Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-03-26
A RAILROAD MANS STORY

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He turned 10 the younoest msmhsr ~ IN.
comnanv n man who wss graduat.d 4 Few
YEAR, 400 from Tho Grn;vsrs;tv n p.rrsvl.
yon;s and went into the ssrv;ce ~ ons ~ ~.
large railroads where he bad ss,n.J ran;d
nromot;on
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e,c;tino enough for ma and h M. r;oht
within few miles Of New YORK.
"Tbis ia n storv rive never told h.for. Ia.
cause | can't prove the allegation that Il
contained in it," said the young man. 80
I'll give an alias to the other party in the
affair. Directly after my graduation went
into the employ of what IN call the Inter.
state Railroad company, and heaan At the
bottom a. o general assistant in q round
house, as il was desirable for various rea.
sons that I should know the business from
the bottom. From that I rose 10 BE- a loco
motive fireman. They switched me around
good deal. and found the engineers whom
j worked under rs fine lot Of fellows on the
whole a. q man would want to Associate
with.
"Such was nv experience until I cana IN
be put on Engine No. Is, under an eneiness
whom I will call Mclean. He was q GOOD
engineer, sober, efficient and dependable,
but as q man he was pretty far below mark.
By nationality he was q Scotch. Irishman.
He was about 40 years old, square built, with
a stolid. stern face, q glowering disposition. q
liarsh manner and heart Of black hateful.
ness.
"'He'l make your life hell to you, win
Mclean some of the other ensineers
warned me. He's a hard man.
"T puess ri get along with him nv do;n,
nv work and keenino nv mouth shrt ~
I. confidently.
"But I did not know mv man Frouo th.
first he hated me because he knew I MA. a
college man and because he once s.v M. n |
the street. In evening clothes He - 4. Mar
of little speech. lint that little VA, hit,.,
venom. Before I had been there = ,-..L 7
discovered what had N eynect
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