Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-07

Come ~ ,nr, now, from thy dwelling above.
Come to my couch when tho underworld re-.
poses.
Wave thy whitc wings DER tho visions Of
night;
Rest on my hopes like the dew on the roses,
., Bring all tho budding ones forth to the light.
lru' as the stars DER tho mountain storm
playing
Faithful through trial, temptation and pain,
Thou hast hc,n truc when my spirit was
stravinY,
Come, and l never will gricvc thee again.
Sims i.IL!r Girl.
by MARY IIARrwELL.
Come out here, George Burks. Put
that glass down-can't wait a minute.
Business acknowledgements the COM
pany.
"Now I've got you by the arm, boy,
want to tell you something. Then ii
you want to 60 back to that saloon.
you may.
don't often medtlle in other folks
business, do II When tough old
fellow like me sets out to warn a BODY,
you may know its because he sees sore
need of it. I've had an eve on you
ever since the company promoted you
to an engine, and want you to make
fair trip # your life. You're fine,
bright youngstcr. 1 don't never say
things to compliment.
Just takiu' drinks for good fellow
ship? Yes, I know NIL bout that.
Been there myself. Sit down on the
edge of the platform here.
OF all the men in the world, take
it, engineers ought to be the last to
touch the bottle. We have life and
property trusted to our hands uncom-
mon. Ours is grand business. 1
don't think folks look at it as they
ought to. Remember when I was a
young fellow like you, Just set up with
an engine, used to feel like strong
angel or somethin', r1lshin' over the
country, maxim that iron beast do lust
rs | wanted him to. The power sort of
made me think fast, square up, and
feel much of Il man.
was dom we'll when married, and
did we'll long afterwards. We had
nice home, the little woman and me;
orr hearts were set on each other, and
she was little proud of her engineer.
She used to say so, anyhow. She was
sort ofmild and tender with her tongue
Not ono of your loud ones. And
pretty too. But you know what it is
to love q woman, George Burks. I saw
You walkin' with blue-eyed little
thing last Sunday.
And after awhile We had little girl.
How l felt when came home and they
put her into my arms for the first
time! I looked sort of silly and sort
of glad! My wife, she Just laughed
out loud to see me handle that little
thing so orkardly.
never liked little children much.
but took to that 'un powerful. Ev.
erybody took to her.
George, boy, did you ever take time
to go and peep at young ferns IN the
spring? You SEQ EN- all doubled TO-
gether, like a teenty fist. That's what
she was at first; all fist and sauirm
beauty curled up tight. Then they
unfold and spread out, and come uD
bright and delicate, and finer'n vol,
can put into words. That's Just the
way she did. Every night I came
home, found her yrowed and plump-
enel out more. Used to toss her up
and she'd squeal like a squirrel. and
come down on my face in fits of laugh
ter.
Oh, L daesn't think about her cum
nlngness! But the very first word she
learned to say, was Papa!'
We talked a good deal about what
we should call her, my wife and !. We
went clean through the Bible, and set
down all the fine story names we heard
Ct. But nothin' seemed to suit. l
used to puzzle the whole length of nv
route to find out name for that little
girl. My wife wanted to call her Eu.
dora Isabel. But that sounded like
folderol. Then We had up Rebecca.
and Maud, and Amanda Ann, and what
not. seemed to see Katie She
looked Katie, 1 took to calm her
Katie, and she learned it. So Katie
she was.
| tell you, George, that was a child
to be noticed. She was rounder and
prettier made n wax figure; her eyes
was bigger and blacker n any grown
woman's you ever saw, set like stars
under her forehead and her hair was
that light kind that all runs to curls
and glitter:
Soon she could toddle: she used to
come danein' to meet me. I've soiled
as many of her white pianafores, bury
IN my face in 'em and sort of prayin'
SOFT under the reef of my heart, God
bless my baby!-God bless my little
AS she grew older, used to talk to
her about engin'-even took her into
my cab, and showed her the 'tachments
OF the engine, and learned her signals
ant such things. She tuck such on
interest, and was the smarlest little
thing! Seemed as if she had always
knowed 'em. She loved the road. Re-
member once hearing her say to play
mate, There's my papa. He's an en-.
Glnccr; Don't you wish he was you,
NY home was close by the track.
Often and often the little girl stood in
our green yard, waving her mite of q
hand to me as we rushed by.
Well, sir, them was happv years
1t most kills me to look over 'cm now
L was dom too we'll. Had an idea
was man made to prosper. I fell
good to AL the world, and that 'uG
Men We'll, If I'd showed my good fel
lo"ship another way. But men ar,
TOOLS. was so easy I couldn't resus,
Il social glass, and 1 was always fret
toastlng others. Many's the tim.
we've stood, three or four fools of US
cl'nk,n our glasses and drinkin' t.
Observation-Disclosures the very thing
that made us fit for anything bu
brothers. 1t pleased me most to bav,
them pledge my little girl. And the
more they'd toast her: the deeper II
drink. And J. was dr,nkin' death tt
her and damnation to me.
Ill cut 1t off short. Didn't near
10 say but few words to you, but
got to thinkin' so. Can't spin it oul
much longer, or thcre'll be no man lcfi
Inc.
Well, one day started on nv home
trip, full OF that good fellowship Won
was lmblhin' awhile ago. Made the on
CINE WIZ? We was awful iolly. tho
i'rcn''n and me. Never was drunk
when got Oh my engine before, or the
Company would have shipped me-,
Wasn't no such time never made on thai
road before nor since. I had just sense
enough to know what l was about. bnl
not enough to handle an emergency
We fairly roarcd down on the trc,tif
that stood ut the entrance Of orr town
l had Il tipsy eye out, and Gcorrc
as we WAS flynn through the suburbs
go" my little girl on the track ahead.
"nvin Il red flag and standin' stock
still
The air seemed full of Katies
could have stopped the engine, if I'd