The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-03
A CRYING CIIILD.

Durin war times the pOrlllas led torn
up most nv tie cypress ties an used en-
for kindhn' an stove wood, an the result
wuz that when the war wuz over there
wuzn't anyth'nk left NV the HANDFUL nd
81. 10 but the rollin' stock nd the two
streaks Nv rails from one end o the road
20 the other. Ia the spring u, 81 he'd
TO 20 out INFO Kansas. and .akin' the
Han 'bul nd S. 10 az Palmyry junction ]
want long III iudin' on. that the Hen
bul nd St 10 railroad w,iz jis: about the
wust cast Of roliin' prairer ] ~yer struck.
There wuz one bunk left whe boarded
the sleeEin carand Led rresc..ic nv mind
huff 20 ketch on to IT, II VII: then just
about dHsk an tho niger int sort nv
run Thugs in the car seq 10 IL: Boss,
SCI he, III have 90 get You % please not
10 snorc tonight, but to be uncommon
quiet.
What foif" sez l. Hahn paid my
60 an hajn't entitled TO all ttc luxurics
NV the outfit
Then the Niger leaned over il told me
that Col. Elijah Gates, one nv he dircc-
tors nv the road an the richest man in
Marion county, wuz aboard. an i wuz one
of the rules NV the company nol TO do any
think 70 bother him or get him 20 sell his
stock.
The niger pointed out Col. ates, nd
took look at him as he sot icadn' The
Palmyry Spectator. he wuz enc of our
kind NV people-long, raw 1orcd nd
husky He looked 10 be abCyt 60--may
bc not quito on 10 Co. He wuzut bothered
with much hair onto his head, nd his
beard was shaved, all except tSo rims or
friuges NV il that ran down TIC sides nv
his face nd met underneath his chin.
This fringe filled up his nelI SO that he
didn't how TO wear no collar. nd Inc hadn't
40 icwclry about him eXceIf big carne-
liam bosom pin that had the picture NV q
woman's head on il in white His specs
sot well down on his nose nd | could see
his blue eyes over EN-, small eyes, but
kind ur good naturcd. Between his read
in NV his paper nd his eatiA plug ter
hacker he KEEP tolcrbly busy til come bed.
time Tho rest On rs KEEP ~ quiet as we
could, for We knew it wuz an honor 10
ride in the Same slcepin' car with the
richest man in Marion county nd n direc-
tor nv the Han bul nd St 10. TO boot
Along bout g o'clock the colonel reck-
oned he'd tumble into bed; 1hen he'd
drawed Lis boots nd hung up lis coat nd
ldiu lh Il iV9i iuiN NV i'"0 ~ iS'' io
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