The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-30
Monday Morning,
On the Train.

Monday Morning,
On the Train.
Dear Junior Folks:
Did you think had deserted you?
Just before l left. one Of the girls
who has Just found out that was
having TO 50 away until could get
we'll and strong agaia. said. ''Well,
Aunt Molly. aren't We going to have
any Junior them"
OF course you're going to have Z
Junior! And haven'l deserted you
either. While I'm gone can write
letters back 10 you telling all the
interesting things see, and you can
try doubly hard to make up good
new stories and tell all the interest
ing things you are doing. % that our
Junior win be better than ever.
Now that It. h vacation surely YOU
can squeeze out enough time to
write some real good interesting
things. can't you! And either mail
them up to the Palladium or take
them yourself, dropping them
through the mail slit In the Junior
editors door, or giving them to any
one you see there at the office.
They will be taken care Of and put
IN the Junior AL right either way.
And then, Junior Folks, will be
watching to see how many of you
are really my friends and ready to
do all you can to help make our
Junior the best ever, when ! can
mot do my usual share. You wont
disappoint me. will you? know
yOu wont.
This morning when first open
ed my eyes, guess what saw?
Well, first didn't see anything be-
cause Il was pitch dark. and the
cars we're humping and banging
around 90 badly couldn't see any.
thing but stare when NY head came
violently into contact with the
berth. But a. soon - the train
stopped switching cars and we be-
gan our journey once more, push
ed mp the curtain 4 little ways, and
there were rows OF houses one right
on top Of another, It seemed, just
Ike the babies" at q carnival when
men throw baseballs and the man
calls out zone little baby down. one
cigar" Some Of tie houses had the
front door down stairs on one street
and the backdoor upstairs opening
right out on another street, or y
person could step right out Of their
upstairs bedroom window and be
On the ground. Then the next min
u1e We came upon the vivid red
glare from the great blast furnaces,
and 20 | knew we were just leaving
Pittsburgh.
That was way In the middle Of
the night, though. 90 went back
to sleep again and the NEXT time !
woke UP all ! could see was mass
Of green. pushed up the curtain,
and there 40 far a. | could see, high
er and higher and higher rose this
forest, and then looked down deep
er and deeper and l scarcely could
see the bottom. where little thread
Of river cleaned in the early
morning light at the foot Of those
tremendous steep slopes and that
was the mountains. looked ahead
and there was an engine pulling .
train around curve, clinging to
the mountain side: and I thought,
why, it's queer they would run
train % close to ours on such 3
place % this" And then suddenly
realized that that was an engine
and our train that l was seeing.
After this We went around an
other sharp curve and there down
IN the center, with the most huge
mountains all around, was . beau
tiful little park with flower beds
and the grass all neatly cut, q little
house In the center. and two beau.
t1ful lakes. one high and the other
lower, with falls In between. The
sunlight was just breaking through
the clouds and . CLEAN fell into the
heart Of the lakes, Just a. little
flock q white pigeons suddenly
fluttesed up from the house, rising
higher and higher in the fresh morn
ing ar. Then a. our train curved
more and more ! saw . huge 81
made In the side Of the cliff, and an
immense white hOreQ shoe too. No