The Arizona sentinel., 1880-01-24
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 present. duty led him into higher posi-. .tions Shan he eyer dreamed of Alling. and gsSe him what we would all like to
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 In the years of my experience as 8 printer in Chicago, more than twentJ. years ago, our firm did . good deal of
 printing for the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and because of thls I came to know young man whs is the subject of my story.
 He came from Massachusetts; he was poor. and had no influential friends to even give him letter of recommendation.
 He sought employment on tue Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and. sf. ter waiting time, at.last secured a posi-. lion as brakeman on a freight train--sal- ary only thirty dollars month He was faithful to his position, and being both intelligent aud industrious, he was soon made conductor on the train, with wages nearly doubled. He very soon .sttraeted tracted the attention of his superior off. cers, who saw in him an honest, faithful, conscientious conductor, vne not seeking his own ease or pleasure, but. constantly devoted to the interests of the company that employed him, so not many months elapsed before he was nude conductor of q passenger traiil-a more comfortable position, and one yielding higher salary. Here first knew him. d modest, quiet, young man, free from the popular vices, and one wbo tried te be just as faithful and true, and devoted to his work as conductor as though the position had been that of general super. intnndent.
 He did not apparently have . high oppinlon of his own abilities; there was a total absence of that swagger and strut SO often seen in those who come to similar subaltern positions. It seemed as though to properly conduct his train, to secure the comfort of his passengers and rightly serve the interests of his con- pany, required the full exercise,of all the powers God had given him. =
 One ot the sternest and. most exaeting, and yet one of the noblest. blest and most men that ever filled simi.. tar position vas then General Superin. tendent of the road. This man. Gol. G. c. Hammond. watched every employc of the road with 'aa eagle eye. He measured every man, knew the ability of each. and seemed intuitively 10 know the faithful workers from the shirks. Our young did not escape his keen eye. When he least thought of it, his chief was measuring and sounding him, and finding out what kind of metal he was made of. But no one ever knew whether he was approved or not, for the chiefs look was always stern and cold as ice. .. :
 Od Friday night the tram No. moved slowly out of Chicago under the care Of my young friend, who only intent on dc. ing his work as we'll as he knew how. .seeIs. ed to have no higher ambition than ta be a good conductor-salary nine hundred dolTars.a year. Asout noon, when he stopped at . station. he found a telegram from the head officer, ordering him to leave tLe tram in charge of, and take the first train for Chicago.
 This was an unusual thing. Wonder. ing what was the matter; conscious that he had tried to do exactly right, aud yet rememb bering how exacting. was the Gen. eral Superintendent, he feared that uniu- had fallen under his dis. pleasure. Reaching Chicago late Satur: day evening. he found Col. Hammond had gone home. and knowing how strict lie was in his observance of the Sabbath. the waited patiently for tho com. ing Monday morning, when, with 3 fear, ful heart, Ire presented himself atthe Of. ! flee of the Superintendent.
 "Good morning MT. Hammond: Eve answered your telegram, and conc to see what 1t means" =.
 "Gcod morning." growled the chief:
 see you have sir. have concluded ] to take your train away from you.r
 The conductors heart. sank lower than ever. Wit before was only fearful fore. boding w's now painful truth. He had served the company to the best of his abil. ity; he had kept the affairs Of his train in order: his reports had been asd correctly made; and yss, ss.