. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . starting thegirl arose in a panic and strained hereyes out into the murky night, trying todiscern the figure of her father and thatof faithful old Doblin, who she knewwould be hitched to the family great lump rose in her throat and therewas a stinging mist before her was homesick at the very thought ofthe long separation and even the antici-pation of being able to send home moneyto help buy the long needed farm imple-ments and the poplin dress that hermother had wanted for so many years,and the presents that she would be ableto buy fo
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . starting thegirl arose in a panic and strained hereyes out into the murky night, trying todiscern the figure of her father and thatof faithful old Doblin, who she knewwould be hitched to the family great lump rose in her throat and therewas a stinging mist before her was homesick at the very thought ofthe long separation and even the antici-pation of being able to send home moneyto help buy the long needed farm imple-ments and the poplin dress that hermother had wanted for so many years,and the presents that she would be ableto buy for the babies, could not subduethe longing to feel her mothers armsaround her and to see the enjoyment on the faces of her parents as she told of thepleasures that she had enjoyed in thecity. She could sec her fathers blankdisappointment and perhaps fierce angeras he read her note, and her motherstired, worried look. She pulled hersatchel down from the rack and wasspeeding down the aisle to the door whenthe train gained momentum and drew. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE away from the rude platform into theenveloping blackness ahead. The girl sank weakly down in a seatand smothered her convulsive sobs. Amoment later the man slipped in besideher and laid a gorgeous box of chocolatesand an array of fruit on her lap. Then,insidiously, he told of the benefits andpleasures awaiting her. Meanwhile, pacing up and down on theplatform of the little station, regardlessof wind and rain, was the white-hairedfather of the girl, clutching in his handthe rain splotched letter and strugglingin his rage and despair-blinded soul fora way to tell the expectant mother sittingin the dayton that her daughter, aloneand defenseless, was headed for that cityof terrors and pitfalls. He knew thatthe great throbbing engine was bearinghis first-born to some inevitable dangerand his simple, untutored mind couldthink of no way of stopping her. Up and down he paced, once callingto his wife to wait and
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