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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1892)
fT". 1 1-. I T T 11 K 1! K S V K K I A S fiiiiirrnuim SV3ii-0 irei?S.'Ar, J K"C'JM.'.L2'nSJ . He In robigaf s: ou. 53 tr rtMivi' (Tk5iitT -. - - r-i i r i i r rm r in J Jn!r3r:?--7--C'icy7r dsj?&& 55,1 LtllllUJIIIUIl fflX I towards the close of abright summer'aday thnt roriigul son arrived at the paternnr mansion. lind come by the quickest route, "The BunuNQ- tox." Tin sun was declining in the west the only thing that docs decline west of Chicago, except base ball and its Blunting rays threw a golden tint upon the gray hairs of the aged father, who sat on the front porch reading the last " Uuiili.ngton Route'' advertisement. The gate opened, and the old man peering over his spectacles descried a ragged tramp coming up the walk. e was about to set the dog on him, in accordance with the usual custom of that hospitable region, when the fwiniTk ffimn tin TtfttirkiAl o tfilnrhirlnAfl liof- fiin tiKift fin. lAYf circled liis brow, and cried, "-Father, don't you know itVl' me?" "Know you," returned the old man, after scru tinizing him a momentover hisspectncles'Iwould know you if I saw your hide hanging in a tan yurd; it's my own I09 lb-hoy I" Then the fond p:.rent fell upon his 6on'sn?ck and wept wept because it was no dirty; it hadn't been washed since Christinas, but he took him in all the same, gave him a bath and a new suit of clothes, and then walked him down to the B. & M. depot to see to what perfection "The Borlinoton " hud brought their pnssenger 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 "The Buhmxgtox" as the one great railway whose equipment was always up to d;tU: We don't know how this legend of the prodigal son came down through the ages ,o accurate aud 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 story is, if you would prosfer in this world, travel only by "The Buhlixgtox Route." jSpC J. FBANCIS, Gon. Passenger Agent, OMAHA. mUBnm -' A. C. ZIEMEH, City Passenger Agent, LINCOLN. v ; ; c -VX - 5 k miuiiii 111 1 ir prsS ummmmit I
