. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . as seen inthe traffic bound to follow that over ahundred out-of-town scalpers flocked toChicago. The local ticket brokers re-sented this action, which they character-ized as an unwarranted invasion, andendeavored to suppress the foreigners. Theinvaders, however, were more or less suc-cessful in capturing the return halves oftickets surrendered bv the armv men. The Irony of Fate. Late one February afternoon a group ofrailroad officials were standing within theshelter of the roundhouse of a well-knownWeste
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . as seen inthe traffic bound to follow that over ahundred out-of-town scalpers flocked toChicago. The local ticket brokers re-sented this action, which they character-ized as an unwarranted invasion, andendeavored to suppress the foreigners. Theinvaders, however, were more or less suc-cessful in capturing the return halves oftickets surrendered bv the armv men. The Irony of Fate. Late one February afternoon a group ofrailroad officials were standing within theshelter of the roundhouse of a well-knownWestern town, watching the employes goto and fro, the snow and sleet swirlingand blustering them along with a bitterblast. Atnong the group was the shop fore-man, who seemed to be giving the officialsa brief sketch of the different men pass-ing before them. The engine for the evening passengertrain was being taken out, when a notice-able man with a stern, set face came strid-ing up. His face was kind in spite of hisstern look, yet with the stamp of somescathing ordeal passed through and en-.
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