. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . erafter the picturesque in nature thatever climbed a mountain or took :iyawning chasm at a single leaj).As light on his feet as a mountaingoat, he had no more conception offear than if lie were made of rubber,and a fail of a thousand feet simplythe cjuestioii of how high he might ach individual nuMnlicr consti-uting it: and to a ceitain extenthis conceit was shared In- theailroad management, as a pri-ate car had been placed at thelisposal of the Four. It was at-aehed to the seven oclock traininmediately behind the sleejieror Chicago, and Tom
. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . erafter the picturesque in nature thatever climbed a mountain or took :iyawning chasm at a single leaj).As light on his feet as a mountaingoat, he had no more conception offear than if lie were made of rubber,and a fail of a thousand feet simplythe cjuestioii of how high he might ach individual nuMnlicr consti-uting it: and to a ceitain extenthis conceit was shared In- theailroad management, as a pri-ate car had been placed at thelisposal of the Four. It was at-aehed to the seven oclock traininmediately behind the sleejieror Chicago, and Tom stood athe door to welcome the quarteti ith all the deferential politenesslid .smiles of the typical .Mary-uid darkey. Tom, as stewardof No. 217, duly appreciated hisixalted position in all its bear-ings, as also did the Four, and■ odily the understanding be-\Men white and black was allthat could be-desired. Yellow-■~tone had the bridal chamber, or,in other words, the most scrump-tious of the staterooms. TlieF&iry found a resting-place for. 12 77/- (Jimrtet. rebound dm stiikinu; the rocks below. His name known of fame on bothsides of the l)ig pond, he was none the less an agreeable companion,reputation and liigh position in his profession being to him most satisfac-torily- represented in the ruling- jjrice of his productions. Socially unas-suming and considerate, a charming talker, and a nuisician of rare powerof expression, it was good to lie wilh him. B. Franklin, or Ben for shoit, in |iliysir:il proportions and greatof heart, never knew the time when lie would not rather help others thanhimself. He was possessed of the happiest of faculties,— that of beingalwaj-s on the alert to do a favor, and never at a loss to appreciate justhow it should be done. The most inquisitive individual that ever acquiredthe growth of six feet in his stockings, the life-history of man, woman orchild was to him as easy of extraction as the juice from an orange; theprocess was so nat
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