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?j? - 1 11 I Delayed Dispatch 0 ? ll tm I had never beer) left alono in charge of the office before. lt waff Ia cold, blustery day in January, one of those dreary winter days that make one feel BO melancholy and blue, the wind shrieking about tho building and the snow failing thick ly in groat white flakes, which seem ed to be vying with each other for a comfortable spot on which to fall when reaching tho friendly bosom of earth. Old Sol had pot favored us with a smile all day, but had sulkily hidden his face behind the gray, restless clouds, lt was truly a dismal afternoon. The ollice building in which I was domiciled was one of those dreary old country s allons which seemed to be dropped along the side of thc railroad track at intervals without an effort at making them other than what they are-both un comfortable and unsightly. The little town of B. was a ileepy little village of 900 inhab itants, built down in a valley, sur rounded by hills, from which flowed an abundance of beautiful, clear, pure spring water, supplying tho humble, contented citizens. Today the place presented a picturesque appearance. The snow had been falling heavily during the night, ; I and the trees, fences, housetops, busher, and streets were completely covered with the "beautiful/* The principal street of the village ?ended at the foot of tho long wind ing hill which served as a coasting place for the merry young people. The only sign of life about the place this memorable afternoon was the occasional j in gie of sleighbells waft ed to my ears on the'frosty air as some farmer's boy took advantago of the deep snow to exhibit his new aleigh and a merchant now and then coming to the station for his small shipments. One or two dis consolate looking tramps passed my office, trudging along through the ?now, casting an envious glance in my direction as I sat in the bow -window. This cold, wintry day as I sat in the little office listening intently to the tick of the two instruments on the table in front of me little did 1 dream that it was to be the one eventful day of my We. Looking from the windows, I could see east and west of me tho straight line ol track stretching away like two sil' ver reptiles running side by side over a vast white sheet. A shori ?distance north of the office was thc old woolen mill of Bartlet & Sons, from which issued the sound of th? merry wheels as they hummed ii busy unison with the click of thc looms, keeping company with mj wandering thoughts. At a distance of perhaps a quartei .of a mile on each side of my office were two curves, preventing my see lng a train approach the statior from either direction, until tin shrill whistle- of the eugine callee for my signal or down brakes. I had just learned telegraphy, oi thought; I hud, haying studied i -s>y>ut four months, and hud becoun proficient enough, as my/sanguini teacher avowed, to fill the place) witl perfect safety while ho made a pleas ure trip to Louisville? the center o: (gravity ic? him. I remember I hs; .serious misgivings as to my ability to take care of the office work ani eat with tears trembling on my eve lashes long after the train bearmj my only assistance had disappears! and felt very much depressed, a though on the eve of some grea calamity. t To throw off this dreadful fcolin; I walked to the waiting room ani back several times, humming a pop ular air to keep up my spirits, think I had been thus occupied ai hour or so when X heard the trail dispatcher at "M." giving an orde to the operator at Wilmington fo No. 48, a freight train coming easi It reacl: "Train No. 40, engine 23( has until, eleven ten (11:10) a. n to run to Ray a viii o for No. Il, OE gine 345:--R. Ck L." I went to the table and copie the order as it was given, simply dc ing so to pass the time, and heir the operator at Wilmington receiv it and give the signatures of bot conductor and engineer of Ko. 4i < the dispatcher giving him the coi rect time." Then I noted Wilminf \ ton reporting No. 48 out of his stt tion at 10:40 a. m. After an it tprval bf half an. hour or so the oj orator at /*M." asked if there wei any orders for No. Ill, receiving a, negative'answer from the dispatel ' .er. All this I noted casually, nc thinking for o moment that it ha the slightest interest for mc o tin I.than , something to copy, .and j blissful ignorance that we were c the verge of a terrible catastrophe In a few moments, while la?] gasdng weat; from my/window, t sa a hazy, . dark vmist .: curling; up 'oin the snow cupped trees in the di tance, which looked very much lil emoko from an engine, and while ?vas conjecturing as to what j t mig] Saean I heard tho signal for my ta ?rt-I .get a4 it swung around tho cur , ?0. K,^ and then I gave SSmVn signal td go ahead Just as th were roimding tbe east :cmrfq~t) g <^ooae just dj^Dpearixufe "SJ & called mc'und asked," "Is Np. 46 'on (he Bxdiiig?