Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-08

ahead on their orders the passengers
in the approaching would also have
been stepping sideways" As it
was the way freight. crew by using
their thinkers saved probably bad
collision. Some way. some plan should
be worked out to preevnt train dis
patcher giving an order Of this kind.
Or if there is no way to prevent such
orders, some plan should be worked
out, for some one else to notice and
correct such mistakes. One man at the
key can kill a score if he makes a
mistake" An Of us make mistakes in
any line Of work but our mistakes do
not result in death and destruction.
And waiting for train not so long
ago-not here-this scribe heard the
operator talking to the agent inside.
He made no attempt of lowering his
voice. so the writer heard it all. Il
wrote her last week not to come here
for was going to Kansas City Mon
day, had lost my job here. Yes, she's
a home with the old man on the farm,
darn sight more able 20 support her
than l am. Like to know how l can
support her on $50 a month and pay
$3.50 a week for board. That's $40 q
month for t"o, and what does ii leave
for clothes? Why a man could never
smokes j cigar or play game of pool
What did l get married for? Well You
tell. " hen l was working nights at
Lastown she used TO come down to see
the train come in and l got to talking
10 her. Then after awhile she used 10
come inside the office after the crowd
had gone home. Told the folks on the
farm. she was going to town 10 attend
the revivals, only lived half a mile out.
Sometimes she stayed in town with the
girls all night, And if she came down
to the depot l couldn't turn her out.
Well, one day she said I'd got to marry
her. and as the old man and his boys
we're husky sort of chaps and l knew
she'd sQueal on me we got married and
We boarded at the hotel for month
or two. Then ! got fired for going to
sleep after the dispa cher had warned
me They couldn't get me for TWO
hours one night, was so d sleepy
l didn't care anyway Actually after l
cashed my check and paid my hotel
and laundry bill l was broke till next
pay DAY. So l sent her out TO the farm
and came here extra for awhile. II
there's any letters come from her, re-
turn them marked left here. I'm not
going TO Kansas City so there'll be no
use Of her hunting Tor me there. I tell
you a railroad operator is a d fool
TO get married. She can get a divorce
for desertion and then marry some
one that's got more money than have.
And today, this hour. this minute.
while these words are being written, On
4 farm. on an Iowa farm not a mile
from NeNtown, is wife and soon to
he a mother. waiting for a scoundrei
that Will not come back. Waiting for
letters she viii never receive. Now for
the moral that should finish this true
story for the writer heard her name
and where she lived Moral? Its a
story of immortality Who 70 blame?
Well, it wasn't the preacher that ran
the revival Was the old man 10 blame
for allowing her to go TO the meetings?
Our daughters go unattended to revival
Something wrong in her
bringing up? Sure thing. Who is to
blame for the wreck OF this young
girls liteo Figure it out. Perhaps your
Ia lighter gees down &c the depot TO see