ion, some twenty miles above.

Here, most fortunately, Major Cooper's old coal engine, the
"Yonah"--one of the first engines on the State road--was
standing out, fired up. This venerable locomotive was
immediately turned upon her own track, and like an old
racer, at the tap of the drum, pricked up her ears and made
fine time to Kingston.

The fugitives, not expecting such early pursuit, quietly
took in wood and water at Cass Station, and borrowed a
schedule from the tank-tender, upon the plausible plea that
they were running a pressed train, loaded with powder, for
Beauregard. The attentive and patriotic tank-tender, Mr.
William Russell, said he gave them his schedule, and would
have sent the shirt off his back to Beauregard, if it had
been asked for. Here the adventurous fugitives inquired
which end of the switch they should go in on at Kingston.
When they arrived at Kingston, they stopped, went to the
agent there, told the powder story, readily got the
switch-key, went on the upper turn-out, and waited for the
down _way freight train to pass_. To all inquiries they
replied with the same powder story. When the freight train
had passed, they immediately proceeded on to the next
station--Adairsville--where they were to meet the _regular
down freight train_. At some point on the way they had taken
on some fifty cross-ties, and before reaching Adairsville,
they stopped on a curve, tore up the rails, and put seven
cross-ties on the track--no doubt intending to wreck this
down freight train, which would be along in a few minutes.
They had out upon the engine a red handkerchief, as a kind
of flag or signal, which, in railroading, means another
train is behind--thereby indicating to all that the regular
passenger train would be along presently. They stopped a
moment at Adairsville, and said Fuller, with the regular
passenger train, was behind, and would wait at Kingston for
the freight train, and told the conductor thereon to push
ahead and meet him at that point. They passed on to Calhoun,
where they met the down passenger train, due here at 4.20 P.
M., and without making any stop, they proceeded--on, on, and
on.

But we must return to Fuller and his party, whom we have
unconsciously left on the old "Yonah," making their wa