New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10
THE TRAIN BOY.


Yesterday left MINNEAPOLIS at rs on my usual
evening trip. AS went through the train with basket
with a pair ~ crutcues reside him, stopped and
inquired the price Of grapes. tod hun and then lie
nave been in the business myself few
weeks agO coming into Eau Claire, on the Omaha
papers When the train ok malt oIen switch II
olied fell o1. The train pickle me up and
prpugur III U u. Paul, where I twenty days
in hospital The Octos found taat was all broSen
up inside Ny hips and legs are III terrible shape.
don't think have eaten three pounds OF food since was
hurt I ms way home 10 die. have made INV
last trip; IN fact am now Keeping myself up on opium
and morphine. am all bandagei up. and am bleeding
iutsruay AMI vomiting H. know that am done up
The poor fellow said all this so quietly that wa not
easy to believe that he mean; IT, and yet watching
him closer that he was suffering l gave nm a
NE TH' O5 WHEN e Sen him 70 S he I'D NOT tske
sleeping car. "Oh, TINS IA good enough" he repnea
Then thought that he had money. 80 asked him Tor
mis- ticket. said wOuli Tx MIN in the sleeping ear
He gave me his ticket. fmanne my surprise on seeing
on each coupon written In red ink the word charity
I ielt sad to think Of the poor fellow about one
thousand from home. Jney aud liable To dc
any minute. went into The sleeping and got
KIND gentleman exchange lower FOR upper berth,
as al ;he bertns taken. AS paid Tor the
berth tue conductor aughingy said:
Well how much do you make out Of this r.
Because was train BOY you see be thousht must
But ne liant laugh any when replied, almost III tears
aud white with anger:
A that Will make dollar ont OF a poor dying
fellow Ike you will when bring him in here ought
to be shot as he is not ht to live In 5hIs world"
Well, lie aoOloglzed when carried the poor sufferer
in The BOY light that had tuble in carry nS
ni-n from car 70 all alone. When l through
again a passenger handed rue &c cents.
" Hello" says I. what's this iOi "
= Oh, that's all right" said be-
| would not take IL, and he finally said IL was
because mad paid berth for the poor young man
I told him did want the 10 cents, but he WigI'
raise a collection for the sick boy, lie wanted d. ne
would not do this | went around BY this time tue
passengers the poor traveller. and 1t almost
made me cry whom found that there we're so many
tender and generous men aboard. like TO see lnen
tender aud II am train boy, ana eau
tell you my experience and observation on buo
road taught that is that there are nioIe
gOOd travelling than bad ones. Human nature
amt half AS bad as It Is painted. 49, -
We'll. raised a little sum for the suffering uoy,
and took II him In his berth ana told him ING
passengers had given 10 20 hun To buy meals ana run
with. showed more feeling than ever before ~
sursrings c0uli not his sensiDItes Ike TINS t
act OF kindness did. He made a remark linen WHICH
think yod ought 10 put IN your paper ,n
Its worth something TO get done up by hard lucA.
said he" only discover that fellow men are no'
really selnsn as we think them"
After d time he exclaimed
-Oh, believe my bandages are slipping, aud Rno"
I shall bleed 10 death. the car jolts so ,.,v
There doctor aboard, nicely dressed uany
man. bat he took on MS coat and dressed the Pool
fellows wounds teDdery as II the patent had Oeon
d rich one. IL. A..,-
As took hun fruit ard put IL IN his Deltn
reside him and babe him good bye. 1t was my station
10 get OF, he thanked me ana SAID; $3.50, H..
ii live down near 81. Louis and believe shall nfo
IN Get home 10 my mother" THE TRAIN Boy.