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Arid Llio engine leap;; like a blooded slced,
Shaking out her s:rf:njilh for 1:li“ fearful need,

A iIjv with the rash of ti 10 cyclone; or a madman's leap to death;
And he svood wall .hiss hands on the ’ever, with set teeth arid bi'tcd
breath,
\:-l they gaming ? Not yet; ah, now
rhd:1 breathes plunge ii yci too slow

Drive for her, Jim ! ,J he thundered, and he hurled tlie pitch pin": in,
An :1 si I :j leaped and reeled iuid pan.Led lihe a mad thing in the din,
Sl'u’s gaining no-^ ! Oh, yes, t.hn.f.^ idea:1;
13ut look— tire canon ! that's too near I

11 F 1 i i'ig on y o a r oil, m a n d yoa j' re s in J ' ’ 11e ca 1 ied throagh his white
set teeth ;
And he groaned ni Lhc thought of Lh c IrestSe, and the workmen thick
beneath, *
The red flames c arled, and with wilder iwt-y
The cn^ ne \caped e.'i; her dizzy way.

They io gaining now I Yes, grendiy ! and the gap is narrowing fast;
The aem 'i' .vhai'TJ test is the trial or duaLll will .soon be p;i^h
11 Hen;, j;:"n, 1 h;l1.’ s enough; here’.- a. job for you—-
Stand here by the lever and put her through J

Great heaven I R ex oat on the engine where a squirrel would scarce
dare go !
And now he stands all uninjured on the eow-e^.tehcr ihere bo Sow.
With the eo:.:pling-j'(;d he leans far out.
And steadies Jnn v. illi a ringing .shout.

The flying pebbles sting' hlni ; and he does not sec or fee! ;
Tlie sickening .swaying .swings him. enii: Jus nerves are steel.