New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-06-26

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ysI guess somebody aid!s Nar16rie
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head. 4 "Whsre,s the conductnc4.. 81!
N "FIe's booking for the fellow that
pulled the rope.,'. sy,. ,,..,.,s
"You 20 tell him to back up-and
slowly. too
.No. thank you!" said Mallory. He
was I brave young man. but he was
not boarding the conductors of stop.
ned expresses. Already the conduc.
tors voice was heard in the smoking
room. where he appeared with the
rush and roar OF a Bashan bull.
"Well!" he beloved, (which one OF
you guys pulled that roper"
ut was nobody here, sir" DR.. Tenn.
pie meekly explained. The conductor
transfixed him with baleful glare:
81 wouldn't believe gambler on oath.
{ bet you did It,"
Il assure you, sir" Wedgewood in.
terposed. "he didn't touch it. l was
heah.'
The conductor waved him aside and
charged into the observation room.
followed by all the passengers in an
awe.struck rabble. Here. too. the
conductor Numbered: "Who pulled
that rope? Speak up somebody"
Mallory was about to sacrifice him
self to save Marjorie, but she met the
conductors black rage with the with
ering contempt of young queen: Il
pulled the old rope. Whom did you
suppose?"
The conductor almost dropped with
apoplexy at finding himself with no.
body to vent his immense rage on.
but this pink and white slip. "You!"
he gulped. well, what in Say, in
the name of-why, don't you know it's
. penitentiary offense to stop a train
this way?''
Marjorie tossed her head a little
higher. grew a little calmer: What
do I care? I want you to back up"
The conductor was reduced to a
wet rag, a feeble echo: Back up
the train up?"
Eyes. back the train up" Marjorie
answered, resolutely, land go slowly
ill / tell you to stop"
The conductor stared at her mo
ment. then whfrled on Mallory: "say.
what in hell's the matter with your
wife?"
Mallory was saved from the prob
lem of answering by Martories abrupt
change from a young Tsarina rebuk.
ing a serf. to a terrified mother. She
flung out imploring palms and with q
gush Of tears pleaded: won't you
please back up? My darling child fell
off the train"
The conductors rage fell away in
an instant. your child fell OF the
train!" he gasped. "Good Lord! How
old was he?''
With one hand he was cropping for
the bell cord to give the signal, with
the other he opened the door to look
back along the track.
"He was two years DID," Marjorie
sobbed.
"Oh, that's too bad!" the conductor
groaned. What did he look like?"
"He had pink ribbon round his
neck"
"A pink ribbon-oh, the poor little
fellow! the poor little fellow!"
And long curly tall"
The conductor swung round with q
yell: "A curly tail!-your SOM"
my dog!" Marjorie roared back ct
him.
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