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L Jimmy and the R tussian Wolf Hound ADY PATRICIA was a beautiful big, white, Russian wolf hound But Lady Patricia was an or phan, and the saddest kind of ar orphan. She was once owned by E very rich, old man who loved he1 ,-lnsriv nnn hn aina --a +he erty. did not like dogs, and Lady Patricia was sold to a man who owned a dog shop! It was a great contrast, that noisy shop with dogs, and parrots, and mon- keys chattering all day. At first life hardly seemed worth living, and it all grated on her finer senses. She howled a bit, and each time the door opened and a purchaser came in she scanned the face of the new arrival, hoping that one of her old friends had come to claim her. She was so immense that the dog store man placed her in his window. Here she stayed. day after day. When no one came to claim her, she became used to the humdrum life, and took little interest in what was hap- pening. She would lie. with her great lohg nose on her pawa, and stare into space. Her eyes, so full of expression. gazed out into the street, with its swarmlng crowds. and she would heave a great sigh and revel in the memories of her past life. Jimmy Baker was an orphan, too, and he Hved wlth his grandmother. Grandmothers were fine, but mothers were just a little better, and Jimmy often longed for that mother love which he had known such a short time. This longing made him receptive to the least attention. It made him kind and generous. He sold papers near the dog store, and as he passed the window each night, he would pause for a moment, to see what was on display. For a lying in one corner, seemingly aware of the confusion outside 1 window-street cars lumbering trucks and motor cars whirling er way. He longed to pat her on I head. One night she was lylng with 1 her head In the corner of the wind ow facing the street. She looked up, j ust ^- I.---- ^......^^^3.^1 'L^ -.;-A^. as ~ 11muy uppluauxeu 1.11- WIUUUW. He placed his dirty, chubby hand on the Soon after his ar~lval had been announced, the beautiful lady came pane. For a moment she stared at him. Could someone actually know her? No, she reasoned, she had never seeix this little fellow before, but she pIaced her nose on the glass. Jimmy was delighted. and smiled. She raised her ears a bit, and then when down the stairs. She went over to Jimmy and took his hand. "I came to brlng your purse," he said. "Why-I'm very glad," she said, "I knew 1 lost it, but I would never have thought of losing it near your stand. Jimmy passed on. she gazed after his You're an honest little boy to bring retreating flare until he was out of sight. It to me. How did you And out just where I lived?" The next night, when Jimmy paus ed, she showed more interest in his pr esence out~ide her window, and it was n't long before she began eagerly to "I asked the cop to help me find out who owned the car-I ran after you till I got the license number. I'll be leaviii' now, because 1 told my watch for his coming. grandmother I'd be right back," and It seemed that nobody in that wha 11e. lie shyly started toward the door. big city wanted a Russian wolf hou~ nd. "But isn't there always a reward and Jimmy mas glad that they did1 l't, for honesty?" said the beautiful lady. for there had sprung up between th em "Suppose I take you home!" a friendship. He hardly dared let hi Im- Jimmy mumbled his delight. A self wish that he owned her-s ;he ride in the big car! His little heart must cost great stacks of monej 1- beat wildly. and of course, some day, some ri ich On the way home they chanced to man would come along and buy h er. pass the dog store and Jimmy just One day he did go in and ask h ow unconsciously said, "Lady's still much the dog store man wanted for awake!" her, and he just laughed and pat1 zed "Lady?" said the beautiful lady. Jimmy's head, and said, "Oh, a 1 lot, "Oh, yes, the big wolf hand. We're sonny, fifty dollars!" good friends. We know each other Jimmy waa Iustily shouting 1 the 'cause I pass here every nlght an my news and selling his papera when I a way home just to see her. She'b a big car drove up to his atand. 'I 'he flne dog, and-well, maybe you'd like back door swung open and the m( ost to buy her. I hate to see her sold, beautiful lady Jimmy had ever sc !en but I'd like for you to have her," he leaned over and asked for a pap ler. said. Jimmy jerked one from under his The next evening Jimmy, after arm and handed it to her. She gz ive him a quarter and as he reached closing up his little stand, walked to slowly up the street and paused in get the change she said: "Never ml ind the change, little man, just keep front of the dog store. Lady Patricia it." Jimmy thanked her and, aa the was gone! He rushed insye and ( Car rolled away, he saw, lying in asked the man in quick sentences 1 the when she had been eold, who got her street, a meah purse. Quickly snat ching It up he ran arter the Car, 4 end all the details. But the dog store but he was too late. But it did not mc man only smiled and mid a lady got we too rapidly for him to get the lice] her that afternoon, but he didn't rense number. call her name. Tho4 s#+a..nn-m r-rlbh dkn *&A ne I *.a. ar.etr.uvur Wac.. L1.c a," "1 the Jimmy walked slowly out of the cop on the beat, Jimmy learned where store, and just as he stepped outside, the ~beautlful lady Hved, and In the there stood the beautiful lady with evening, when he had flnished his Lady .Patricia on a leash. Jimmy work, he washed his face, smoothed stopped and etared! The beautiful his hair and boarded a street car lady handed the leash ta him with the which would convey him near her simple words, "She's yours, little man. home. He timidly rang the door bell, I know you'll be kind to her." and when he informed the ma!d that "Why-why--oh! you don't mean he wished to see the "lady of the she's mine-why you bought her!" he house" and that he had found her safd, as tears streamed down his face. purse, he was told to wait in the hall. "Yes-but I bought her for you."
