The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-23

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 Haf . aoson suf1nooA eonanaorA Enn- niag en 11G6sena u1edk an goo1 h3on1s, Oee in dGaf s1nqo eoa dav loQ vook cd suae&o1 ana tnzHDa cd iokoa enek eeAG Ahena owu1nR tAo vS3oaa roa1s shay run oa, sAmock1ng deun~ lhrss, = uAacking = . uisA u &Rsrsors. sec. ny arc Svsasnsn so ted sncA sahs, ss the aying is, end ene sylnA css1sc- ser. vAe alGeys t1n.n us1l Aad te taka h pretty roaGA. one red naause1 k- lows who h q GEonk t1ihw. lokoA tAe ssy6sA conductor aheut his dlanoAdA
 and 6nally gos siRhf of . l1lxle wosA and
 dilapidaeed cAaFm e hls watch chain. .
 iisfie tortoise sAell lccnoe, wifh masAs cus
 into it all over. Tke salking coadscscr said:
 ~oA. boys, ioek as Aim. A diamosd
 ss, ss ..eg :. e.esss s .,ss .S ss aaadsss xs
 and . dry. siclsd. vorn oai, mis-
 srable lockes nos vossA ssn csaeA ne
 brosAsrhood of Tailrosd coedncsoss eaght
 so oouacs him oas ef tAe asscciakioa. The boys all jolnsd in and said t was
 . sAame 10 weaS sncA tAing some
 proposed raising pusse to gsl him a
 nsw sne. and co of the boys vss soing
 to take hold of the misssahle lissle Aasm
 and pull u oG. Tha seylfsh conductor
 ssepped back vitA . forced smile, anA eook tho charm in Ais hand tsadesly and seemad to caroo it and he tried to ckanee
 tho subject, bat tAs boys would sce allow it, wh0 he said:
 BoyA tAaa is moss vaiuahls so nc
 than my diamoad ssud, ny watch, or uy posision. would aos pan with is, boys,
 ior all of Alsx. Mischslcs wealth. would
 not erase one of tkoee lissie dents Ia tho
 charm 10 save my figAt arm. couldnt |
 do t, boys."
 "Oh, know whafx the matter" sad
 the talking conductor, e he puoeAed the
 ssylish Conductor ia the .rihs with hls
 thumb, some giri gave m to him. 1
 know how l, is. A girl made me pres
 ens once ol . grand bounce, and car. ned the marks of h fpr ycars. Old solly, khese, carries that cow-hoEn charm, with
 tAe notches in, as reminder oi the old
 love. Evesy notch represents kiss, eh.
 you old rascAlf"
 The ssylish conductor turned away
 from the boys, ostensih9 to light his cigar. but really to hide q tear ,ha, vas
 tying to steal ride on the trucks oi hls eye.bail He took his handkerchief and wiped his sye, and said something about
 cinder ia 1t, and thsn turned so the
 boys and said "Fsllovs, dont van, you to think 1 am too soft, and a the most of you have children, guess you won't think @ U l tell you about ihis cheAp-looking litaie affair. used to year
 |, on z silver watch chain when was braking on . freight train 6keeu years
 ago. We had little haxen-haired girl
 baby, year and half old. and was away 90 much. leaving as four o'clock in
 the morning and coming home late every second night, that did not have much time to visit with the baby, except when
 she woke up nights with aching guIns
 and Sundays. Well, boys, the little baby almost cut a whole set oi teeth on thai miserable little watch charm Nothing else would seem to ha the figh, spot on . tooth, and she would lay awake nigh,s 60 wait for me to comS home. and papa 1 WAS WSvGh tsB 0uty tVt aEt tO kGA tH NtH lap aestle up in the bosom covered with a greasy blouse. and be happy. Sundays
 her mother didn't have to even look ., her. becanse she vas In my lap all day We'll, one day was up the road witk a gay freight, unloading some stun ai a station, the second day out, and shinl<ing
 tha, at eight p. m. would be home and the baby would gailop over me, when my coaducsos, as good a boy as sves . lived, who is nov . division superinsea.
 dent, came along the platform as pale as . sheet and said to me Boss, you have got to go right homs. Go gst oa the engine and the old man will pall hss out aad ret you down to ysus. kouss is fossy minutes, and he can rel bark hetcss we have this freight uaioadsd YosI baby l. awful sick 3oys. was so veal l couldn't lih . pound. covidn't gsl os the engine without help, but vs rua ts
 ]. iske the wind. The baby was dead when the conductor told nc, asd h~ knew u, but is vas tough enough fos him .. poor old pasd. to tell me she was slek found her dead, having dssd of con. vulsions in teeshing, and my wite frantic while fels as though . train ci box-cass had run over me, and wished they had : On. vhn blow that was. The pssssiesi bsby that ever wss, that l lefi two days 1. before with a smile on her fare shsi wouid soften the hardest heart. dead
 She had said Yum home morrow, papa and baby have new soss-' As she lay oa tho bed, aa angel, with her lips smilingIy pared, enough to show some of the iistis sssth that had cut the holss you see in skis charm. l seok the charm up sad kisssd it asd said would year a al. vays. asd have, % fas. beys, asd 1 ai- ways viii"
 The seyiish eonductor turned h!s head oee vay te wips his syss, the talking con dsetor turned his shsad another way, and