^ I told him "No;" that they had just loft the station, giv ing the time thev had passed. His reply: "My (Jod! Has No. 48 gone: No. Ill is pulling out. Tk-wy ?iii collide. Can't you get Ko. 48?" My hair felt ns though it, was rising oft my head, chills chased themselves up and down my spine, and the cold perspiration pouted down my pallid cheeks as I rushed with all speed and less grace from thc oflice and frantically waved a white apron I wore and which I tore off as I ran, hut the crew of the freight failed to look back us the caboose sailed round the curve, and my heart almost fail ed me as I realized that the only hope now was to catch No. Ill be fore they lett "M." I ran back into my office and sank into a chair, no longer able to stand on my feet, scarcely breathing until ia a few--hours it seemed to me, hut in reality-seconds the dis patcher called mo, saying, "We've got No. 111." Were ever words so sweet to mortal cars? The tick of that little brass sounder as it rang those words through the room was like sweet music, so welcome were thev to inc. How did they get No. 111? I will tell you. When I told the dis patcher that No. 48 wus beyond re call, he opened a window in mad haste and screamed to the people on the platform below him, "For God's sake, stop that train!" And they, realizing that something was terri bly wrong, rushed after the rapidly disappearing train, frantically wav ing handkerchiefs and umbrellas, screaming like madmen, finally at tracting tho attention of tho rear brakeman just as No. Ill was going out of sight and hearing. They backed up on a siding and waited, and soon the freight train pulled into "M." station, tho crew as un concerned as though they had not just escaped a smashup and the pos sibilities of instant death a few mo ments before. A white faced operator, with trembling lips,-leaned out pf the window and asked them, ''Haven't you forgotten something?" And the forgotten order was suddenly remembered, but too late for them. The whole crew was of course discharged, and I-well, when those welcome words were ticked off that dear old sounder, telling me that Ko. Ill's crew and passengers were safe, I lost consciousness and only ' came back to life in time to hear the conductor of No. Ill say to his engineer: "Poor girl, she has faint ed 1 She is almost frightened to death." I Had I not warned the dispatcher in time for him to catch the passen ger train there would have neon a orrible collision, and we can only picture to ourselves the horrors ao companying such a catastrophe. My reward was a position with the company and a handsome gold watch. I stayed with the company hut a short time, however, for I never could cure myself or tho hor ror I had of railroad telegraphing produced by my terrible.experience that wintry day in January, and aa I write this story sitting hero in my oozy little sitting room by a bright coal fire watching the flames ere ap ing around the black diamonds no the grate as I go . over the scenes and situations of that dreary after nnr?n T sjmgmjg '??j WSSdsr if dd Father Time -will eyer enable me to forget that dreadful exp?rience, M that I can speak pf it all without ? shudder.-Northwest Magazine. Whistler1* Appoaranosw Mortimer Mennes?. long a close associate of Whistler,"thus describ ed that famous artist: "In appear ance Whistler waa slight, small boned and extremely dainty. He seemed always to haye a sparkling a|r about him. \ Hi* complexion waa very bright and fresh. His eyes were keen and brilliant, and his hair when I knew him was, save fox one snowy lock, of a glossy raven block. His dress was quaint and. a little different from that of other men, ind his whole appearance, eves his deportment, was studied from the arti?tic standpoint." j Tims la Money. I Clerk-I wpuld like a small in crease in my salary, sir. Merchant-I don't see my way sleet to that, but I can do the sams j thing in another way. You know that t|me is money? * ''Yes, sir." "We)J, hereafter you can work until G instead of leaving at 6." Imagination Rans Riot. "But," the publisher complained, "tbs chief -characters In your story aro a man and a woman who co on oinking i Jove to each other for years and years. after they are married." j : *WeH," the young novelist replied, "you must remember this la a work of jktfon."-Chicago Kecond-HeralcL .3 ' \ Ci... ; i For Infants and Clblldrcii. Iii m? Yan ian?lwafs Bsag&t Cloth iS pct into hot soapsuds. - Whs D a mao dan do* almost any* thing exeept make a living he is dubb Mn.genios.. v v-^/'V' ?V.,' ,':rj ? . .