The sun., 1910-06-25
GIRLS RIDE FAR IN LOCKED CAR
THRIr DuS ~ THE DARN
ufIHOJ T FOOD on HATER.
A. PA, 10 uRurOad Wards ~ nuHAlo
Nbru so,. shuI Them in FrrtEhI ear
Wound for IIObOken- IReoHnelsus
Whcn Rrsrurd sent Ilome m state.

liuunN Tor uooohen- ncosiaf Aolls
Whrn Rrsrued ssnt Ilame m state.
r~. .ruall sizei girls who Were penne1
rag,su lark refrigerator car on Tues
.as ry Uoys with whom they had been
raytrg ln tho railroad yards at Buffalo
we're found lying In the car when Il reached
Ir,roksn Yesterday morning They were
not tnls 10 walk. II was some time be-
tore hey could speak. They had been
.syenfy-two hours without food or drink
cr.4sJIr,cy Of air That they were alive
a. sll was a hing TO wonder a..
Mary NIoni Is 10 and Nelsie de Forke is
Roth girh live with their parents at
% Indiana street, Buffalo. They are
ru single units in multiple families.
Ony fractional attention can in the nature
o thlrS be- theirs. Ths two giFls us0d
every isy to run around the Lackawanna
freight ward near Columbia street, Buffalo.
They hal a good deal of fun jumping about
car, sometimes they found q stray pieOe
Of fruit
Raysoi their age and older hung around
the fret ght yard. last Tuesday morn
uE q couple Of these boys whom they
Anew ~ sight. not by name. shouted out
o. rtc g.rk:
Hey, there's bananas in that car.
Want some hanAhAs' Back In that car
you'll find some. G'wan in
l' was an empty refrigerator car to
vhi.h the boys pointed. The two glrls
camlercd into IL and with anticiparory
sycitemrn. hegAn poking over the AooF
iu fne dark corners. They heard the
heavy door hang 70 and found Themselves
On hlackness. They rushed for the door
anu founded on IL. They could hear the
fovs outside laughing.
The boys made no attempt 70 Open
the ,sr door and the girls became fright
sn''l They screamed a little and kicked
WITH their hare feet. Pretty aoOu they
beard the voices of the boys and knew
hem % he trying 10 open the door. TIE
coor never hudGed. II Ia not only heavy.
D. h's - closely ~ if dovetailed and is
held shut ny suction
little longer the ~" girls kicked
md boat up1n the door. Then Mary
Munl the elder, heard Nelsie fall upon
tie floor Of the car and hegin to s0b in
slow. helpless fashion. This was too
much for Mary. who is only 20 herself.
she wept standing and between soils
she thwacked the door with her fists.
A. length she gave thrt up.
They heard an engine puffing louder
every second -Bsng'- sNory Iwrs
bumped to the hoor There was m
interval Of several minutes Then the
'ugire chugged th- car gave i~ri.
% the darkness they knew themselves
p. b" moving
The two girls sat holt upright Ia the
.'-ner. now silent. staring &c the crack
ir the roof which let IN the ona bit ~ light
u The car nov crying in unison. They did
r.f iGlk 20 each other. II seems that
n''her had anything 20 say. Children
'..k only in familiar experience aud |
q. ms plight both Mary and Nslsie we're !
sr,-Chless
After "a long time they felt hollow and |
hungry Mary explored the hoor of the |
or o. WIS slow work In the dFrk and the /
'rg made Il harder Nclsis h-,p.-d /
sg- 20 the senrch They found nothing .
.f
Irr rI-kiest tramp riding the bump-r- !
,r I0uney'ng as blind haggaEe drops 1
m .ur iJod aud 0n occasion jumps int I
r..k which c01ls him and Satisfies /
... 1T The two Ri.,s found they vrrr
.H.w.rhaIi food ~ water Bssides Il Wus
. 1d sitting they found it o lab.r
-'.'he and moving about was eK-
...fgy They by perfectly stall aud
m unr the first fsihtness of hunger left
'au But Il Was intolerIbly hot aud /
Poo. faiH,t grew
I' uts night now. The bsam u light
r.n- Vet neither girl slept There
w.. nothing re-tful in this night whioh
os. nilcker than day. The roar Il the
tran WAS loud and steady They cried
r. ,I.rntly.
buHE this first night. Tuesday Mary
Ha1. I ..-sful discovery. the only relief
.' Poo spon the whole journey She
".H.ad - a. onoe 10 Nelsie You take
thumb and catch the tears on il
..'. r.H -Ip the tears with q meditaiive
tongue They are salt and inadequate.
POI" 'H"y cool the mouth. One IL not 20
...-.T Ona has hopes in time ~ i'm
#.IE enough tears 70 quench the
'...' l-yn--s pi the thir4i
.. '.n"rimenting with this discovery
..". t--ad the rest of the night
A myth the beam of light reappsared.
'.i 'rd plsa-ureable. and they knew it
'.. m'ning The car stopped. then
''" 'H-vard evenly, creaked over frogs
H -..rD-d They we're on a switch
'..E .l"E it She felt al first a. u she
'..a ,-sam But 20 scream requires
r'''E and -hr had none They stayed
'''. n rH- switch long while and the
'' team changed from red to rose
golden and white and the car grew
.' ..--v hot II
..' "HEHe had gone puGinG away.
'.' rfn"r came and bumped fast 70
'' hey we're moving again and the
-"-... fed as Il climbed an up grade.
'..'t" aa, the sunshine. clear air and
ranging spaces ~ Mount POconO. but
..' .''." girls had no conception Of
' ..H day Wednesday. the two lay
..n'- m the h1Or Il the car. iOlted
nut" and turning from side 10 ,
'u"y had never known it 20 hot
I1 .." darkness made Il seem worse.
''7h night came Il is possible the EiFis
''" 0''I'.y though they could not recol-