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over them and awaited an opportunity to get to the 

 baggage-car for a change of underwear. 



This car was next to the engine, and was locked, so 

 that I had to jump off at a stopping place and sprint 

 forward to reach the car before the train started. The 

 conductor paid no attention to me, and before I got to 

 the car door at the side he had given the signal to 

 start, and off the train went, with every vestibuled 

 door closed behind me, so that my retreat by the rear 

 was thus cut off. The baggageman was in the act of 

 closing his sliding door. I yelled to him to give me a 

 lift, as I was in trouble and that was as true as gospel. 

 He stooped down and gave me his hand. I placed my 

 right foot against the iron brace below the door, and 

 presto ! I was pulled up and into the car. 



It required some searching to find a suit of under- 

 wear that didn't have any spirits soaked through it. 

 With the aid of a friendly newspaper spread upon the 

 floor to stand on, I was able to undress and dress again 

 in comfort, as there was plenty of room to work in. 



The new grain elevators in course of erection in 

 the section of country we were now passing through 

 are mostly being built with reinforced concrete, while 

 the up-to-date farmers are having steel granaries built 

 for their own use which are weather and wind proof 

 and fire proof as well. Oh, the sight of some of the 

 yet-growing crops, of the crops being harvested and of 

 those cut and already thrashed, and of the number of 



