. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . and,though, thankGod. Ill shoot tokill next time,warns the rob-ber, as;he followsup the still re-treating train-man. Oldhamanswers, butplods [dog-gedly on,Cant help it,I must flag thatfreight. The robber lowers his gun, a look of admira-tion glinting in his eyes. One game durn fool. quoth he. Then helistens intently. Far away, over the hill,comes a rumble. There sure is a train coming, boys, he saysto his mates. To the brakeman, Comealong! They break into a run together, pantup the steep hill, gain the crest, the rumblegrowing into a roar. Then the red
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . and,though, thankGod. Ill shoot tokill next time,warns the rob-ber, as;he followsup the still re-treating train-man. Oldhamanswers, butplods [dog-gedly on,Cant help it,I must flag thatfreight. The robber lowers his gun, a look of admira-tion glinting in his eyes. One game durn fool. quoth he. Then helistens intently. Far away, over the hill,comes a rumble. There sure is a train coming, boys, he saysto his mates. To the brakeman, Comealong! They break into a run together, pantup the steep hill, gain the crest, the rumblegrowing into a roar. Then the red lanternwaves warningly, brakes whine, and as theheadlight flashes over the rim of the hill, thefreight stops—just in time. Three Pullmansof sleeping passengers, besides the packed daycoaches, are saved from a death-dealing col-lision. That brakeman was trained to obey. Heknew his duty and did it. Is any soldier uponEuropes firing line, officer or man, doing more?Only a railway private, but a hero. And itstrue, every word of this Japans Candy Etiquette BUT with all that, they have their nicetiesabout eating. One day as I w^as goingalong the street I saw a candy man sittingon a stool beside his cart fashioning delicacieswith his two flying thumbs. Taking a ball ofcandy mixture he would give it a few pinches, atwist, dab on a red spot and there would be afish. Taking up another bdl he would give it afew twists and he would have a radish. Half adozen of these he would put into a thumb-madecandy plate, the size of a chocolate wrapper,and sell for half a cent. Buying a plate of tinydelicacies I gave it to a girl expecting to seeher down it in good old American fashion, butinstead of falling on it greedily she made acourtly bow and tore down the street as fast as her wooden shoeswould let her. Ilooked after herin astonishment,thinking thatthis upset everychild theory Ihad, and deter-mined to try itagain. So Iwaited until thetwo flyingthumbs hadmolded anotherdelicacy andproff
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