiatic who had leaped upon me with the stealthy fury of a jungle tiger. 1 TO BE CONTINUED NEXT FRIDAY. ] Weather Hints.?Watch the sky . for what are called "mares' tails." i These appearing after clear weather ' -1 a 1- ~ rx? f Kn ** ? r? rl Jn tVlO clftT J siiuw lue iiavb ui ujc inu\a iu uiv j. A rosy sunset predicts fair weather. 1 A gray sky in the morning means fine weather. If the first streaks of light dawn are seen above a bank of clouds, s look out for wind ; if they are close to i or on the horizon, the weather will be a fair. In general, soft, delicate colors 1 in the sky, with indefinite forms of < clouds, mean fair weather; gaudy, i unusual colors, and hard edged clouds 1 mean rain, and probably wind. 1 A dark, gloomy, blue sky is windy ; i but a bright, light blue sky indicates I fine weather. Generally, the softer I clouds look the less wind (but perhaps < more rain) may be expected; and the < harder, more "greasy," rolled, tufted, : or ragged, the stronger the coming 1 wind will prove. ] A bright yellow sky at sunset pre- < sages wind; a pale yellow, wet; or- i ange or copper, wind and rain. i These are some of the most impor- s taut points about weather which have 1 been set down in the books by old : and experienced sailorraen.?Harper's 1 Young People. 1 Jttiscdlaufous ^failing. MIXED BABIES. They Were Born to Mother and Daughter in One Day. Last summer there was a double wedding at East Quogue, L. I. Mrs. Pelham Appleby, a winsome widow, became Mrs. Percival Graydon, and her 18-year-old daughter was wedded to Cummings GordoD. What is vaguely known as an "interesting event" took place in the old mansion yesterday. Two new and vociferous voices disturbed its usual quiet. A rumor of twins pervaded East Quogue. Some said Mrs. Gordon u??a "Hnino- ns well as enuld he exnect ed," and others said that it was Mrs. Cxraydon who "was getting along nicely." Each had been vouchsafed an heir the very same day, a coincidence which the village regarded as remarkable. The oldest dowager at East Quogue could remember nothing like it. Each infant was a boy with large brown eyes, and each weighed just 10 pounds 6 ounces. They looked so much alike that no one could tell them apart. The two babies were brought out by the white-capped .nurses and handed around for general admiration. The ladies of the village were so delighted with the infants that they lifted them up and passed them around, and swapped them and traded them for half an bour. When the nurses returned to jet the babies no one was able to tell which was which. There was a scene of :onfusion and panic. The nurses cried - ? J 1 Af<! * *f l-*nir citno. A LIU Lit I auuui ivsiu^ luui cibuui tions. The visitors turned pale and almost fainted. Some ingenious and some wild projects were tried for identifying the babies, but all failed. In desperation they decided which was which by a popular vote.?New York Journal. DR. GATLING, WHO INVENTED A GUN. The famous Dr. R. J. Gatling, the inventor of the wonderful gun that bears his name, is fond of Washington, and he was glad of the opportunity ;iven him to spend a month at the capital by reason of the tests of his and other guns now in progress at Indian Head. The doctor carries his tVimo.onnro onfl nHrl VPftTO well. He is a large man, white haired, like a patriarch, and with an air of good will toward all mankind. He is never so happy as when talking about modern engines of destruction, which he believes are the greatest agencies for keeping the peace. "People are not yet educated to appreciate the enormous revolution in future warfare caused by the invention of smokeless powder," said he to a Post reporter at the Ebbitt. "Already it has been made obsolete between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 of muskets that were built to shoot black powder, not to speak of the millions of cartridges, all of which the countries possessing would be willing to sell for a song. Here is a vast sum of wasted capital; but it is the inevitable result of progress. Our army guns in this country will soon be in the obsolete category, for to keep pace with the rest of the world we will have to adopt smokeless powder, too. A gun loaded with it :ii r.^nA o ku1)?.f {net. ttt'iVc as far as Will SCUU a UUllw juwv VM.vw ?~ the black powder does. Again the new invention changes military tactics entirely, for in the battles of the future, troops will never display themselves en masse to the enemy. Open fighting, as has been customary through all the ages, i3 a thing of the past, for it would mean utter annihilation. If smokeless powder had been in use during the late civil strife the war between the States wouldn't have lasted 90 days." "What is the difference between a rapid-firing gun and a machine gun ?" "A rapid firing gun doesn't begin to fire with the rapidity of a machine gun. The former is usually of one barrel and is loaded with shells. It is a great tjun for torpedo boats, but 15 times a minute is pretty good work for one of them. A machine gun of the Gatling type has from 6 to 12 barrels, and with three men to operate, practically never* leases firing, one volley succeeding another, at a speed of 1,200 discharges per minute. These three men can do - ? i - 1--J .K more killing tnan a wnoie urigaue irmed with old-fashioned muskets. It iS the machine gun. along with the smokeless powder, that is going to make war an impossibility/'?Washington Post. Wonders of Life Reproduction.?According to the naturalists, a scorpion will produce 65 of its species u a single season ; a commou fly, 14-1; i leech, 150, and a spider 170. The aydrachua produces 600 eggs, and a common frog, 1,100. The female moth s credited with exactly the same number of eggs as the frog, and the tor:oise 100 less, or an even 1,000. The gall insect