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STORY.
CHANCES AND CuANGES.--I RAIL
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Il say, Mr Conductor, when viii the uext
express train 20 cut for 81 Louis =
Eleven o'clock and thirty mibutes. to-
night, sir,' vas the geDtlsnaIly reply to the
rough query
Eleven o'clock and thirty minutesl Go
- Texasl Why, its tes this very minute
III bet my boots sRsiBst . jack knife che
morsisg express is Of
Yes, sir, it has been gone half an hour
why 10 batur didn't you get Us here
sooBsF1 F0aSteen hours in Chiesg.r I,
enough 70 break fellos al to smash-
Fourteen hours 10 Cbicager, paainR ana
blowing I've been told ibey keep reg.
uiar Elk bupdred loss steam power Al
the while Tunnibg, 70 blow themselves IN
With, and pick ths ookets Of every traveller
70 pay the freInen and eDgigeersI Wall.
guess I can stand it; I've . tEenty that's
never broke, reckon that will put ne
through, Why didn't 500 Ere up, old braR--
give your old hoss another peck of oatS.-
/ tell ye, this fourteen bours will knock "a
calculations into the middle Of next week,
Very sorry, siE-we've dons 0aF best but
as We are nOt elsTks Of the weather. hone
you will not lay Jour misfortuass to cur &C.
eOvGt. SaoW dgifs aud tbs thsTmoIs ster
siztesn SSioE zoso, 1TB enemies We ezEI
really oveTeone'
That's 90 aid the Grst speaker. With
broad emphasis, aud good natursd. forgiy.
ing smile Fourteen hours 10 Chicago 4
The stsntoTiab voice, sounding ike a
trumpet, bad aroused every sleeper from
elysian dreams int which be might have
fallen after bic long tedious. cold niaht's
travel Every bead vas tarsed, every eve
Eaa hHed on the nau who had thus broken
the silence lie wss stsndiug By the stove,
warning bis boots To have warmed bis
feet through such mass Of Gov hide and sole
leather, EOula hsvs been fourteen hours
opsrstioh gix feet four or Eve inches he
stood ia tbOas boota With sboaldess lsassd
ih fsr cost THAI Looked mefs iike bnarinR ue
q World tbsa zen Wii meet osdiasrily. 10
half life tine His head Websserian. ia
shsggy hsiF black a. jst, bis whistsrs 70
match, bis dark. FisroiBg ere, and bis Avs
stsrBaliy sowing, uith = FousiBg qsid h
tween then, With smile of cheerful good
hsmor, nstuithstasdinE bic seemihR imba.
pstisncs sttFsstsd every sss's attensiaa
'R0sTtesn heurs ia CAirsks, sb wall.
I caB stasd IL Il she rest Gao Il tHsnsy del
lars w0at carry me thFosgh, fil hofry II
ny friends I've gst tho thinks that IN
bfioE sm That's
And be tbrast hsBd lilto less in sias
thau = somnga spads doHn into ihs eavsfa.
oas depths II tfosd striped. assby paiF q
Baats. snd brouzbi % ibst great red hand
fali - lt souid bola, q shisiug tHsssy dol
laF gold pieces
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swils q suFissity fisa ths fssl, nnsssFsd
kis qaestion IA tbs sHgnetiva
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thss years 81 geld
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hanesiiy hy u ftais - Aaa thesef den
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bees sd ths hke, is gst Bin niEAft iode.
iag. o. e psif q fhegs, - ksep shs massa0sa.
gers ffon Htlng ~ isst I've huha mg.
ell Cd nsrs neF sns aisbt IN ths tinbsf, -
Keep eat ~ the Eay of ~ aild vsfnfats
bsss slsggirg ~ a. ssEld % ths sfsish -
= tfes-tog Ncs, I rsekon ysn gaald'nt
bsiisvs it bat I've eose sll eiatsr siihtst
q shes - ~ fosf aed lived - Wild game,
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