. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . m Martinsburg in the state ofWest Virginia. In those earlier daysJerry liked the farm, and he liked toattend school during the wintermonths. But best of all, he liked tolisten to the tales that the old Balti-more and Ohio men, whose way tookthem past his house, told. These veterans of the rail, someseven or eight of them, often came tothe farmhouse on winter nights tohelp Farmer Wright dispose of hischoicest apples and to wash themdown with a bit of sweet cider fromthe barrel in the smokehouse. Severalof them had outlived their usefulnessas engineers,
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . m Martinsburg in the state ofWest Virginia. In those earlier daysJerry liked the farm, and he liked toattend school during the wintermonths. But best of all, he liked tolisten to the tales that the old Balti-more and Ohio men, whose way tookthem past his house, told. These veterans of the rail, someseven or eight of them, often came tothe farmhouse on winter nights tohelp Farmer Wright dispose of hischoicest apples and to wash themdown with a bit of sweet cider fromthe barrel in the smokehouse. Severalof them had outlived their usefulnessas engineers, firemen and trackmen,but they would carry their railroadtales with them until the end of theirdays. Needless to say, when theseyarns were tempered with a glass ofcider, they grew to amazing lengths,and each time they were retold theyseemed to have some new featureadded. Nevertheless, Jerry was a brightboy and therefore he was able in ameasure to separate the wheat oftheir stories from the chaff. Livingnear a railroad and having the natu-. Tap, tap, tap. Someone was at the door rally observant eyes of the averageyoungster, he knew just about howmuch to believe and what to reject,and many a hearty laugh had he andhis chum, John Davidson, over thepeculiar changes in the re-spinning ofthe yarns. And yet, these held theboys interest sufficiently to makehim long for the opportunity to bidgoodby to the farm and to take uprailroad work. The chance came at last. FarmerWright had a good oflFer for his decided to sell out and go west
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