stood in brackets along the wall; but before their gleam reached his
face the old engineer slid down and hurried away home with never a
backward glance.
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That night when Mrs. Hautman had passed the popcorn and red apples, and
they had all eaten and the men had lighted cigars, the engineer's wife
brought a worn Bible out and drew a chair near the master-mechanic. The
"old man," as he was called, looked at the book, then at the woman, who
held it open on her lap.
"Do you believe this book?" she asked earnestly.
"Absolutely," he answered.
"All that is written here?"
"All," said the man.
Then she turned to the fly-leaf and read the record of Henry's
birth,--the day, the month, and the year.
Henry came and looked at the book and the faded handwriting, trying to
remember; but it was too far away.
The old Bible had been discovered that day deep down in a trunk of old
trinkets that had been sent to Henry when his mother died, years ago.
The old engineer took the book and held it on his knees, turned its limp
leaves, and dropped upon them the tribute of a strong man's tear.
The "old man" called for the letter he had written, erased the date, set
it forward four years, and handed it back to Henry.
"Here, Hank," said he, "here's a Christmas gift for you."
So when the Wildwood Limited was limbered up that Christmas morning,
Henry leaned from the window, leaned back, tugged at the throttle again,
smiled over at the fireman, and said, "Now, Billy, watch her swallow
that cold, stiff steel at about a mile a minute."
BOOKS BY CY WARMAN
SHORT RAILS
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
N.Y. TIMES REVIEW.
It is good for the soul that we should look into other worlds than our
own, and Mr. Warman knows how to put us beside fireman and engineer and
how to make us feel the poetry as well as the power of the tireless
giants that fulfil for us moderns the ancient dream of the
fire-breathing brazen bulls yoked for the service of man.
THE OUTLOOK.
A dozen or more spirited tales, tersely told, and with that surety of
touch which comes only from intimate knowledge.... The romance, danger,
bravery, plottings, and nobility of action incident to life on the rail
are all realistically depicted, and the reader feels the charm which
attaches to the new or strange.
BOSTON ADVERTISER.
The reader will find much pleasure, and no disappointment, in reading
these pages.
THE WHITE MAIL
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
THE NATION.
Cy Warman can always impart a living interest to a story through his
close intimacy with locomotives, yard-masters, signals, switches, with
all that pertains to railroading, in a word--from a managers' meeting to
a frog. The tender enthusiasm he feels for the denizens of his iron
jungle is contagious.
THE OUTLOOK
Mr. Cy Warman, by long personal experience, acquired a close and exact
knowledge of the life of railroad men. "The White Mail" brings out
realistically the actual life of the engineer, the brakeman, and the
freight handler.
THE CONGREGATIONALIST
Cy Warman writes excellent railroad stories, of course, and his new one,
"The White Mail," is short, lively, and eminently readable.
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT
In "The White Mail," Cy Warman, in the pleasant, witty style for which
this poet of the Rockies has become noted, has presented a tender,
touching picture.
TALES OF AN ENGINEER
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THE CONGREGATIONALIST
There is true power in Cy Warman's "Tales of an Engineer," and the
reader yields willingly to the attraction of its blended novelty,
spirit, and occasional pathos. It does not lack humor, and every page is
worth reading.
THE CHURCHMAN
A new departure in literature should be interesting even if lacking in
the brilliant off-hand sketchiness of these pages. One steps into a new
life. There is not a dull page in this book, and much of it is of more
than ordinary interest.
NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER
There is a rugged directness about the description of rushing runs on
the rail, through which one can hear the thump-thump of the machinery as
the engine dashes over the rails, and which seems to be illumined by the
glow of the headlights and the colored signals.
THE EXPRESS MESSENGER
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BOSTON TRANSCRIPT
The author's work is familiarly and pleasantly known to magazine readers
for the realistic details of Western railroad life, which give them a
dashing, vital movement, though they are often highly romantic. The
romantic in them, however, seems very human--indeed, there is a ring of
true feeling in these little tales.
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE
Mr. Warman's work has about it the merit of a genuine realism, and it is
as full of romance and adventure as the most exacting reader could
desire. It is a volume of sketches that is well worth reading, not only
because they are well written and full of action, but for the pictures
they give of a life that the world really knows very little about.
PHILADELPHIA PRESS
The poet appears in the descriptive passages, and there is a melodious
rhythm to his prose style that is pleasurable in a high degree. Mr.
Warman has a field of his own, and he is master of it.
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
REVIEW OF REVIEWS
Nobody knows his frontier life better than Mr. Warman, and his yarns of
Indians, striking miners, cowboys, half-breeds, and railroad men, are
full of vivid reality. There is plenty of romance and excitement in this
score of stories.
THE CHURCHMAN
Eighteen tales which certainly are excellent in their kind, quick,
breezy, full of the local color, yet with delightful touches of
universal humanity.
CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL TRIBUNE
They are honest little chapters of life simply written, an effective
word of slang stuck in here and there where it does not seem at all out
of place; honest, open-hearted, steady-eyed narratives all, with the
breeze of the Western prairies in every line, as well as the brotherhood
of man, and his triumphs and his failures impressing themselves upon you
at every turn.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
153-157 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK