Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1913 — Why the Train Was Late. [ARTICLE]

Why the Train Was Late.

If the railway guard who held his train half a minute beyond the schedule time should be reprimanded at headquarters a hundred passengers who know why he did it will sign a petition for hie pardon. Sentiment was back of it. Somebody wanted to kiss. A lot of people want to do that. Women kiss each other, men kiss their The guards have no patience with sentiment of that kind. They flaunt their contempt by bawling: "Break away, there; no time for that!” and refuse to hold the train half a second for the tenderest salute. But this case was different It was easy to see how It was- A mother was giving away her child. The little fellow was in good hands. The couple who had adopted him were wholesome, kindly people; the mother was wretchedly poor. No doubt it was best all around to give him away. She and the boy stood the parting like majors up to the last minute, then the baby broke down. “Mom —mon —mom." he blubbefed from the car platform. ' Before the guard could close the door or giVe the signal she had reached through the crowd and snatched him from the man’s arms. “I can’t, I can’t,” she said. And then the kissing began. The guard didn’t even to say, “Break away!” Hi gulped; so did everybody else. Presently the woman handed the boy back, and the train started on amid the deepest silence that had ever hung over that subway station. —New York press.