Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-08
BORN ON A PULLMAN
CHILD BEGINS LIFE UNDER
STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Conductor Arose Grandly to the
Emergency, and Passengers Helped
out-Husband and Father Some
what Surprised.

Odd incidents occur in the life OF
Pullman conductor which educate him
to be an all.round, handy man, says a
writer in the New York Press. On the
Erie, near Buffalo, Conductor F. s.
Mosher was informed that a woman
in one of his cars was i'll and needed
a doctor. AS a search through the
entire train failed to discover either
a physician or surgeon, the conductor
felt it duty to offer his services.
The woman was on the way to Chi
cago to see q dying sister, and ex-
pected to be Joined in Buffalo by her
husband. When Mosher went to her
berth he made highly interesting
find-a babe, tiny girl. Mother and
daughter seemed to be doing nicely.
Faithful to first principles as a rail-
road man, he looked at his watch,
counted the rail-joints for twenty-one
seconds, and estimated that the speed
of the train was sixty miles an
hour.
Don't worry" he said to the
mother. II have two of these at my
own home, and know something
about handling 'em. Let me have her.
She needs some clothes" After CIV
ing the baby a warm bath in the lava
tory, he looked through the linen
closet for something soft to wrap her
in, but everything there was starched.
Eight or ten commercial travellers
were in the car. Here, boys" he
called out, we've got the Erie's baby
to feed and clothe and name. Open
your grips and shell out the softest
garments you've got" In an instant
the entire car was a-bustle with in
terest in Miss Mahoney. One drum.
mer had fine silk handkerchief, an
other a camels hair muffler, another
suit of flaccid merino underwear,
while. the rest had cambria night
shirts that had been laundered until
they were as flocculent as fleece.
These articles were eagerly contrib
uted.
The night shirts were torn into
strips foot wide and tenderly the
little form was enveloped. A petit
coat was made of the underwear, a
dress of the muller and a shirtwaist
of the handkerchief. Thus clothed
and in really jovial frame of mind,
Miss Mahoney was delivered over
to her mother. The next duty was
bestowing a name suited to the &C.
casion, and DR." Godfather Mosher
proved equal to the emergency. The
mothers name was Nora, the grand
mothers Camellia, the car in which
the child was born the Cisco, the town
through which the train passed at
the birth Judson, and the family
name Mahoney. So the young lady
was named Nora CamellIa Cisco judi
son Mahoney, and that name she
bears to-day.
At Buffalo handsome young man
entered the forward Pullman and
asked the conductor if he had among
his passengers woman of the name
of Mahoney. 1.-TWO of EN-" replied
Mosher; they're in the rear car, the
Cisco" "Two?" said the stranger.
I'm looking for only one, my wife,
Mrs. Charles Mahoney." well, I've
two of 'em back here, and both of
'em are yours" What do you mean,
man." What l say. If you don't
believe it, come back and look" Lead
ing the way to the berth occupied by
Mrs. and Miss Mahoney he drew aside
the curtain. The husband staggered
back, gasping: my God, how did
that happen!"