The Daily Index. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 274, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 1, 1903 Page: 2 of 4
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Cap. Mot. Eddie, poop's «• whtstM
climb la an* »tprt bsr op Lot hurt
bus p mlto so* stop. We’ll bp op." '
The tbrpp whisked back Ukp great!
emu. Thp other planted bin lantern)
op the pups and raised one toot and!
THE UPLIFTING OF CUBA
Hp got no further. Thp etone that*
crashpd on bis skull may knee killed!
him as he sank down, sliding underj
^The hand which bad held the stomp
was on the throttle now. It yanked N
viciously to the widest notch. A tip,
mondous, jarring jerk shot through
the link of cars. The great drivers
whizzed, stationary for a second lPj
their revolution, then grasped the
rails, aad No. 1S7 shot on with ai
snorting scream, a gasping, straining
demon in thp darkness.
Platt hsard- the ‘wild, despairing
yell behind the express car, and,
laughing uncannily, glanced back.
Yes, he had been in time. The train
T the close of the Spaa-
/ *yrv lab American war the
} railway system of Cuba
wm n*»»o»t aatirely con
~ VgW feed to the western
I and narrower half o*
MrPjfcedy the island, and constat
JnWSPi'm ed of ft number of h<di
jaMMUE;' parattvely short lines
~jlHH X eztenllnK from Havana
westward to i'tnar d.!
Rk> southward arroea
» the Island to list a ha no.
eastward via Maranzas
to Hants Clsra. sad
eeaaectiaa with Cardenas. Sagua Is
Oraads and Gslberlen on the north
eaaat aad Cienfuegn*, ns the aoutb
coast Bast of Santa Clara, through
the Interior half of the Island, embrac-
ing nearly 7d per cent of Its area, there
were hut a few short lines, eztendlng
from the coast toward the Interior;
Uam Vaa Horae then on a casual visit,
lo Cuba, whose attention was directed
to the eztraordlnary resources of the
country, that It was possible to build
the railway without a franchise, and
upon laying the matter before s num-
ber of gentlemen of high flnaaclsl
standing In New York and elsewhere
he found no difficulty In securing the
necessary money for carrying out the
project.
The work proceeded without a hin-
drance or interruption, and It was sub-
stantially completed when the mill
tary government proclaimed s general
ratlro«4 law embracing the Vest fea-
k There’s a little grain of pride
'Neath everybody'* hide.
. And a man will throw hie head beck
now and then
And Imagine that he * It.
And meet likely have a At.
If you tell him he's the commonest of
men;
But there’s nothing to compare
In the world or anywhere.
With the dignity and pride and haughtl-
was intact.
With her golden bang* a-curl.
As she walks out in her t»r*t long dress'
—L B. Holcomb. Alto Paso. I1L
When he came out of his &tnt on
the station platform a few minutes
later a girl with pathetic, teerlcse
eyes held bis bead In her tender lap.
She bent down and glased him.
“Where’s Uncle Nate?" murmured
Rod, trying to rise and gazing at the
circle of sympathetic faces.
“Here!” growled a hunky voice,
which quavered and oroke, as the big
OH of twenty miles from the south
coast to Sssctl X pi rim*, another of
torty-Sve miles from Nuevttas on the
north const to Puerto Principe, an-
other of thirty miles from the city of
Santiago to Ponupo and Han Luis, an-
other of twenty-two miles extending
northward from Guantanamo and a
narrow gauge line of nineteen miles
from Glbara, on the north coast, to
ed Platt s hand. "Here, boy, and
they're fetchfn’ poor Rtckett round,
too. I’m a—I'm a—’’
“No, you're not," whispered his
former fireman, with * weak smile.
“Just tell me one thing, old man.
Have I got back?”’
• bure!” cried Nathan Bellows, em-
phatically. "I guess well have to
take him back, Bess, eh; '
"I’ve never let him go,” said -the
glri quietly, and kissed him again.—
Philadelphia Ledger. _---
How Rod Platt Got Back
In addition to these there was a
Spanish military railway traversing
the famous “trocha" from Jucaro on
the south coast to Han Fernando on
the north coast.
The whole of the great provinces
of Santiago end Puerto Principe, and
the eastern half of the province of
8apta Clara fembraring. as be-
fore elated, nearly 70. per root
of the Island> were almost with-
out railway facllltlee. and thn Interior
of this part of Cuba. was. therefore,
available for little more than, cattle
“CanT I go down with you. Unde
Nate? It*a only seven miles, and I’ll
■It very still In the cab."