March, 1928 Pngc 29 March Pictures of the Frisco Children Top row: J. M. D. Pratt, son of Gould Pratt, section foreman, Arcadia, Kans.; Glen Corn, 16 months-old grandson of Philip Corn, section foreman, Willow Springs, Mo. Second row: Bobby Edward, 9- month-old son of R. E. Meadows, plat- form foreman, Cape Glrardeau, Mo.; Mellidge Newton, 6-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mellidge Newton of Wichita, Kansas, and great-great- nephew of James D. Newton, passen- ger engineer, central division; Don- ald Ray Duckworth, 9-month-old son of fireman, Sapulpa, Okla. Third row: Zo Ann Lind, 4-month- old granddaughter of C. L. Mahan, general foreman, EL & B. department, Ft. Smith, and Jack Sprouse, 5-month- old son of Elton Sprouse, stock clerk, store department. Ft. Smith. Fourth row: Marie Frances Toler, age 9, and John V. Toler, age 6, chtl- dren of J. W. Toler, Pullman conduc- tor, trains 15 and 4, and the three sons of Horace H. Gray, car repairer, Mo- nett, Mo. Fifth row: Macine, age 4, and Eve- lyn, age 2, children of Olan Bull, ma- chinist, north roundhouse, Spring- field. Sixth row: Sephronia Mae, age 4. and Haze1 Pearl, age 2, daughters of L. A. Burris, car repairer, Wichita, Kans., and Charles and George Ever- ett, wIth their father, who is foreman. Frisco Lines, St. Clair, Mo. she said. Jimmy walked sIowIy toward the dog, and when he had touched her head to find out if she were really real, he fell on his knees and with his arms around her neck, sobbed and cried for sheer happiness. When the beautiful lady had picked him up from the walk and wiped his tears, she bundled both Lady Patricia and Jimmy in the big car and it rolled away. When the big cop asked the new boy on the corner what had become of Jimmy, he said, "Aw, some swell dame come and adopted him and that big Russian wolf hound in the window. Gosh, some folks have all the luck. Aw well, maybe it was comin' to him -he was a good kid." - Father: So the teacher caught you using a bad word and punished you. Tommny: Yes, and she asked me where I learned it. Father: What did you tell her? Tommy: I didn't want to give you away, Pa., so I blamed it on the par- rot.-Boston Transcript.
Page 2 and 3: UA Ll TY Garlztnb lSirist ID ntches
Page 5 and 6: 8 Page 3 iE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAG-Ii
Page 7: Page 5 RETIRED ENGINEER RECALLS OLD
Page 10 and 11: Page 8 NEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS Sap
Page 12 and 13: Approxlmatelp 350 persons, Includ-
Page 14 and 15: Page 12 operator, secretary-treasur
Page 16 and 17: ILISH ZONE OFFICES Frisco Air Chime
Page 18 and 19: Page 16 HANDLE CARS QUICKLY Foreign
Page 20: Page 18 FOB MERITORIOUS SERVICE (Co
Page 23 and 24: .nlsw ~JVWLEKS WIN The Bluebonnet,
Page 25 and 26: March, 1928 1 IN THE F'RISCO HOSPIT
Page 27 and 28: March, 1928 Memphis Sub: Englneer P
Page 29: first Mrs. Pollard. The son, Cnrl,
Page 33: March, 1928 Page 31 We All Know It!
Page 36 and 37: NBTH OC ROCKER A R M ON BENCH AS PE
Page 38 and 39: Clarence Doran and family have S. E
Page 40 and 41: orces at Amoru and Mi ~mphis Are V
Page 42 and 43: a time when darkness seemed about t
Page 44 and 45: LOCAL No. 29-FT. SCOTT, KANS. - ROY
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Page 51 and 52: Marclr, 1928 Members of "our tamlly
Page 53 and 54: who formerty worked for the Missour
Page 58 and 59: Page 56 Mr. E. M McCarroll, passeng
Page 60 and 61: son, assembled to witness the rtlon
Page 62 and 63: Page 60 P *BANKS ALONG THE FRISCt T
Page 64 and 65: Page 62 Wlll Go shay "the old orlgl
Page 66 and 67: Page 64 gratulations, Mr. Werner. W
Page 68 and 69: Page 66 OFFICE OF 8. & B. AND MAIN-
Page 70 and 71: L MERCHANTS -BUNKER4OMESTIC - - nd-
Page 72 and 73: W. HORACE WILLIAMS CO., INC. ENC IN
Page 74 and 75: --- 400t Modern Remilling Plant in
Page 76 and 77: Smokeless Fuel Company CONTINENTAL
Page 78 and 79: LOCOMOTIVE CASTINGS EXCLUSIVELY MAI
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