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li -7Sj4i4 t IP' wnH towftPI'H M"! C'ORO f ft bright summerHday thnt
VV Vfc.Hv.M-v ""' l'ro,Kl hou arrived nt the paternu) iiuuiHion.
- - He hud come by the cpiickeHt route, "Tins Buumnq-
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" Y ton." Tli nun won declining in the wont tliQ onl.v lliing
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- ' ita Bluutimr tuvh throw a iroldon tint unon the orruv hairs
of the nged father, who But on tho front porch reading
the lust ' UuithiNOTON Routk' advertisement.
Tlio guto opened, and tho old man peering over hia
spect tides diwried a rugged tramp coming up Ihe.wnlk.
Ho waH about to Hot tin dog on him, in accordance with
tho UHiial custom of that hospitable region, wlieii tho
funmnnnma lift witttrvrwl n rllliittSilii f iuI liii- ttm itliSr1i n
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lrtTT circled his brow, and cried, " Father, don't, you know
yrW mo?" "Knowynu," returned the old man, after scru
tinizing him a moutentover hiHBpectucleH," I would know
you if I Haw your hide hanging in a tan yard; it's my
own I09 1 b-hoy I " Then the fond parent fell upon his
Bon'Biieck and wept wept because it. wuh ho dirty; it
hadn't been washed Binno Christmas, but iio took him in
all tho Bnme, gave him a bath and a new mi it of clothes,
and then walked him down to the R. & M. depot to hoc to what perfection "Tiik
Buhlinoton" hud brought their passenger train service. 'Twob marvelous, and
tho prodigul son atraiglitway registered a solemn vow that his children and IiJh
childreil's children for all time to come should recognize "The Burmnoton" as
the one great railway whose equipmunt wus always up to (Uuu.
We don't know how thin legend of the prodigal son cumo down through tho
ages ho accurate and free from Hide issues, but it's here, intact and unincumbered,
ready to adorn a back cover or point a moral. Tho moral of this story is, if yon
would prosper in this world, travel only by "Tub Buhlinoton Routk."
J. FRANCIS,
Gon. Fassonger Agont,
OMAHA.
A. C. ZIEMEB,
City Fassengor Agont,
LINCOLN.
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