The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-09


up most NV the cypress ties an used
'em for kindlin' an stove wood, an the
result wuz that when the war WuZ over
there wasn't anythink left Nv the Han
full nd St 10 but the rollIn' stock md
the two streaks NV rails from one end
NV the road to the other. In the spring
Nv '67 he'd TO go out into Kansas: and
takin' the HANDFUL md st. 10 at Pal
myry Junction, l wuzn't long in findin'
out that the HANDFUL md St. 10 railroad
wuz jist the wust case Of rollin' prairer
1 ever struck.
There wuz one bunk left when 1
boarded the sleepin' car, and l he'd
presence Nv mind huff 10 ketch on to
it. II wuz then just about dusk, an
the niger that sort NV run things in
the car seq TO me: Boss" SEE he,
''I'll have to get you TO please not TO
snore tonight, but to be uncommon
quiet"
What for?" seq l. "Hain't 1 paid
my 81, an hain't L entitled to all the
luxuries Nv the outfit?''
Then the niger leant over an told me
that Colonel Elijah Gates. one Nv the
directors Nv the road. an the richest
man in Marion county, wuz aboard,
an 1t WuZ one of the rules of the COM
pany not to do anythink to bother him
or get him to sell his stock
The niger pointed out Colonel Gates,
nd took look at him as he sot read
in the Palmyry Spectator He WIZ
one of our kind NV people-Iong. raw
boned md husky. He looked to be
about 6O-maybe not quite onto co. He
wuzn't bothered with much hair onto
his he'd, nd his beard wuz shaved, all
except two rims or fringes Nv il that
ran down the sides NV his face md met
underneath his chin. This fringe filed
up his neck so tibet he didn't hev to
wear no collar. nd he hadn't no Jew
elry about him excep' a big carnelian
bosom pin tibet had the picture Nv a
Woman's head on IL in white. His specs
sot well down on his nose, md l could
see his blue eyes over 'em-sman eyes,
but kinder good natured. Between his
readin. NV his paper nd his eatin' plug
terbacker he KEEP toler' BILE busy till
come bedtime. The rest on us KEEP as
quiet as we could, for We knew it WuZ
an honor to ride in the same sleepin'
car with the richest man in Marion
county md director NV the HANDFUL md
St 10 TO boot.
Along bout o'clock the colonel reck-
oned he'd tumble into bed. When he'd
drawed his boots nd hung up his coat
nd laid in fresh hunk NV nat'raI leaf
he crawled into the best bunk, nd pres
emily we heerd him sleepin.' There wuZ
nothin' else for the rest NV us 10 do
but to follor suit, nd we did.
1t must have been about an hour
iater-say along about Prairer City
that a woman came aboard with
| baby. There warn't no bunk for her,
but the Niger allowed that she might
set back near the stove, for the baby
peared to be kind NV sick like, md the
woman looked like she had been eryin'.
Whether 1t wuz the jouncin' NV the car,
! or whether the young one WIZ hungry
or he'd collie into it, don't know; but
no fra In hod Y,sf
Prairer City afore the baby begun 10
take on The niger ran back as fast as
| ne could, nd told the young woman
that she'd have to keep that ba by
quiet, because Colonel Lily Gates. one
NV the directors NV the road, wuz in
tne ear nd Wusnt to be disturbed. The
young woman caught up the baby scarf
like, nd talked soothin' to it nd COW
cred its little face with her shawl, md
I done all them things tibet women do to
make babies go to sleep.
But the baby would cry, and. IN
spite of al 1.-The young woman md the
niger could do. Colonel Elijah Gates
| heard the baby cryin', and so he
walked up. First his two blue yarn
socks came through the curtains. md
then his long legs nd long body md
long face hove in sight. He come down
the car to the young woman, nd look
ed at her over his specs. Didn't seem
TO be the least bit mad; jest solemn
nd bizness like.
My dear madam" seq he TO the
young woman. you must do sumpin'
to keep that child quiet These peo-
pie have all paid for their hunks md
they are entitled 70 a good nights
sleep. OF course, ! know how it's with
young chiidren-will cry sometimes
have raised 'leven NV, 'em myself, nd
know all about 'em. But as a director
40 ITar1 hui nd
to perfect the rights of these folks.
So list keep the baby quiet as you
cam"
Now. there warn't nothin' cross in
the cOlonel's tone: the colonel wuz as
kind nd consid'rit as could be ex-
pected NV a man who he'd so much
responsibility a-restin' on him. But
the young woman WIZ kind NV ner-
vous, nd after the colonel went back
nd got into his bunk, the young wo-
man sniffied and Worried and seemed
like she had lost her wits, md the baby
KEEP cryin' jist as hard as ever.
Wall, there wuzn't much sIeepin' to
be done in that car. for what with the
baby cryin' nd the young woman
a-sayin'. "Oh, dear!'' an ..Oh, my,' md
the niger a-prancin' round like wild
der bewitched-With all this going on.
sleep wuz out Nv the question Folks
began to wake up nd put their heads
outern their buEks 10 see what wuz
the doggone matter. This made things
pleasanter for the young woman The
colonel stood IL as long as he could, and
then he got up a second time md come
down the car nd looked at the young
woman over his specs.
Nov, as / wuz tellin' you afore"
seq he. AZ hadn't maxim TO complaint
NV myself. for I've raised a family of
'leven children AN I know all about
EN-. But these other folks here in the
car have paid for good nights sleep,
nd it's my duty as a director of the
HANDFUL nd ST. 10 TO see that they
get il. Seems to me like you ought to
| be able TO keep that child quiet-you
can't make me believe that there's
any use for 4 child to be carryin' on
so. Sumpin's hurtin' it'll know sum-
pins hurin' it by the way it cries.
Now, you look nd see If there amt a
pin stickin' into il somewhere: I'Ve
raised 'leven children. nd that's list
the way they used tn cry when there
wuz pin stickin them
He reckoned he'd find things all right
this time. md he went back TO his
bunk feelin' toler'b BILE satisfied with
himself But the young woman couldn't
ind no pin Stickin' the baby, nd no
matter how much she stewed and wor-
rited. the baby KEEP right on eryin',
jest the same. Holy smoke, but how
that baby did cry
Now, I reckoned that the colonel
would be gettin almighty mad if this
thing KEEP up much longer. A man
may raie Ieven children as easy as