The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-01
Bah, IN THE SNOW
-FGANSe CHRISTMAS EXPERT
.r'Ce nH tRACKWAl.kER.

\ Rssir'sd f5an'~ story 1T u Gold. STORMY
stsnt ns.t twenty Wears Aga. When
the snow "Y- pied IN Banks Along
EveE, rlHie / tliink OF Christmas /
think u me e"af 1872 SAID IN old track
Vaiktf fuat more THAI twentv years
ago lstsf Il. wenty years Is a good
.ons stretch Lots can happen TO IA man
n went, raar~ He could ret rich and
s,*n' Il All aad get rich again IN tina
-,sre Ut tl:nr and still have lots of time
" spare i'ni / haven I've Just staid
,sN,r ran, along
But H. was saying speaking OF
hristftias always reminds tile Of 1872. ]
was rackwaiklng then for the Vapdalia
lire on \ section between Terre Hau,e
and Harrington IN the state OF Indiana.
That Christmas night was a corker, I'll
'eli o heard al o 0 from the Sec
1on BOSS that the thermometer was 10
legs. neIrv' zero n as night came on
I searle,i 20 ~et colder and colder. It
nad snowa.i the dav pefora-one of the
ieepeSf II mat year and the engines
nad nah a pretty tough time OF it pillow
ing tneir way through IN the morning.
After they did get by my section the
INK Wa ranked I'M sew IN or eight feet
.eep IN some places by the side of the
.rack. II was % cold that | wrapped
coffee sarks aronn my feet before starr.
ing ont, ,ust to keep them from a frost
o'tel You Oct ! mated to start ont. but
! did muster up the courage after
awhile 1t was about 0 o'clock when ]
<tar'ei 10 go back to Harrington. and
ire wind WAS in my face. Its a durn
Dccv Christmas for me. | thought to
mvsel: ~ the wind caught me a belt in
the side ut the head. Here I'm fated to
walk This old track until midnight
without even a klnd word from anybody
= say Merry Christmas to you It's
nretttv tongh. | gness track walking
10 rust about the worst trade a mar who
..'ses company a adopt.
Az : WAS stamping along thinking
axe this away otf ahead of me | saw .
sparkia. Its the ST Louis express. |
said to myself and she'll be rumbIiny
've' ne at ahont sixty miles an hour.
' n mai parter 90 out in the SNOW, old
"A1 NtA"O' F't' n pSlilS GIlbIiEtu lllt
''fie otis Boo Int that snow WAS
ie"r. WAY ~ over my waist But when
M down OF! the track aud snugly
away II rhe drift | wits a mean
rarrliet te,.alse the wind couldn reach
And the odd tram came right ahead
WITH 4 ouzz AMI a roar. and her old vel
headlight getting brighter and big.
rev every stt'oDd II was Il train of six
II seven passenger cache All were lit
~ H bright H. Kerosene oil could make
Due two three. four of the cars
vn'zzed rast Tie But the fifth seemed
= stop II iidn t of course but the
saH seemed 10 nail II TO my eva
A MAJ and Il woman They stood at
No rear window II was open saw
ne man with us arms nut out. suppli.
.atlr2 like The WOMAN had a bundle
r neI arms Then she didnt have it
ne maj gave a cry OF horro, that rang
ut nISE above the claiior OF the wbeel.
the rattle of the rails and the creal.
NJ u The coaches, Something sh.h
" 'nst ntsst MY head and landed in
snrwdrltt beside me shut thy
ves. ON still saw the woman with the
and the man with outstretched
'ead'nR arms When | opened my
again .Le train was Il quarter Of
nile away with ner rear green light
swiftly INTO ii dot and then dis.
b wind cut me sharp on
ne "neek nd tive miles off | heard the
nnrcn chine IN Harrington tolllus the
uartet tour That sight was a dream,
I'd rian ! said to myself as | pulled
~ .egs out OF the drltt. But the bun
ie exclaimed l~nvoIuntarily | looked
IN the drift and saw another hole
J n SNOW not the one | came out of
ut y smaller one.
Maybe You We guessed the thing by
1is time and maybe o haven I. Well
! that bundle was just As cute a 20
ound KID a. want to 0 20 upon. Hurt
ELL. guess not = little bit. When J
nim ne was laughing ~contentedly
, Won please n chewing q chunk OF
for u sugar cake. j.,
Who did he belong tor /
fou tell cant | never knew and
Pver expect to know he had good
otnes on and the odd little collar Of
zee ne wore was marked with q prett,
ID Y he WA. fat rs q Christmas tur.
~ q the hls.est eater you ever saw
Why didn I find his PARENTS ,
Didn't try my durndest? Didn't i;
end nall my wages for the next month j,
lvertisang IN the newsnaperss But nc ,
aswer did l get to n of them. Il ,
10 me that the mar ought to have :
me and got the child. for be evidently ,
dnt want TO zee It fired out like that. ,
y outstretched duplicating arms .
that. But perhaps he only !,
anted 70 prevent its being killed Who
aowss Perhaps be was glad to get rid ,