Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Volumen91875 |
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Página 322 - The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining...
Página 393 - You want an engineer, I understand," lie said, in a low, cautious tone, at the same time gazing quietly about him, as though he wanted no one to hear what he said. " I do," I replied. " My train is all ready, and we have no engineer within twenty miles of this place.
Página 394 - I had seen enough to assure me that he was thoroughly acquainted with the business, and I felt composed once more. I gave my engine up to the new man, and then hastened away to the office. Word was passed for all the passengers to take their seats, and soon afterward I waved my hand to the engineer. There was a puff, a groaning of the heavy axle-trees, a trembling of the building, and the train was in motion. I leaped upon the platform of the .guardcarriage, and in a few minutes more the station-house...
Página 394 - interrupted the man. " Good heavens, sir, he is as crazy as a man can be ! He turned his brain over a new plan for applying steam power. I saw him at the station, but did not fully recognize him, as I was in a hurry. Just now one of your passengers told me that your engineers were all gone this morning, and that you found one that "was a stranger to you. Then I knew that the man whom I had seen was Martin Kroller. He had escaped from the hospital at Stettin. You must get him off somehow.
Página 393 - Come, why don't we start?" growled an old fat Swede, who had been watching me narrowly for the last fifteen minutes. And upon this there was a general chorus of anxious inquiry, which soon settled to downright murmuring. At this juncture some one touched me on the elbow. I turned and saw a stranger by my side. I expected that he was going to remonstrate with me for my backwardness.
Página 123 - ... lark above him ; but the debtor, though clothed in the utmost bravery, what is he but a serf out upon a holiday, — a slave to be reclaimed at any instant by his owner, the creditor ? My son, if poor, see wine in the running spring ; let thy mouth water at a last week's roll ; think a threadbare coat the ' only wear ' ; and acknowledge a whitewashed garret the fittest housing place for a gentleman : do this, and flee debt. So shall thy heart be at peace and the sheriff be confounded.
Página 342 - The memory of a kindly word For long gone by, The fragrance of a fading flower Sent lovingly, The gleaming of a sudden smile Or sudden tear, The warmer pressure of the hand, The tone of cheer, The hush that means, "I cannot speak, But I have heard !" The note that only bears a verse From God's own Word, — Such tiny things we hardly count As ministry, The givers deeming they have shown Scant sympathy ; But, when the heart is overwrought, Oh, who can tell The power of such tiny things To make it...
Página 394 - Here's Little Oscue just before us," cried out one of the guard. But even as he spoke the buildings were at hand. A sickening sensation settled upon my heart, for I supposed that we were now gone. The houses flew by like lightning. I knew if the officers here had turned the switch as usual, we should be hurled into eternity in one fearful crash. I saw a flash, — it was another engine, — I closed my eyes; but still we thundered on! The officers had seen our speed, and knowing that we would not...
Página 181 - Sir," said he, in broken accents, " you have afforded me a pleasure for which my whole future life will feel grateful. I am an old man, and every day, from boyhood to the present time, I thought I had repeated the Lord's Prayer ; but I never heard it before — never ! "
Página 344 - For instance, if in such a frog the web between the toes be pinched, the limb is immediately withdrawn ; if the shoulder be scratched with a needle, the hind foot of the same side is raised to remove the instrument; if the animal is held up by one leg, it struggles; if placed on its back — a position to which frogs have a great antipathy — it immediately turns over on its belly ; if one foot tie held firmly with a...