The Colonel's Wife — page 184: what you’re looking at

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GENTLE, WHITE-WINGED PEACE, 177 CHAPTER XXVII. GENTLE, WHITE-WINGED PEACE. The engineer put his hand to the whistle valve and let out a shriek of warning, while at the same time he closed the throttle, reversed-the lever, and made every possible effort to stop. » 3 ‘‘Jump, boys!’’ he called, as the flash from the bead-light beyond showed that a collision was bound fo occur. They went out of the cab in a hurry. Ten seconds later there was a great crash, and the wreck had occurred. Only two of the Federals emerged from the cut, the third having been stunned by his fall. These two were Colonel John and the engineer. -<4Knowing the locality was unhealthy for men of their calling, they made haste to leave it, always heading toward the North. Passage over the mountains was difficult, and they aimed to again strike the railroad some distance be- — yond the wreck. 3 About midnight they succeeded in doing this, but every little while had to hide as the news had been sent along the wires. Several times they had narrow escapes, and as the night drew near an end it was determined to hide. Hungry and foot-sore the fugitives crept into a hay- stack, but even here their rest was disturbed, for a posse of soldiers arrived with a wagon and began to load the hay upon it for transportation. ) In the gray of early morn our two adventurers crept from the farther end, keeping close toa rail fence, and thus escaped what had threatened tobe immediate capture. pera comircbooks:.co