\ AN INFORMAL CALL. lt Was Just a First Neighborly Visit to a Newcomer. That a certain degree of formali ty is desirable is suggested by i lu? following amusing story of a neigh borly call: "Pood evening/' said the elderly woman, approaching the sveps. "I see you are enjoying the fresh air. It's a luxury to be able to sit outside again, isn't it?" "It is pleasant," responded the woman who was sitting on tho porch. "I don't believe you know me. I arn Mrs. Baxter, your neighbor, two doors off. No, don't get up. I'll just sit down here beside you. Don't say a word now. I have intended to call ever since you moved in, but you know how it is. There's al ways something. And when 1 saw you come out and sit down I said to my husband: 'I'm just going to run over at once. If she thinks it informal, I don't mind, because. I am informal. I always was.' And he just laughed and told me to go ahead. He says he thinks he met your husband some years ago. How do you like your house? You needn't tell me, tjiough, for I sup pose you've hardly got used to it yet, and it's so discouraging getting settled. And then I saw Airs. Thom as, your next door neighbor on the other side, a day or two ago, and she tells mo that you've been having awful trouble getting a servant. You needn't say anything. I know exactly what it is. I. don't know what the girls are coming to. They don't seen to want to work, and they're most of them worthless when you do get one. I've had more"--1 The* other woman had twice made a movement as if to rise, but had been prevented by tho detaining hand of the informal caller. This time, however, she got up. "If you're wanting to seo Mrs. Gage, ma'am, -you'll have to call again, for she's gone to thc thcayter and won't be back till late," she said, with cold dignity. "I ain't Mrs. Gage myself. I'm the cook." -London Tit-Bits. An Unuttarad Thought. Two Irishmen serving in an Eng lish regiment were good chums until Rooney was raised to the rank of sergeant. Forthwith his chest ex ?>anded, and from that time on he ooked down on McGrane. One day McGrane approached Booney and said, "Mike, I mean sergeant, s'pose a private stepped up to a sergeant and called him a con ceited monkey, phwat wud hap pen?" "He'd be put in the gyardhouse." "He wud?" j "He wud?' "Well, now s'pose the private on'y thought the sergeant was a conceited monkey and didn't say a wurd about it. Wud he be put in the gyardhouse?" "Av co oreo not." "Well, thin, we'll lave it go at that." _ Enterprise. A w?ll known novelist told the following story the other evening at sn authors' dinner: An Irishman who had been out of o job many weeks found in the river that flowed through biB town the body of the keeper of the railroad drawbridge. He" immediately be* took himself to the superintendent of the division and applied for the vacated job, saying that he had seen the body of the former keeper in the river. "Sorry," said the superintendent briefly. "The place has been filled. We gave it to the man who saw bim fall in."-Harper's Weekly. Whxro Lightning lo Continual. There are several places on tho ?lobe whore :'#,ery climatic j change is accompanied by violent electria explosions, hut the worst place in the world for 'a person who. is af fected with a nervous, dread : of thd "forked fury" is the eAt e?asfr?i> Santo Domingo. * There the electric display begins -: with tho rainy sea-f son, sud it is said on good authority that tho sky, or rather the clouds, are often 'illuminated for weeks by continuous flasher and twinkles. ?f . -? Hla MlttaJcov Wi^jfj-^You, deliberately deceived me wjten you asked me to marry you. t Husband^-I did nothing of the sort.. WifoH-Yes, you did. You told me that you were quite well off. j Husband-Yes, and so I was. But I was foolish enough to imagine I would be better off with a wife. ir* A moving Power. A teacher giving lectures on phyp ical force when he had finished asked, ''Now, boys, can any of you tell mo what it is that moves people along:tile street?" He was greatly surprised and the class highly amused at receiving from ono of the boys th? unexpected . answer, "Please, ate, th? police force." . IV ' nd? i 'wi r z-- ' sweetness of love's young ea depends upon the amount ^m^Mm$ ? . < meti?ashapp9Bsthsfcawid i the li tait of fapertiaeaee for take shelter ia ea Umbrella stor& buring a thunder shower. . Seme wives are unhappy because their busosnds don't . neglect them * enough. A BEAT THAT FAILED HOW THE PLANS OP AN ENTERPRIS ING EDITOR WERE UPSET. Thc ('limns to tho Groat Uobbtnn I).?illino M ti i o fi Race tl M lt Develop ed lu thc utiloo ur Uno ut tho Metro politan Afternoon Dnlliei, "I never rend of u close finish In a big running race nowadays that I'm not reminded of a famous punctured