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UI tlM JIA731U 41lie city. ••*■He Chased a Shadow.—a* ti» ooSinc*r o( ciiRtne 1,277 oa the 'Wlei»h, pulled out of Givon, on route for Ottumwa, oao eTcriing recently, bo noliced wfcnt appealed to be a email animal hopping nlonc tbo track nhond of He pilot. Gradually lio increased the ■need of tbo locomotive, but tbo liltl; nipetlseemed oho to bore dropped iujoUht notch, and cbaplto tbo trcraeisdouii gnil of •77 omily rotnlrud its portion. Ikgui.te«l beyond expression tbo engineer l^gan hcavinc clunks of coal at it, but nil la rain. It aecuvsd to beet n charmed life, and successfully baflkd nil endeavor* oi tbe engineer and fireman to obeck its wild career. For twenty .one miles tbc engineer !md cliascd tliat dcluslTo object, and tlwrongbly dll-nuilcd, bo gate up the race nr. Ottomwn, nud stopped. Tbc object stopped nlso. With picu in band the engineer matlo n snenk on tbc animnl, b.\rml»J, bat pauessed of suchunoiiolouu migratory powcn. With quicknil onprecision he brought the pick doirn f the nnimr* back, but a biclteninp thud was iho only sound ho faenrd, anti with a wild laugh bo at«e, hcjcefottb to be n raving For a fui; hour bo bad been mak.Ing deiperatu eOor.8 to run over the shadow of a leaf adhering ,■_.j® tie headii-bt, and the discovery and rear lion wna too much for bis
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Balrandald Riverina Recorder
Balrandald, New South Wales, AU
Wed, May 18, 1887
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