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A Christmas Wait At The Railroad Station
An observer recounts a moonlit snowy drive to Lincoln for Christmas guests at Burlington station. While awaiting a late train, a troubled stranger on a bench shares a harrowing past and a vow to repay a $5 gift. The night turns reflective as commentary on leisure class and humanity blends with fleeting kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Burlington Station
Church of Latter Day Saints
Independence
Thorstein Veblen
J. F. Balzer
Eisenhower
California
Ike
Christian Science Monitor
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Mr. Welch
Robert Welch
John Birch Society
Veblen