scoop tu which 1 figured when I was working lu u New York newspaper of lie??," said an old time telegrapher who is now employed in Wushlugtoti. "lt was back 1" the ?lays when tho groat Domino was tho star colt of the Keene stable and, with one exception, wa.?, acknowledged as the greatest two year-old of the Beason. "Tho exception was Menard Croker's flier Dobbins. These two youngsters finally' mot in tho Futurity, and. al though the Keene colt won, with Dob bins third, tho latter's owner was uot satisfied with the result, and a match was speedily arranged at tho Futurity distance for $10,000 a side. "Now, tho paper I worked on was an evening shoot, and lt was tho ambition of the managing editor's life to beat the opposition evening paper and got the news of a big event like this on the street tlrst "Tho other follows had boatou us on the Futurity story a few days before, and the managing editor made no se cret of (he fuct that he was goiug to get even. "Accordingly he laid all of his plans n day ahead, and, although we did not know at the time what th??y were, we felt sure by the way he strutted around on the mornlug of the race that lurhud the winning combination up his sleeve. "Along about noontime of that day the editor, thc most nervous man I ever met, called me Into his olfiee and told me that, ns the match race was the fifth event on the card, he wanted me to have one of the other operators take the result of the fourth race, and he also wanted me to get a wiro in good working order and prepare to get the result of the fifth race. "The scheme was to have two presses set and all ready to start. Oue of them was to have the big front pago headline read 'Dobbins Wins tho Big Match,' and the other just the same, except that Domino's uamo appeared In the place of Dobbins'. The Dobbins extra was on press No. 1 nnd the Dom ino extra on press No. 2. Whichever horse won, the managing editor was to call out No. 1 or No. 2, and the press would be started in quicker time than it takes to tell of the arrangement. "I couldn't help but inwardly smile as I watched the managing editor strid ing nervously about, walting for the start, just like a "man who had thou sands of dollars wagered on the chance of one of the racers. "Suddenly the key of my instrument began to click, and he quickly stopped and looked anxiously at me, but it proved to be only the operator at the other end testing. Learning this, he re sumed his walk up and down the room. "Presently the key began to click again. This time the horses were on their way to the post. The next I got from the other end was that the horses were at the post and would be off in a minute. This information, Instead of steadying the managing editor, only In creased his jumpiness, for he ordered the men who were standing around to cease their talking and also called downstairs half a doten times to know If everything was ready below in the press room. "In the midst of this the key again began to work, and I called out that they were off. "The clicks of the instrument that followed now told me that they were moving along, nose and nose, at the Quarter. At the hsM mile Domino waa in the lead by a nose, and as I an nounced this X was watching the mau aging editor, and I could seo his Ups framing the words aNo. 2/ \rhich was . the Domino press. . "Dobbins just managed to shove bia nose in front at the three-quarters and the boss moved nearer the speaking tube as J made this announcement. Coming into the stretch the two game colts were head and bead, and ?he man aging editor, with the mouthpiece of the speaking tube pressed tightly against his lips, was walting for the result "Well, the result came along in good season. But never co long as I live shall I forget the expression on that editor'? face when the key .told me that itbe match race was a dead beat, . I hes itated just a second before calling; it out, for I could almost picture In my mind what effect it would have on him. Finally I called out in as firm a voice no I could, 'Dead heat I* "Well, that editor's knees just gave way from under him? If he had not grabbed a chair I am positive he would have fallen to the floor. " 'Dead beat?" he gasped, with a liv id face. 'Are you sure?' . toid him that lt had been repeated td me and that thero could be no mis take. He was too dum founded to move for twp or three seconds, but when he saw all of the men who were about to Jump to their places ready to throw to gether a new-scare head, wbilo others hustled around to find the stereotypers, who almost to a man bad gone out of the building, be came to in a jiffy and was tho same old hustler. ''Everybody took hold and worked harder probably than .he over r/orked before or since, and although rye didn't beat the opposition paper, as we were so certain of doing, we were on the Street ouly a minute or BO behind it We afterward learned that-they bad made exactly the same arrangements to beat us and bad been fooled In, pr?? clsoly th? sama way."