Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-08
HOW MARGIE L
Pathetic Incident Of q Railway
Travellers Journey.
A fior,cly Story from tac Daily Life
of = i~ioraciy Pcople-T;. Mis-
takes OF "A iIEs CT Toll
and DrGiscry.

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TAe train was half a hundred miles
oUt u Chicago, headed for the city. and
:; little station IN old farmer cane
aboard. lie wa n Little. wca1cnyd
nan. with y sensitive mouth Ea.f CON
ocaled IL q irnn---ay lcari. His i'll
Ettia- ciCt!lcs wcrs Cyilc-;ly his mot
uncomfortable lcst aaI hc moved ak
~sr1lr and stiE.ly in them. There were
no vacant seats, says the Chicago Mail.
ind after scrac hesitation lie slid =ot:i:
into 4 ocGuriSl 10y = grave ~s;ranFCr.
intent upon his paper. The old r-I
was i'll - case and - ne turned = care
vpr=. hac-1ui face toward The brown.
lyinG Landscape j: showed marks of
some recent trouble. The STRANGER
lail aside his paper after awhile and
half witiuij- the oil man glanced 1T
L.l. lie spoke 81 last, with . strange
Euskincss I'm Coil' to the city foE
the second lime IN ry LIE" he said,
E-lf st@-;3cG - his oy.1 Toicc.
"Ncs:" md Il tie i~E:cca:ion q the
Others there vas a. Invitation 20 -o oI.
The @ScrCd time" rvE--tvd the Oil
man; "ta..ty year age. come Jane.
went there for = v.sGliH' s2it. All In
a-gcia' bacl: ;le-c to-doy for = coffin
and = ss-1-lt fp--ihc li.t!2 woman tl@t
married III.
lis vuise broke. anil turning again
- lie window - locked out u--5u the
G-ll, cd landscape and vas silent
Ea-y minutes.
You don't l:cc7. what i !. mister:
you can't u1dc-st=2i.'' and he was cry
in very softly and hoTcicss'y. You
don't know what !: + 10 live and v-o-l:
lGC-;1c - = woman for th:-:- Years
day ii and ny ont. 10 G-I h1- ~4!g.a-S
V~aiicai -Gd wai.n' and worI:iu-@-I
then .e-ve her a-layia' dead md c1-,l
With her ~v-c.1-5-. ha1ls crossed ua I.rr
G-S@sL Yo2 don't have 70 i.cc v:.2t i
i ed p s.-CvH I the oil MAJ was
G7=w2 SPo}a-sr;>-ilv across his c-cs.
I've hc'2 tz!@l:ia' e COOL J,al ..zcc
L. u:-aG when MARI 6i~!: !: kinder
IL:s = man % - thought !; vs. ut
: ..::ir -t;-- twe ;G:-a . the n;-nt. sal
Dg11g oE: INC vss watehin'. when lie
kiI.-- woke -, Ike. - i; she'd bv'u
S>.acr.
".D=-ii,' s7-s she. its ~r.s,:ul-so
rczci-3.' -.lI .1r,. hold = her had:
i ta@: vyu a-iu=-'. Eav.i. s--s She.
=" O. bat ! -~--t s-c- = wo-i and
couldn't = G1=> ito on. David says,
!!.c. and II - .-s.iz'. - Ia 50 ::-r,L-'
AL - : went 10 >--vp 1-a!a Ind
w.y>- - 10 s-.rli,y.
Ind 60 You E-Gvr, strange. TN
v1riz o L.E'1 have st ze - t-s-...a'.
lco9. ii-od s1u!: AID I mover thou.
how -Uca - EcrLcl ~ thought
- / set l-r@-- y-=t1Eia' h. birth
o-soia' OK: L.: night. thu; z-H,e we'd
make = mistake of il al We n--cr
~i-p=--- OF :: -..,r 80 ~ =--..-
al ~--skI22.2' ard a-saria-ty.a' 70
E=Sc h-ia cad mc9: =-:d u lzv u
'';-Sta-l Tor til C-.!l-ro- IL;
-s--@i about j: =! last nigh, when
c2.y II" aGi he- vs. w=.--l' iar,ze
Ils: So 1-Tc- h. - g.e-s--. ~as
H--ST ;n9@ - E0!.@y5 Eo- ---..g.! liz.
CHI! TiI2.2- She -i5-d &c ell
CTS2 aid s.a.ge! Pr~ al @iI-.,.l COWS
s-4 c@----I al c1y..=l for h--s-.
hid G--rTel Tor ,lc-r..t
A0T; - done i al Ill ! say. tLc-a r<.g-
C-lE2"- a-a-S with l!.,.c r.l.i.s rn-f,-
IN &c >Ile IN o :hc aci-ll..- r..
q iac1c. and /: L:@s.e- ,.a,:rl !ae
when ioc--5 moved she'd Dcv.-
lad 10 t:aac E5- plslcs when sac r.;
have s-1cllsd en-. She Cs,.2. ,.a-,
t--o - E1;lin' b.: ~ tlprus. m.s..r.
aH.-:Aa:s what Iurt= .l
Ali2- = raon-ai - looked up through
his tears.
S-c ;olss nay low :: r@oa', ., 70
E0'v!, mister" AL LIS Tc..s -r,..-
stranger: bat I'm IN - sc Ia.
s"2a E.; @Ev=- in sonnet, H. -:.l. ~
wasn't sEI-a.il' AZ sar.a' tl:r:- yc-r
Tor This, but I'm a.g,:u' - bare -.
bcai E1ocyu buy. She's carmel i.
God knows: and shes earned s1rc,,.iY.
ol17-she'a earned that white -7;7g-,
that i good book SAYS is washed in
the blood Of the Lamb
IEc oil mans voice sunk into III,
rcT1-eHt whisper 50 corar.u7 to tho Col.
fearing q lis class - the ut.rrancs #
holy Things and in the silence which
followed lie sun; into q ~ryycric. IIs
was awakened from it only h- tho
stopping O; the train At Van I;f,-r7
Srcct. 81 tho door oi the CIR he shot.
hands with las companion aud . ,,.-
r'eui later was swallowed up in tho
crowd.
1t vas pi;iful-a'l Of Il. And 70.
tacr wa = Passenger on that .-aiu who
Is better man for recalling l.: the
oStscT man foT TIE recollection Of the
Oh farmers lool; and gesture. and for
t"c thought that there are silver handles
10 TIE co.ln that holds his Sacred dust.
lying out under = dark mound amid the
barren brown OF IN illinois prairie.
He Wanted to Say GooI-Er.
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