Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1904 — Two Lives Saved. [ARTICLE]

Two Lives Saved.

“At a certain suburban station,” said a railroad official, “a train was starting off one morning when an elderly man rushed across the platform and jumped on one of the slowly moving cars. “The rear end brakeman, who was standing by, reached up, grabbed the old man’s coat tails and pulled him off the train. “‘There,’ he said sternly. ‘I have saved your life. Don’t ever try to Jump on like that again.’ “ ‘Thank you,’ said the old man calmly, ‘Thankjou for your.thought-

fol kindness- It to three besoTtUl the next train, Isn’t It?’ “ ‘Three end a quarter,’ said the “The long train, meanwhile, had been slowly gliding by, slowly gathering speed. Finally the last car appeared. This was the brakeman’e ear, the one for which he had been waiting, and with tbe easy grace that to born of long practice he sailed majestically on to It. “But tbe old gentleman seised him by tbe coat and with a strong Jerk pulled him off, at tbe same time saying grimly: ‘“One good turn deserves another. You saved my life; I have saved yours. Now wo are quits.’"