-Waahmaftoo Star.. - Fame i s dsarly hough t si the ex pense of oou science. >.'^.^^%l?-|l*t*t*God ?SI not suspicions of hit neighbors. - The mee who profits by his own mistake* oouqta olear fains, - Ono o? s young man's gravest Cf rora io to mistake fooliabcsss for ooa - Whit's tbs use.of having a mi?? lian do"ar? if your fiona ao h won't help you enjoy ii ? It \Va,5 the Peddler's Turr\ to Ha.ve a Laugh M|??ORNIXG. madam! Want any | ? v JL combs, brushes, hairpins or ? chewing gum?" asked the I peddler, putting hid hut ou the tloor I nml opening bis puck. "No, sir," said tho woman sharply, "und I don't eure for any dime novels, puzzles, lump wicks, eye salves or corn plasters." ".lust so. And 1 suppose it's no use to ask whether you'd like to look at u bottle of wrinkle tilling for the com plexion?" "Not a bit. slr. nial I know you have not any book on good manners or you'd read them yourself occasionally." "None of the people 1 call on would appreciate 'em, madam. And now. if you^think you have in? uso for tin? cele brated invisible ear trumpet that you can fasten to a bark window and bear all your neighbors say, or the famous lon? range telescope that will bring every kitchen within ball' a mile of your bouse so close to you that you can almost smell what the folk are cook in?. I'll be going." "Hold on!" exclaimed the woman of the bouse. "I'd like to see those two articles." "All riebt, madam." replied tho ped dler; "If l Kee any chap who's ?ot 'em to sell Tl! send him around. Morning, madam." And be plebe?! up his hat. put it on bis head sideways and went down the steps whistling.--New York Tress. A Peculiar Incident. "When I lived lu Haleigh, N. C.," ?aid Philip \V. Wiley of the govern ment printing otlice, "ono of the churches was about to receive a new pastor, and two of the trustees of the church, associating with themselves three other members, went to the rail road station to meet him. On his ar rival one of them spoke to him: "'The Kev. Mr. Bluck, I believe?' ".Yes, slr.' " !We are the committee appointed to receive you. My name ls Grny.* " 'I nm glad to meet you Mr. Gray.' ".And this ls Mr. Scarlett.' ...Delighted, Mr. Scarlott.' ".And Mr. Brown.' " 'Mr. Brown, I assure you this ls a pleasure.' " *And Mr. Green.? " 'Mr. Green, permit me to grasp your band.' " 'Also Mr. White/ " 'Mr. White, I love to meet so many of my brethren. But, Mr. Gray, ls tills a colored church to which I am called to minister:' " 'Why, no!' said that gentleman blankly. " 'Well, I see all the colors are repre sented in thc committee,' sold Mr. Black, 'and the idea occurred to me.' "Buch was the fact, though none of them had noticed it before."-Washing ton Poet. _ A Military Necessity- In Tal" War. "Why," demanded the Russen gen eral of an orderly who had brought news of an engagement in which many were killed and wounded, "did not your colonel send to me the names of the poor fellows who suffered in this ' disaster?" The orderly saluted. "Sir," Bald he, "he wished to, but my horse was weak from overriding and not strong enough to carry them." "Ahl" aald the general. "It is well that we have th? Transslberian rail road. Have them shipped to me by freight"-Judge. Hot a Good Flt. "For goodness' sake," ?xclalmed th? boy's mother, "what are you complain ing about? You wanted reg*lar aus pender panta, and now you've got 'em you ain't satisfied.'* "But, mom," protested the boy, "I'm kinder 'frald they're too tight under the arms."-Philadelphia Praia. News to Htm. "I don't believe you '?now anything!" said th? schoolteacher to the hard man from the state Shop. "I don't believe you know that Methusaleh ia dead!" "I didn't know bo was sick," replied the hard man, and then the first class in geography waa called.-Star of Hop?. One Th Ina and Another. .'Wondah If those girls are talking about us, old fellaw." "Dunnaw. I awsked 'em, and they said that they were talking about one thing and anothaw."-Chicago Tribune. Tho Sons' For Summer. Here's a sons' fer summer, An' melons cool sn' sweat Sweeter fer the lons day An' plowin' in the heat! (Life t?own south In Georgy Mighty hard to boat!) Here's a song fer ru namer. Sunny days or dim. Listen to th? mockln' bird Turin' far bis hymn I Every cup a cup o' ley Boasqr So tb?, brim! -Atlanta OonstttuttoB, _. __ ' - A medical student says he has often heard of th? trombone, but hs can't find any reference to it in tbe medical books. -BRING MB - YOUR CHICKENS. 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