lays 50,000 eggs, the shrimp, 3,000, and over 10,000 eggs have been found in the ovaries of a captured aslaris. One naturalist reports finding jver 12,000 eggs in a female lobster, md another found 21,000. The multila, an insect very similar to the ant, ins beeu known to lay 80,000 eggs in a -ingle day, and Leuweuhoeck attribu:es 4,000,000 for the season as the female crab's share in reproducing her species. More than 36,000 eggs have jeeu counted in a herring, 38,000 in a smelt, 1,000,000 in a sole, 1,130,000 in ;he roach, 3,000,000 in the sturgeon, 342,000 in the carp, 383,000 in a tench, 546,000 in a mackerel, 992,000 in a perch, and 1,357,000 in a flounder. But of all the fish hitherto discovered the cod appears to be the most wonderfully prolific. One reliable naturalist reports 3,686,000 eggs from a single female in one season, and another as many as 9,444,000. THE INJUNCTION CASES. Big Legal Battle Before Judge Goff of the United States Court. Argument on the registration injunction cases was commenced before Judges Goff and Simontou, on last Thursday and concluded on Saturday afternoon. The State was represented by Attorney General Barber and General Edward McCrady, the framer of the original registration laws. Pope & Caldwell and Douglass & Obearr joined forces against the registration laws, and the argument was spicy and interesting. Judge Goff promised to announce his decision yesterday. The bearing of the dispensary injunction cases was commenced on Monday. Messrs. Pope and Caldwell appeared for James Dunbar, the complainant, and Assistant Attorney General Townsend appeared for the State. At the outset of the case, Pope read a circular letter of instruction from F. M. Mixon, State liquor commissioner, in which it appeared that the constables were advised to ignore the restraining order of Judge Goff, and also read affidivits giving specific information of cases in which the restraining order was disobeyed. Upon hearing the papers, Judge Gofif issued an order requiring Francis M. Mixon to appear before him on Tuesday, May 7th, and show cause why he should not be ruled for contempt in disobeying the order of the court previously granted. Dr. Pope then read affidavits to the effect that Constables Davis and Lafar had seized liquors in contempt of the court's injunction, and Judge Goff ordered that they also be required to show cause why they should not be ruled for contempt. Argument on the injunction was then proceed with at length ; but was not concluded until yesterday. Judges Goff and Simonton asked certain questions of the attorneys for the State which seem to indicate that the court is very likely to make the temporary injunction permanent. NOTE WELL YOUNG MAN. The following article, from Wednesday's Norfolk Landmark, is so full of sensible advise, and hits the nail so squarely on the head, that we reproduce it and commend it to the careful, consideration of our readers, especially to those who have their own wav ta make and who depend upon their own exertions for success. It is a great mistake for employees to think that their employers do not take careful note of those who serve them best, and the faithful discharge of their obligations will in the end, be rewarded by advancement. Men or women who give their best efforts to those who employ them will rarely want positions, and another thing worth considing is the fact that other employers note unusual industry in the performance of duty, and the man or woman who is thus noticed will always be in demand : "One great trouble with proprietors and men of business is that they do not suit their clerks and other employees. If they would just do as their subordinates wish, they would undoubtedly have a much easier time while they lasted. Now the application of this is that young men do not, as a rule, appreciate the discipline they get in enforced obedience to rules and orders when given. As Rudyard Kipling well says, every man who is working for another should understand that when an order is given for a thing to be done it is hardly permissible to go in a walk to obey ; a run is the better gait. Absolute fidelity to the service in which one is engaged, whether it is agreeable or not, with a purpose to do the very best one can is the secret of success, because the habit is acquired of working with the traces stretched, and, without abatement of energy and zeal, is worth dollars when it comes to be engaged in one's own enterprise. "Many men feel that they are at liberty to use the time for which they are paid by others to engage in side enterprises, to use it in diversions of various l-?v?r3r? onrl nftrm flint tliA """ *v ?fl" ?-- ?employer's interest is made secondary. This is all wrong and will, sooner or later, come home with distressing emphasis. Our advice to all our young friends is to mind their employer's business, for it is only a moral and legal duty which they are in justice bound to perform, but in doing so they are minding their own business in a way most profitable 'o them. "To the young man or woman who makes it a rule of life to be absolutely loyal, earnest and active in the place where they are thrown for business,will rarely have to ask for promotion or to complain of inadequate pay. The o'vonf to t*trlocT\orictHlic TlA tvllrt ?T UU lO lUUVUj/WU?lt/i^ A*. uv II MW makes himself invaluable by an aggressive and untiring zeal for those in whose interests he is engaged, when he comes to be master of his own business he will bring to it the excellent qualities and good business habits which have been acquired in faithful and unfailing service to his former superior officer or business master." fiST A sensational preacher recently declared that the whistling of a railroad engine on a Sunday "snorted defiance in the face of Heaven."