The Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1919-current, 1922-03-03
Ralpha and the
stop" Sign
BY MYRTA a. LITTLE
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things
Ralpha Thomns-thc Girl through
school. and home To- nrentun. living Ca
the sleepy beautiful street with colo
NAL houses on both slides. had been
wishing i1r two things with o. ,ensc
nncp
The things hadn't come. hlt the
Eastern Branch railroad bad sud.
denly n bad also bought ani paid
Tor iis right 90 crUss nrrnf0us 8rsio-
cratic th1ruushfirc. staId oIl families
notwithstanding and ln sn doing bad
incidentally and quite un0Un.cuusly
tied itself up with Haipha Thomas
two wishes
First RaIrha wanted something 20
happen. anything most from hai.
loon ascension to new Kind ~
cereal. and second. Halphl wanted Co
prove somehow that she could 80
something besides eat sleep look
pretty. and play lady f1r her daf.ng
father and mother. So. she went
hunting found something interesting
unusually interesting made plans
and put them up 20 her father. with
results "a follows
-its preposternus A Trenton
Thomas doing such q thing Why. lts
worse than your last threat 90 ACC
FOR moving pictures said father. his
fingers meeting precisely over patched
knees Ralpha pumped herself 90 the
patches
-its not fair % Jose an the On on
earth because yuure n hreni0n
Thomas. dad she pleaded
"llave yoa spoken o. your mother
about itT
Mother said Il vas a iake md "a
soon 80 over a. She said nobody hut
men tended railroad crossings
anyway won't 81 over o. though
Henry Jones che crossing man. can't
-work-any longer. men are scarce
and
-Here have looked f1raari % your
marriage % some prosperous Dec us
say. writer and noE you're daring 90
think Of being a-crusslng tender e.
roaned ne squire
Exactly boamed Halpha "A
crossing tender so 10 The dlnky little
crossing house BY the bot little stove
Thea when the train whistles das,.
out and bold up the sign With stop
on o."
"stop said Squire Thomas
Exactly. saii lialphn "stop every.
thing that's liksiy 90 go 90 ihe trains
way u isn't AZ ~ there were Dots ~
trains. either. "a he on duiy no seven.
o. 10 seven no n.sht Time ~ at na1n.
Slice saial. MFser later maybe e.
ueli. if-" nalpha had no grace o.
blush though 10 ne tine boz father
did not knoa uhy she hlustrd
Father tried smother tack "lon A.
nor consider he lives that would Dol
IN your hands Rnlrta you are Zip
pant You'd have o. a. more Than
listen ffr Wt.tles What chat yaunr
ione. put such notions Into yosr head
for"
Henry Jones e. an rrht~ raii
Ralrha Thomas emrfaf'raIlr
"Whif 900 he iratr h.s crossing %
for them Cori Sob f1r h'm What
fii Do come to urrrfa1 or m tte
fr'f riaref Where 40 te come from"
LaInha s.aiei tte question -Uh
please dai- she pleaded -iu mo-
ilH uy"
ESQ. ua'pda. uo~
Hst being nuIrta. she dI ~
course lu art In a couple nf days
squire Thomas found himself telling
two % ts friends that isasHtrf
Thought DO would be fn Interesting rl.
porlmcnt Coo nuihari.rs considered
boz dependable e1iseri as BE- atrt
and snHl ani Un Nn aI urnTHu
was converted thought 10 was Soils
.iea ltnI tn see the hrshttaIrtd
Er holding tHc Maes rri white
'si0p" no coo little Dr. .Hf anl
called No the little gr.y house ana t..i
Dor s1.
Kaipaa uas hapW as june Gag.
Toe signals urrc magic ih.us. ile
gicgn aui rrI ani white Ue0n chat
urrtri the UarMrss. ths round Care
1i thc engine ukr "a eftai aulhlfsf
u4t % uuaHrW. Coo taIsuas threads
uf track the plfs of sunso aul steam
uta tae taHIs.t I.ag.as Ul thru.
tlc sIrU.s uf iie whistle tlt he
leali.t rumble .HI uar tHe aluI
us f..a. ulI.as ihrr HarIt ulIhe
frUm IluIHI. .f passing urf.at
uU. BE- uas enat' Dc af nu ll.IHHaa
..uL i.H u. u U U.I uH.a la
irulei t.ai Be- sH...I
ana di tlr t.I H.ff. ue r.n ap.
pcarUI iie llt a brand u.r of.s
m tle cts utt uIH run nronion.
aul O. bone in tar country. t.r.r miles
u1rIh lle drove brave tuay ear
that 900 through tHe SNOW uEo
friendly bob AMI from fHe d8y Haipha
TOOK up bee new Wufa. hp always
waited 10 that nrUniun crossing. 10
ihc morning for tho up ucoummuda.
t.on to p'od by. and In iho evening far
che down accommodation Naturally.
be- talked with nalpha. while she held
the "siop- sign. and afterwards Grad.
ually they made astonishing plans. us
had alsH been intended The mans
name was Norton ne was large