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ON THE OTHER TRAIN.
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had gone out for want of oil. I could
hardly see, it was so dark.
At last she became quieter and
ceased to moan; then I grew drowsy
and kind of lost the run of things
after I struck twelve, when some one
entered the depot with a bright light.
I started up. It w r as the brightest
light I ever saw, and seemed to fill the
room full of glory. I could see ’twas
a man. He walked to the figure and
touched her upon the shoulder. She
started up and turned her face wildly
around. I heard him say:
“ Tis train time, ma’am. Come!”
A look of joy came over her face.
“I am ready,” she whispered.
‘‘Then give me your pass, ma’am.”
She reached him a worn old book,
which he took, and read from it
aloud:
“Come unto me, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest”
“That’s the pass over our road,
ma’am. Are you ready?”
The light died away and darkness
fell in its place. My hand touched
the stroke of one. Simmons awoke
with a start and snatched his lantern.
The whistle sounded down brakes;
the train was due. He ran to the
corner and shook the old woman.
“Wake up, marm; ’tis train time.*'
But she never heeded. He gave one
look at the white, set face, and, drop
ping his lantern, fled.
The up train halted, the conductor
shouted, “All aboard!” but no one
made a move that way.
The next morning, when the ticket
agent came, he found her frozen to
death. They whispered among them
selves, and the coroner made out the
verdict, “Apoplexy,” and it was in
some way hushed up.
They laid her out in the depot and
advertised for her friends, but no one
came. So, after the second day, they
buried her.
The last look on the sweet old face,
lit up with a smile so unearthly, I
keep with me yet; and when I think
of the occurrence of that night I know
she went out on that other train, that
never stopped at the poor house.
“TENIE TEMPUS.”
*5
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A political canvasser called at a
Spring street home the other day and
inquired as to the political affiliations
of the man of the house, says the
Philadelphia Times.
“Oh, well,” said the housewife,
“he’s everything. He’s nice when he’s
away, and he’s not so nice at other
times.”
“But about politics,” said the can
vasser. “Is he a Penn party man or
an Organization man?”
“Well, it depends on who he is
with,” said the lady. “If it’s policy
to he a Penn party man when he’s
with Penn party men, he’s a Penn
party man, and when he’s with Repub
licans he’s a Republican.”
“I understand,” persisted the can
vasser, “but between ourselves, what
is he at home?”
“Oh, at home he’s a perfect terror.”
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*
Oil of lavender will drive away flies.
The Gate City Hotel has just been ele
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The Golden Age for February 24, 1910.
EUGENE ANDERSON,
President Georgia-Alabama Business
College, Macon, Ga.
He has sprung into great promi
nence in the educational world
through his plans for keeping his
graduates in employment for life. He
has also attracted widespread atten
tion through his practical training de
partment, in which his students are
said to be able to make more money
than their education costs them.
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