Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-09

and trains, The earliest, the pleasant
est recollection | have is of the noise of
the coupling Of cars as they were made
into trains in the yards. No music was
ever SO sweet TO me as that | used to
spend all the time | could watching the
trains made up and going. No novel
ever pleased Inc so. They made me
go through college, you know. have
never regretted it, but then | wanted
to be an engineer. That seemed the
| only place worth having.
Then you went abroad and l mar
RED have always 30 regretted that
you never knew Mary"
The doctor interrupted You must
not tell Inc this If it will distress you"
1T does not. | want TO tell you;
have SO many times wanted to tell you
/ about her, and all. 1t is easy to see
| her now as she used to sit sometimes
with her head upon my keee and her
big blue eyes looking in mine 50 trust
| fully She had faith in me-" And he
paused little.
"Of course said the doctor. ''and it
was deserved, too"
YES, and it gladdens me so now to
think it was. Matters, too, looked well
| for us then. Success seemed worth
| striving for. Mary was Jealous a little
of my love for the railroad. always
| loved it, as | said. was in business
then but our little home was close by
/ the line | could hear the trains go by
all night if | happened to be awake.
You can see the house now from the
window yonder Lift me up a little
| So Mary at first hated the railroad but
| she grew used to the noise, and think
| after little she paid no attention to it.
She furnished our house prettily, and
we were very happy; but she would
ask me to conquer my liking for the
railroad She feared that could not
be fit for anything else, my thoughts
were SO occupied with it, but laughed
| gently at her and went on in the same
way and with the same hopes. She
never doubted my love, and she used
| to say that some time would obey her
slightest wish and follow her wherever
she might lead 1t may be there was a
! little complaint in her manner
! When the baby was born love OF
| the railroad seemed to have been born
in her She would as soon as she could
| clap her little hands at the sound OF
| the engine whistle. As she grew Older
| we called her Mary, too-she would
! 81 In. haI 1x-,, Il
to see the trains go. needed no urg-
! ing, and when | could / would. Out
| there on the grass we would sit, and
| would tell her of all the strange places
| We sometimes would go on the cars to
see. Even then in fancy little Mary
and would go with the trains all over
! the world 1t was rare sport to her. 3"
Dorsey Lad spoken as rapidly as he
| could, but now he talked more slowly
"One day was i'll at ease Nothing
! that had to do seemed worth while
only wanted to be at home; only
wanted to feel them near Inc. and safe
| But try as | would, it was late in the
| long afternoon before could get away.
| 1t was warm, but as | hurried home a
i gentle breeze met me. 1t was bright,
beautiful day. just such summers day
| as this 1t was SO peaceful, and the
leaves so kissed one another in the
| light breeze that was Gained and the
/ feeling had suffered from all day left
me. was glad that we lived in the
country. was glad to be alive at all
! 1, 4 ~
/ hills, and all that side OF the valley was
| in shadow. but on our side it was light
and everything was rarely beautiful in
| the sunlight. The slanting rays made
| our house brilliant and glorious in its
color
LAS neared home Mary came to the
| door. and | could see her welcoming
smile, Then, shading her eyes with her
| hand, she looked over toward the rail.
road, and in a minute screamed and
ran rapidly from the house, Alarmed
and wondering, | ran after her. Down
| below on the track stood little Mary,
her curls and all her pretty ribbons
| futtering in the wind. Around the
short curve came suddenly the fast ex-
press, and the child, as she saw the
great engine bearing down upon hef
and heard the startling whistle. waved
her little hat as though in greeting.
Another minute and Mary would
have been in time. Her dress caught
in something, or she stumbled, and was
so delayed; but she recovered herself
| quickly, and hurrying on caught little
Mary in her arms, and then-it ought
to be easy TO tell it now
For some little time Dorsey was ST
lent The doctor did not ask him to
continue nor did he urge him to stop
when Dorsey began again;
For Mary it was over at once, but
aur child, held firmly in its dead moth
r arms, lived little while. Think she
must have been hurt as have been
She could speak, and when they
brought her to HE she put her little
arms about my neck and said: 1 am
going with the ears now.
1T may seem strange to you" Dor
sey went on shortly. hut the railroad
had a greater fascination for me than
ever. stayed about the ears and trains
as | had in my boyhood- | almost
feared they would order me away from
the yard