. The young conductor : or, Winning his way . f industry was hushed; whenthe multitudes of men, women, and children in thecities had to be fed daily to prevent them from per-ishing of starvation; when gaunt want stalked throughthe land, and it looked as if a fatal blight had fallenupon all things, — then the toilers on the A. & R. Rail-way looked upon Dick Farrallon as their best friend,for he had saved them from the results of their ownfoolishness. 246 THE YOUNG CONDUCTOR. And what more natural than that, when the A. & themselves in want of an assistant superinten-dent, they should se
. The young conductor : or, Winning his way . f industry was hushed; whenthe multitudes of men, women, and children in thecities had to be fed daily to prevent them from per-ishing of starvation; when gaunt want stalked throughthe land, and it looked as if a fatal blight had fallenupon all things, — then the toilers on the A. & R. Rail-way looked upon Dick Farrallon as their best friend,for he had saved them from the results of their ownfoolishness. 246 THE YOUNG CONDUCTOR. And what more natural than that, when the A. & themselves in want of an assistant superinten-dent, they should select this young man for the place ?He had proven himself fully capable ; and when Presi-dent Morecamp resigned to assume the more congenialduties of a bank president, and Superintendent Watsonbecame his successor, it was in the natural sequenceof events that Dick Farrallon should step into thesuperintendents shoes. And having arrived there ontime, it need not be added that he was safe; and,therefore, we may as well bid him
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