The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-03-06
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n ones bones.
"There's one advantage in steam" ("
yrowled fat old gentleman in the corner
Ieat "wind and weather don't effect it,
No flesh and blood horse could stand q
hight like this, but the iron horse keeps
straight ahead, whether the thermometer
$ at zero or at boiling heat"
Just then the conductor entered.
"Ticket, gentlemen, il you please"
dts dreadful night, conductor"
Iaid, feeling with stiaened fingers, for my
ticket, in the breast pocket fmy coat.
dreadful, sir,' feellngly responded
The conductor. "Why the brakemen
can't live outside, and so I look the other
way when they creep in, poor fellows, to
get q breath Of warm air at the stove
We haven't had such a night since a year
ago como the second of February, when
Tom Blakeslee, the baggage master, froze
both his feet, and woman who was com
ing on from Chicago got off at Blinn's
-Four Corners with her baby in her arms q
corpse !"
"Frozen 10 death 7"
"Aye, frozen to death, and she never
thought, poor thing, but what it was
asleep, my baby's cold,' says she, 'bu,
we'll soon warm 1t when we get home II
was just such>a night as this"
And the conductor opened the door, and
plunged across the coupling into the next
car, crying out:
"Hardwick."
1t was quite considerable city-with
a handsome iron depot, Haring gas lamps,
and the usua! crowd around the Platform,
with its hand in Its pockets and lis Cigar
ends flaming through the night.
! Our car was nearly the last of the long
train, and but one passenger entered it
slender young girl, wrapped 10 a gray
blanket shawl, and wearing neat little
travelling hat Of gray straw, trimmed with
stone co!ored velvet flowers. Che seemed
10 hesitate, like one unused to travelling,
md finally sat down near the door.
"Pardon me young LADY," said I, "but
you had better come nearer the stove"
She started, hesitated an instant, and
then obeyed.
/, "Does this train go to Bayswater 7" she
lsked in voice so deliciously soft acd
sweet that it seemed to thrill through me
eyes. Can l be of any service to
your"
"Oh, no-at least not until we reach
i would like carriage then. "
"We shall not be there these three
hours" n..s s-T t-..
"Do we stop again ?"
"Only at Exmouth."
She drew deep sigh. seeming Of re-
lief, and settled back in corner. BY the
light Of the lamp that hung in its brass
fixture opposite, / could see her face, that
Of lovely child Apparently she was
not more than sixteen, with large blue
eyes, golden hair drawn straight away
from her face, and little rosy mouth
like that Of a baby.
"Do you expect friends to meet you at
my child" l asked incident.
ally.
"No, sir-I am going to school there
at will be an awkward hour for You tc
arrive by yourself-ons in the morning
"Oh, Lam not afraid" she said with
an artless little laugh, u shall gostraigh,
10 the seminary"
So the express train tbundered on, with
steady, ceaseless pulsing at its iron heart
and constant roar.
Suddenly the signal whistles sounded
the train began to slacken its speed.
"Surely we're not at Exmoulh' yet"
thought, sunless / have fallen uucon
sciously asleep and allowed the progress o.
time to escape me-"
] glanced at my watch il was barely
half past eleven, and knew we wer
not due at Exmouth until few minute,
1fter twelve. rubbed tho frost from tn
window pane and looked out
We had stopped at lonely little wa,
station in the midst Of dense pine woods
''Is this Exmouth 7"
1t was the soft voice Of the pretty trav
eler opposite.
"No-I don't know what place this is
some way station"
"Does this train stop at way stations 7
"Never, generally; they must hav
been especially signalled here. You ar
cold, my child-yOur voice trembles,"
"lt Is cold" she said in scarcely aud
ible voice, drawing her shawl around hel
"0h, / wish they would hurry on p
awe are moving once more," sale
.Conductor, r,"-for the man Of tickets wa
passing through the car-"why did W
stop at that backwoods placeY"
"Out Of water" waa the reply, % b
hurrisdly passed by.
New | knew perfectly we'll that Chi
answer was not the true solution Of th
matter, Our delay had not exceeded ha
4 minute, altogether too short time fc
replenishiNg the boilersj and where o
earth was the water to come from in thl
desolate stretch Of barren pise woods 7
Five minutes after, the conductor rs.er
tered the car I made room for him 1
my side. h''afh +, Is
"Sit down, conductor you've nothin
to do this minule.' LDTHH
He obeyed.
HWhat did you mean by telling m
such . lie Just now ,a
h Ispote under my breath; he reptile
in Tho same tone. V ~
HAbout whati" y, y 3 3e''s'e'a's e
"AbOat the reason you stopped juI
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