Show ali ome me bain a christmas Ghrist U mas hy by VU most of us remarked one of the tra travelers elers after he was com comfortably fort ably settled and taid train was well out t from the yard limits still have strong ties in the old east it Is true indeed replied the man sitting beside him 1 I love the west 1 admire its freshness and bigness its grain fields its many diversified interests and the fact that its possibilities for further development are still apparently limitless 1 I too am bound for the old fireplace in the city ot of roy my birth but I 1 can never expect the old metropolis to appeal to me as it once did there are too m many a n y high walls too n narrow a r r 0 w streets and too little opportunity for growth such as we know on tile the prairie lands to appeal to me and the people are not as frank and friendly as they ought to be the other acquiesced most persons who have lived in the west any length of time feel this way the men were not patrons of the pullman though both were well dressed and appeared reasonably prosperous 1 I miss the opportunity of riding in a day coach at this time of the year and studying my fellow passengers ventured tile the first speaker most every seat was wa s occupied and there were a number of babes lind and children among the passengers two seats before them sat an attractive young mother with a babe just able to walk in spite of its zigzag journey and the lurching of the train as it negotiated numerous curves the youngster persisted in walking up and down the aisle attracting tr a great deal of attention and getting in the way of brakemen brake and passengers who had bad to pass to and fro across the aisle was a child of about three quite amiable but winging swinging in his small hands a half balt eaten banana with its golden envelope dangling about it to the evident annoyance of an tl deily semi invalid bud and her dignified daughter who sat nearby but the holiday season was approaching pro aching and no one was crabby enough to complain old maids and confirmed bachelors if there were any in the car either cither enjoyed the baby or kept their thoughts to themselves passengers moved about frequently as Is quite common on oil a long lod journey and some of the more re restless ones it Is safe to say occupied nearly every seat in ill the car before they reached their journeys erd end near the front of the car sat a woman whose only child was a song canary and who divided her time about equally between coating the bird to sing for mother pretty asking the negro brakeman bra koman questions climbing up tip to get something from her ier suit case or cliant changing ing about from seat scat to seat it was merely the restlessness of the usual traveler but the two men were interested lilter ested between their eager observance of this restlessness and their notation of the almost limitless amount of fruit lee ice cream cones and confections confect ions con I 1 su rn ed t they hey wondered what would come m nex nest t but candy and restlessness and travel have little noticeable effect at last the train was drawing into its eastern terminal nl As it crawled past a multitude of switches everyone was wai expectant there was the usual climbing or reaching for hand luggage in the upper racks the assembling of hats and outer garments and a general effort to be ready to leave the train quickly the wheels stopped brakemen announced all outi out in less than a minute there was wag a mad rush through the waiting wailing room and towards the tw taxi stand Il hello lello there ive been looking for you cried a man mac in a friendly voice as lie be laid ills his hand on the strangers shoulder and inquired you just came in from the west on that to train lid did you not 1 I did he replied lied with a degree 1 r ee of wonderment why you roil left this envelope in your seat it looksie looks look sim important por tant I 1 wondered how low I 1 would find did you G 0 s li it I 1 it Is important I 1 there thera could be no io christmas for the kiddies without it I 1 dont know how it got out of my liand hand bag probably when I 1 removed my time table to boldy it well youre a friend of mine and the kidd biddles les I 1 nin am sure 1 I heard you remark that easterners were not friendly said the new aneval composedly im a new york city man just come collie in from a short business trip your name the two to men withdrew to t 0 a corner and exchanged cards conie collie out with me said tile the li new w made friend to the he westerner ay adoption my car will be waiting walt lilg just around the corner and I 1 can can take you part way to your destination the offer was accepted the men became warm friends but the envelope aon on ask what of the finding of that big white envelope it was that that made christmas 1 ac 1927 1027 western newspaper union |