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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1889
Page
3
A garbled literary passage presents a plea to postpone a marriage and choose separation. The speaker urges patience, cautions against heartbreak, and expresses worry that wedlock would destroy their hopes. The tone is melancholic and anxious about commitment.
William H. Atkinson recounts a Turin era railroad tale from 1870. Charles Stockwell, a precocious 15 year old apprentice, foils a planned engine desertion by two adults aboard a Denver and Duluth Short Line run, commandeering the locomotive to safety and earning a lasting career later praised by conductor John Bolton and the railroad officials.
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