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tJ4 lUYItri TfT W0S townrds t!, c,oso of n bright, summer's day that
-VV NiVAl-V 4L the prodigal son arrived at the paternal mansion.
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y-t spectacles deM-ried a rnggt
r00l(T(IL Hl wns nhont to h0t t,u cU
O 1-iJVv-v tJw U8lIll, eU8tom of tjia.
He lmd come by (lie nuickcst route. "Tim llnm.ivn.
ton." Tin' sun was declining in the west the only thing
that does deeline west of Chicago, except base ball and
its slanting rays threw a golden tint upon the gray hairs
of the aged father, who eat on the front porch reading
the last liuitLiNGTo.N Route' advertisement.
The gate opened, and the old man neorinir nvor- ha
spectacles dirriid a nigged tramp coming up the walk.
logon him, in accordance with
that hospitable ivirion. wlnn tlm
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v tramp came up, removed a dilapidated hat rim which en-
-901T. C'rcl,'d hlS brW' n"d crio(,.UIther, don't you know
& me?" "Know you," returned the old man, after ecru-
turning him a momentover his spectacles." I wnnM l-,n.
you if 1 saw your hide hanging in a tan yard; it's my
owiikmb.ho.vr Then the fond parent fell upon his
son's neck and wept-wept because it was so dirtv it
unan t ueen washed since Christmas, but he took him in
. . . , , . Ql1 the 8an,e' Kave him a bath and a new suit of clothes
and then walked him down to the B. & M. depot to see to what perfection "TuE
Boklinoton'' had brought their passenger train service. Twas marvelous, and
the prodigal son straightway registered a solemn vow that his children and his
children's children for all time to come should recognize "Tmk IIi-,ii.i.ncito.v as
the one great railway whose equipment was always up to ti.;tr.
We don't know how this legend of the prodigal son came 'down tlirouali the
ages so accurate and free from side issues, but it's here, intact and unincumbered
ready to adorn a back cover or point a moral. The moral of this storv is if '
would prosier in this world, travel only by "Ti.k IUhuxotox Roitf " "
J. FRANCIS,
Gen. Passenger Agont,
OMAHA.
A. C. ZIEMER,
City Passenger Agent,
LINCOLN.
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