The Yellowstone journal., 1893-05-16
BABY In THE SNOW,
RANGE CHRISTMAS EXPERT
ehCe Oe A rRAcKWAlkER

wight Over Twenty Wears Ago Vheu
the SNOW Wa. piled in Bank, Atom.
the railroad rrack-A Christmas Gift
Every time | think of Christmas
tnink OF the year 1872 said an old track
waller That more than twenty wear,
ago isn't IT Twenty wears is IL good
'one stretch Lots can happen to man
n twenty vears He could get rich and
st'end al, and get rich again IN tha,
| spare OF time and still have lots OF time
~ spare But | haven't. I've Just staid
p,or r!gnt along
But as I was saying speaking OF
hr1stinsss always reminds me of 1872
was trackwalklng then for the Vardalia
| lire on section between Terre Haute
and harrington. IN the state of Indiana
That Christmas night was a corker. I'll
tell yon neard at noon from the sec
uou oOse that the thermometer was 10
1egs mellow zero. and as night came on
I seemett 20 ret colder and colder. it
nA0 snoweti the dav befors.-One of the
1eepest ~ that year-and the engines
nad mad = pretty tough time of it plow
ING tneir wsv through in the morning.
After they did get BY my section the
snow wac nanked uD sew N or eight feet
daap IN some places by the side of the
srack. It was 40 cold that | wrapped
coffee asscks around my feet before start.
ing out. inst to keep then, from frost
utsa You bet mated to start out, but
01o muster mp the courage after
swoile. II was about 8 o'clock when ]
Starred to 90 back to Harrington. and
sre wind was in my face It's a durn
pcov Christmas for me. | thought to
my'el: Is the wind caught me belt in
the side 1T the head. Here I'm fated to
walk this cold track until midnight
~1thont even kind word from anybody
= say Merry Christmas to you" It's
nretftv tough. | guess track walking
10 lust anout the worst trade n man who
scvee company can adopt
As was stamping along thinking
hike this away off ahead of me | saw a
Its the ST. Louis express
said to mvselt and she'll be rumblinp
nvev the AT about sivty miles an hour.
IN Nat! bafter go out in the snow. old
nan unless Won like being ground INTO
''tie otis Boo but that snow WIS
ie"D Way NJ over my waist But when
'n' down Oh t,h track and snu-ly
'1eFed away r the drift | was 4 near
"ar1her nr''ailse the wind couldn reach
ne And the Odd tram came right ahead
V'fn puZz ana Il roar and her old vel
rw headlight getting brighter and big
rev every second 1t was il tram of six
" seven passenger coaches All were lit
N H nr,ghl H. Kerosene oil co,,ld MAKE,
an ',ne two three four OF the ears
vnizzeti rast me But the fifth seemed
= stop ~ didn't of course but the
Ignt saw seemed to nail II to INV eve,
man and woman They stood at
ne rear window 1t was open saw
ne man with his arms nut out. suppl
snng IKE The woman had bundle /
ner arms. Then she didn't have it.
ne man gave cry of horror that rang
NJ nlSE above the clainor OF the wheels
M the rattle OF the rails and the creaf.
~ u the coaches. Something SHIT
own 1cst past my head and landed in
be sncwdr1ft beside me shut my
yea, on' still saw the woman with the
~-~~s> 49, eiS ssiuu Will OutStfClc0eO
leading arms When ! opened my
yes again the train was a quarter of
aiie away with her rear green light
rklng swiftly into u dot and then dis
nr'ear,ne The wind cut me sharp on
,e "neek. and five miles of heard the
nnrch chime IN Harrington tolling the
uarter nour That sight was dream
d ulan ! SAID to myself as | pulled
~ legs out ot the drift. But the bun.
'e exclaimed. lnvoluntarily looked
own IN the drift and saw another hole
the snow not the one came out of.
ut \ smaller one
Maybe you've guessed the thing by
IA time and maybe You haven't. Well
that bundle WAS just as cute 90
'uno KID A. want to look upon. Hurt,
ell. Kuess not q little bit. When |
und him ne was laughing contentedly
vou please and chewing q chunk Of
~ tor = sugar cake
Who did he belong tor
'You tell cant ! never knew and
var expect to know He had good
otnes on. and the odd little collar Of Z
% ne wore was marked with q prett,
~ he was fat as Christmas tur. =
, and the biggest eater you ever saw ]
Why didn you find his parentsY'
Didn't try my durndest? Didn't
md malt my wages for the next month ?
vertlsing IN the newspapers. But nc
swer did | get to any of them. Il
ms 70 me that the man ought to have
me and got the child. for he evidently =
int want TO see it fred out like that
outstretched. supplicating arms
owed that But perhaps he only
'nted 70 prevent its being killed. Who =
owa Perhaps he was glad to get rid I
II. and when he cav that somebody
Q It all right ne was glad enough to
~ 1t TO its chance fate" l.
what became Of the child?" ri
Named !, Tom after myself. Tom
'Corlnack u q pretty good, solid sort
name. vco know Ny family may
- very stylish. but none of them 4
- oe.n hanged anyway And. you