Overland MonthlyBret Harte A. Roman and Company, 1902 |
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Page 34
... trains run only to Detroit ; but the road has been graded many miles farther up the river , and a good trail leads along the railroad grade . That night I camped in a cabin about four miles beyond Detroit , and was soon drying my feet ...
... trains run only to Detroit ; but the road has been graded many miles farther up the river , and a good trail leads along the railroad grade . That night I camped in a cabin about four miles beyond Detroit , and was soon drying my feet ...
Page 37
... train dispatcher's office at Sacra- mento , where her widowed mother re- sided , and when competent to assume charge of a small station had asked for and been given a position at Upton . She tired after a while of the lonely monotony of ...
... train dispatcher's office at Sacra- mento , where her widowed mother re- sided , and when competent to assume charge of a small station had asked for and been given a position at Upton . She tired after a while of the lonely monotony of ...
Page 38
... train report had scarcely an- nounced my presence to the operators up and down the line , ere Dunsmuir called me up . She expressed regret that her hasty change had prevented her extend- ing to me a personal welcome to my new home ...
... train report had scarcely an- nounced my presence to the operators up and down the line , ere Dunsmuir called me up . She expressed regret that her hasty change had prevented her extend- ing to me a personal welcome to my new home ...
Page 39
... train dispatcher ) " turned you over . Call me up wn u get in gd humor . I've soetng to sa to u . " My gentlemanly instincts sharply re- proved me for treating her in such an un- gallant manner . Had she ever led me to believe she was ...
... train dispatcher ) " turned you over . Call me up wn u get in gd humor . I've soetng to sa to u . " My gentlemanly instincts sharply re- proved me for treating her in such an un- gallant manner . Had she ever led me to believe she was ...
Page 40
... train going south whistled just as I ue- scended from the loft , and not knowing that my face was in such a horrible con- dition , I gathered up my train orders and went out on the platform , and such a guying as the trainmen gave me ...
... train going south whistled just as I ue- scended from the loft , and not knowing that my face was in such a horrible con- dition , I gathered up my train orders and went out on the platform , and such a guying as the trainmen gave me ...
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