Tillamook Catholic High School - Academic Yearbook (Tillamook, OR)

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'ltxrrrtxt I OC DOKDOKDOK DMC 504 DOK DOKDOK DOKDOK D001 D074 DOCK BOKDO ture for part of rt seemed to be mrssrng He drew nearer and suddenly stopped short Hrs face turned a whrtrsh grey as though he mrght have seen hrs fathers ghost The frrst sectron of the brg brrdge had grven way under the freezrng spell There rt lay at the bottom of the canyon a mass of twrsted steel How long he gazed at thrs prt of death he could not say but the unexpec ed bellowrng of the evenrng passenger trarn came to hrm from far down the tracks He shuddered at the thought of the happy people who were rrdrng rn the Flyer at that moment Then at once he remembered Clary was workrng that schedule and rn all probabrlrty was dorng duty on thrs rll fated trarn lt was only a matter of mrnutes and the Flyer would be gorng down that canyon to destructron N N l must save them and Clary too he screamed desperately They wont dre the way Dad drd lll save them or dre rn the attempt' When the foundatron part of the rarlroad brrdge gave way one of the sectrons had pulled loose and was left hangrng rn mrd arr lt made a perfect U shape as rt pro ected from one srde to the other The only way he could hope to stop the trarn was to cross on thrs metal bar lt was an extremely hazardous task for a man phys rcallv frt but for Tommy wrth hrs crrppled leg rt was a treacherous undertakrng U daunted by the knowledge of hrs own perrl he serzed the cold rron bar and sarted down As he pulled hrmself over the edge and slrd down the rarl hrs body prcked up countless steel splrnters whrch felt as though needles were prrckrng on every srde All the whrle the bar swayed relentlessly from srde to srde and rt seemed the boy would surely be hurled rnto space He clutched trghtly at the bar as he started up the other srde to safety Gorng down was comparatrvely easy but now came the real test Could he reach the top before the trarn rolled to the srte of destructron'9 He had reached the mrddle of the slrppery bar when agarn the bellowrng echoes resounded rn hrs ears The trarn was comrng much nearer Thrs sudden realrzatron almost caused the boy to lose hrs grrp but wrth frgrrtrng de ermrnatron he contrnued desperately to reach the top The moments seemed hours as he fought hrs way upward ln anotr r arm s length he would make rt but hrs strength was raprdly farlrng ln a frnal effort he pulled hrmself up The Flyer was roundrng the turn some drstance down the track He trred to prck hrmself up only to fall back cryrng rn agony That strenuous clrmb had been too much for hrs rrght leg would not respond Gatherrng the remarnder of hrs farlrng strength he started crawlrng as fast as possrble rn the drrectron of the on comrng trarn After coverrng about three hundred yards he could go no farther H must work raprdly or farl rn thrs last attempt Qurckly he pulled off what rernarned of a shredded shrrt and began wavrng rt frantrcally back and forth rn the arr If rt was Clary surely he would see the srgnal whrch meant safety for hrmself and hrs pas sengers Tommy prayed fervently and contrnued movrng the flag of salvatron before hrm Suddenly he was rewarded by a hrrll whrstle the arr brakes Thank God they have seen me' he moaned and then feebly sank to the hard frozen ground Clary was the frrst to reach the unconscrous curly harred frgure Only one word fr caped hrs tremblrng lrps Laddre Then he stooped to gather the srlent form rn hrs strong sun tanned arms Tornrnys engrneer frrend narrated few rarlroad storres afterward but when he drd they always concerned a herorc red harred lad who had made the suprerne sac rrfrce of hrs own lrfe and who rn Clary s own words Mrght one day have been the greatest engrneer of them all Alfrt d 'Sands r YQ PUMP W0 T11 I A f' rt cl 0 m 1 rr Q Q Q A Q Q , Q ' Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q I . , I . , o- o- , . , Q . A , . . : , . I1- . T I L . . , - ' - I 1 - r - - r r I r . . ' . he , . I . ' ' . ' . e KJ , l I 4 ' ' . s ' ' -- ' . -S , i. ' V 4 L 1 4 I ' 3 , I X I - 4 . , .5 , . ., , , . r , W ,, , 2 . 1, ..

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