The stout engineer scratched bis
head doubtfully “Yes,’” be said at
last, giving way before the appeal of
blue eyes. ♦'Nino forty, sharp, Bes-
sie. Rod Platt won’t be botherin' you
in Weiton. Beer stay as long as
Cousin 8ally will keep you.” He
gave an Irritable shrug and looked
at his watch. It's 9 o’clock now. I
cust be going “
'Til be there," cried the girl.
"Thank you, unde. I don’t thank
you, though, for being so mean to
Rodney. He fired for you two years
and you tbougt t there was no one
like him. Then. Just because he
accidentally bit you with a lump of
coal—“
"Accident! Huh!” snorted Nathan
Bellows. “He done It a purpose."
“He didn't. He was trying to bit
a bird by the track.”
“Well, ho hit the wrong bird, then.
He’s made Ms last run with me.
And with you, too. I told him If I
caught him around here again I’d
brain him.' K
"You did! You mean old—“
But the door~was slammed and
Bessie Patson was left to finish her
sentence to empty walls.
by Sedge Pond, waking the stillness
with a steady, rattling roar. “Two,
three, four miles,” counted Rod.
“Now the gorgo and the woods.
Seems natural, don’t It, or would If
I was back there when 1 ought to
be. Here’s where I tried to peg that
cussed partridge, and the blamed
tump broke and took Nate behind the
ear. What a fool I was!"
They flew around a curve to the
Recognized Him.
A professor In the Harvard Iaiw
school has a memory which plays him
false on all matters except points of
law. He cannot remember bis men.
When the school opened last fall a
student who prides himself on his rep-
utation with the Instructors and
makes himself felt by wise questions
in the class room, approached the
professor and held out his hand.
The professor hesitated for a mo-
ment over the man's name and finally
got It out in trimuph.
The student was highly elated and
a few minutes after said with proud
satisfaction to the professor’s secre-
tary:
"The old boy seems to be getting
his memory back. He hesitated only
a minute before he called me by
name. Pretty good after a three
months' vacation, isn’t It?”
"Why,” replied the secretary, “It’s
funny he hesitated when I had just
told him your name. He saw you
coming across the hall and asked me
who you were.”—Youth’s Companion.
Hotsl inglstsrra.
(Havana.)
lures of the railroad laws of the Unit-
ed States and Canada.
The last rail on the section between
Puerto Principe and Santiago wt3 laid
oh Nov. (5, 1902. and on the section be-
tween Puerto Principe and Santa (Tiara
five days later, and two years after the
grading of the line commenced, and
The 8paoi*h government had for
fifty years recognized the Importance
The Old-Fashioned Fire.
To steam heat th* cities aspire
Aa they ahiver and shake in the cold;
But glvf me the old-fashioned Are—
The round, rosy backlog of old!
The warmth and the light
Of Its flame, leaping bright—
The drowsy-heads huddled around It gt
night 1
“I might as well go down to Wei-
ton to-night and nek Tom Soars to
give me a job haying,” thought Rod
Plntt, recently and unceremoniously
bounced hum the company’s employ
•t (he XTrththl request of Nathan.
“Tbs old man will never forgive me
—and Bess; well. K’e hard luck.”
The clean built young fireman
ground his big, whitg, irregular teeth.
“Faags,” the boy* on the road dub-
bed h|m, but be didn't mind. 'TH
Uko one more trig wltit Nate." he
grunted. "Passenger, too. Reserved
aunt anu free ticket”
When No. 127 puffed her feet gath-
His half-blinded eyes could tea more
plainly.
The sparks up (ha broad chimney flying-
straight stretch of rails glittering in
the headlight's glare. “Hullo!”
whispered the man. “Slowing up—-
wnat’s the matter P’
Shading his eyes he peered ahead
to see a twin ring lantern’s signal of
warning. “I knew that gravel would
slide down,” be muttered. “Tbat’s
It, I guess. Ill get out of this berth
and walk the rest of the way.”
As the engine panted to a bait be
dropped off, hearing the gruff hail of
Bellows, "What in thunder’s tbs
trouble?"
The man with the lantern stepped
forward, speaking In Incoherent
mumble. Rod could have touched
him.
"Hey! ’“'bonder!” called the engin-
eer, sharply.
Then Platt heard something else—
a rush of men. a spring, fierce oaths,
a faint scream, two thuds, then a
long moment of silence.
The chill In his blood pulsed back
Into hot wrath, but he lay still behind
the little rock. Now hie half-blinded
eyes could aee more plainly. His
straining ears caught every whisper.
Four men. counting the fellow with
the lantern. What could bo—what
should he do?
He knew that Bellows was lying on
the floor of his cab, although he
could not see him. The fireman he
could see, a motionless black shape
upon his blacker coal. Something
was is addled against me window of
tha cab upon bis aide. That he could
not maks out at ah. He knew that la
the locked express car behind, a pule,
determined man was sitting on a
small steel safe, with a revolver la
bis firm band. And the three quick-
moving shapes—tke low, teas#
LJks wltch-*yes that il*am*d In the
snow!
Oh. th* warmth and the light
Of thos« red flames so bright.
And tho comfort and joy of tho wild
winter night!
Custom House Landing.
the entire' line between Santiago and
Santa Clara was opened for local traf-
fic on Dec. 8, 1808.
Tho lino te of tho osual American
standard, with 80-pound rails and 8.814
ties to the mile, and Is already largely
ballasted with rock. The line is a di
root eao aad has vary light grades. Its
bridges are-numerous aad are mostly
or masonry aad steel, and similar In
character and strength to those of the
best American railways, aad Its cul-
verts are mostly of masonry or con
crete. its aqutpment. both freight and
passenger. Is similar to that of the
beet American lines.
—The ownership of tke greater part
of the lands of Cuba In larga ai*as Is
the chief handicap upon the develop
meat of tha island, for In tha past It
has been almost Impossible tor a man
with small means to secure a farm of
hla own. The company quite early
recognised this disadvantage, aad set
about Its correction through the pur-
chase of some hundreds of square
miles of land, with a view to dividing
It into small farme—units of thirty to
forty acr^s—and these small farms
will shortly be offered to approved
settlers at low prices and on very easy
terms; aad It Is the Intention of the
company to so provide tor the grind
Ing of sugar caae aad the shipment
of fruits aad vegetables as to Insure
the success of these settlers.
The company has started out with
freight and passenger rates averaging
leas thaa half the rates which hare
prevailed la Cuba la past years, real-
ising that moderate rates are neces-
sary to the healthy development of
ef a central railway system to con-
nect Havana with the eastern end of
the Island, and during this time had
made many attempts la the way of
offers of liberal concessions and guar-
antee to secure Its construction, but
without success.
After tha elans of the Spaaleh-Amer-
lean war an Interest la this enter-
prise was manifested by a number of
private companies, bat there was no
existing franchise under which the
week could be undertaken and no
legislative authority to grant a fran-
Far better that friendly old Are
Than
With never a flame to admire.
And never a beautiful dreamt
Oh. the lovs and tbs light
Where those flames danced so bright.
And the old-fashioned joy of tho old-
fashioned night.
Had Hsard of It—Somewhere.
Senator “Tom” Platt was fingering
u gilt-edged book that had coma to
him In the mail. He seemed so much
Interested lu It that Senator Quay
asked what he was reading.
“This,” explained the New York
“boos,” as he turned the pages slowly,
“Is a reprint of a curious volume much
thought of by William Pena and hit
followers, but which I am told U
scarcely known among their descend-
ants.”
“And what Is R called?" asked the
Pennsylvania statesman.
Platt tossed it oa Quay’s desk. II
was the Bible.
Argument Did Not Apply.
The argument often made against
the views of President Eliot of Har-
vard aad of President Roosevelt la
favor of large families is that tt costs
too much to rear half a dozen children
nowadays. In the Prlmroee minstrels
they tall a story of a family named
Little to whom this argument did not
apply.
“You say you are the father of ataa
children?"
“Yea, str."
“Aad you support your entire family
oa fl# a week?”
“Yea. Hr.” |
“How can you poaafbly do ft?"
“Well, every Little helps.”—Maq
Task Mall aad Express.
Pounced on the pilot like a diminutive
spider eu a
eriag way by the coal sheds beyond
the round house, a.quick form slip-
ped out from the gloom aad pounced
on. the pilot like a diminutive spider
ca a huge insect.
“If Nate knew this - . chocWed
Platt, fastening comfortably, “he’d
blow up. That dub of a Rickett la
firing for him. I heard. Shacks! He
can’t feed a house holler. Spinning
mow, ain’t wut^
The night express whirled aa la
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