doctor also suid llial llic tal)k-ts I had siven liim were 

 "ri-hf ami Uial the hot milk was "right.' We reached 

 Bof,ton at uiiK' o'clock in the cveiiin-, and thinking- that 

 the train I was to take was the same whieh was to carry 

 the hoy to liis home, I took him to the Providence 

 depot, bnt fonml I was mistaken, and that he had to go 

 In- the lioston and Albany Railway. My time was short 

 and his too Checking my own baggage I engaged my 

 berth to Philadelplda, and leaving my son with the re- 

 mainder oi" the stulT, started lor the other depot. It was 

 raining heavily, and at that time of night I conld hnd 

 neither carriage nor street car, antl so was compelled 

 partly to support and carry, and partly to drag the sick 

 boy on the way. We reached the train with five miiuites 

 to spare. After buying his ticket I helped him into a 

 car, laid him down and then hunted up the conductor— a 

 portly, pom])ous, beggaron horse back sort oi a fellow 

 and asked him if he wouldn't kindly look after the boy to 

 the end of his division and then ask the following con- 

 ductor also to see to his comfort. His reply was perhaps 

 what I might have expected. '"No, sir! I have no 

 time to look after sick people. I've got mv train to 

 attend to, and if the boy gives me any trouble I'll ])nt him 

 off at Worcester and send him to the hospital. " A man 

 was standing near him (probably a raihvav official' who 

 had listened to my story and reiinest and to the con- 

 ductor's reply. He tiu-ned (piicklv to the man of brass 

 buttons and swinging lantern, and spoke vith a Irown. 

 The words were few and tluir purport 1 did not catch, 

 but. whatever it may have been, the change was magical. 

 The conductor came toward me and in the most oolite 



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