, 1877-03-16
STOP HER, PARDl STOP 29!"
q. I. n'rfgAt IN fht Car,sssen I.nton,

LINZ nay hnu49 WIS IN tfe vicinity OF fltteburG.
The next day lie accepted my Invitation to dino.
We were a'ohn at my room. Ind been rcrslll-
inr the scenes Of tho past night, when, taking
lis pipe from Ills lIns, ho began:
THE HN0lHRE1s's STORY.
Maylap, stranger, yuu l,rv rim over tho Penn.
sylvany Central RaitrsmI. As yu,i may raw, I
was burn at,tl brought up I'll tint line. lrat t,s
fireman nut! then enEtncer nigh tn To twenty
ycas. w. alters cxsitl0' TO run a ,nacNinc, an;l
to be top ol one Of them spfcn.lfsl engines than
70 lc President Of tho United Statcs. The tfay
lucy llrst put isie on tho footboard and took
thc icycr f, my hand and knew It WIS ny Gu.
g!ne, I reckon was tho pro,,lcst maj, lwtscen
fiatslurg und Altoona. kinder thought tl,ut
everybody was Ron' to be out that day, to SEQ
how tlct train made her rln md yot, cai, bct nll
the whole II? ,nilc. }ut tllis Kind Of spirit wore
~, After : Vl.ils, T. sttt's,i down into sober,
sie ie. ',! 5 m Hsy {, a. H. ~ ~ int II s os , s
nes. hev 70 say il, straqgtr Is t.e9es ere sa"' TO-
body else To do 1t; c'scwlso YOU wouldp't knoW
Twas turned q wen me anil ,1ary Wa. mar.
sfss iaps f. u.t sv, IS Wifi Fl % sif if,f isyW Ws
III her I'll tiiere uh IN tho sty III baxe bxx " ait egG.
the boy Sometimes tits ..,te, now.
1En, and sep Nv nlar ri If ,;S ;sS.ate, e m ,,ss a, an
thu hotrt t0 ~ WNCEG IHEy Dutll ltC, bflf
snI,I wv -.latl. Dou't a:c,ll ms II lad
tah ~ It. It wnsn't In any clurci-
"tlow; but q little way up the ,noun.
'.ere n: was grcot', 0'lict spot among the
isut, say, above tho track sand often wo,Ier
Il Cl1arfey docsn't still dream, When the New
f1rk Express thundcrs By, that bis oll father Is
Holding thu throttle.
put up II suuy cabin by the side of tic road
Wnsn 1 lia4i n small cieartn', nnd between
whites used 10 plnnt my potntUcs md things,
eno1Igh ne.Ig: 70 Keep Us going, unl Mary Ind ller
Q tell her, tokin' like, 'cos a'u was Que Of liz
+ lan,lS. Tftrn we lEul Il COW, and sInry ra!sed
eiaeRens, aad never sec NO PERSON could do III
much viii, chlekens as Mary could. Jest sycsll.
thnlrselvca lnyin' eggs. YOU never SEC .iothln'
Ply ssrtstsr attention to ta1aIncss than what
they di'; Never stantfln' nl'out nntl foolln'
around. bt't allSrs ut It.. li' then they'd set
aul brought 'etn ull up.
Mary raised the cow. Ono Of tho ,,cgbors
E,v & T. i y acE wen It was Il e.lf and sl'e ,nnlo
eal,ln wen It Mas littlo tl'a,g, 1or Il to cat
gToss ei'on Mary aiip't know ,n.r!l nl,out things
thought she'd put the uilf III thu stablc. told
slight giri. Nuw u cali, Suu know, il tho ,l,ost
aesetytt' nnln,al III the world. It don't luok III
u IL iled a'ly strengti and yet It'll Upset full
g'rowt' 'srss ~. null H., sG Ma5 !itb,s tle rops a,d
heels and away i .,t n,r .ua HI hS" ~, W up ~, a
rupu a,nl avay shu wr,.t,-ii.rown down. ro,is.i
ovGr.-1nu there was II nEfttsian ri eult arld
brukc,,, but Alury MA tic, nnst mn,axci i ~
yoll cycr saw. at eoif IT, trr'sy r"s' ~, neu ~ ss!
ktowln' row. She used to RIM nit " IN u lie
tsayk 1s1at on piirpoen to frshtcn people. SHE'D
~ s Wa' al ill., ot ~ 10 Sat knox s1 nd HSi
didn't mind her. but who aevor Il paw etrfuurr
can,u % alung md saw her heu whistle brakcs and
dead stop. hit shs'd Will al ;nst al ti,S riobs
time aud scemcd 10 untlcr stn1u1 ti,c in,sn s''
Onr little rubin wns among tho lnonniains. n
goMl sMys frot,, a,,v othcr f.,usc and '.ra ~
mo away 20 uticl, of thn ftmn. Ynn s.... wca
uflcrs ont three nights II. thu week, went III,
~ the ay-tltnc, plssI1rk ny ousa ut noon. aui
but was llnno two 1r thfco tays In Tho wt.cIs
untl nlier4 Hu,,.l.y. Ti.: plaS.! were ~ yc Iivsi
wua Wild region Vt county, nnd tho stor,us
We used to havc up there, so high III Tic air,
u didn't tell you anything pbout t,lu how
Mol Well, 10 YOU knoN, took tu lin, tho
very tirst ti,alncht. An tl.at's u very furious
iu,,cl bu. tell you, stranger, II mnkes Mi tho
difference In tho woritl whether lis YOUR baby
Or % wnetler Il belongs 70 somebody else. i'yo
eor 10 eir rcts s toy W. Wy 1me, ta nsI n1a ,aG. as.
common babIcs; lat icyef could sec nlne,, Of
II. I useu To ih,H,ll u gotl deal wlInn twopjn
n'au such fouls Il li,sirsulvcs over tl,cir ejtil.
dsell, h'it know exasaly how II Is now, for I
ley as ever iv,M. Mary s.amel med @ ha II charIsy. %
That WAS after me. Seems to mo that boy took
to y loeanot;y. from tho tin1c hs via sIx
" ts osu a ~ hsr wp%a a ssi or n d.ont
at noon ulI ssi kiss s. hsr M as "e ani mnxn wua ,n W.
baby at nv. by the tItnc lIc was i ycars
ni.', oi. he'd got, 10 that | usus. 10 takv
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