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Show Nettie, Page 35 "After praying I went back to the depot platform and sat down on a trunk to wait. I watched as the train came and left again. I'd thought I'd really failed when I saw that train pull out without me. I began to feel very hungry, so I decided to walk uptown to get a bite to eat. On the way I passed a window with a sign saying there was an attorney inside. I decided I would ask his help. Mr. Brown, the attorney, after hearing my story said he would help me solve my problem. I felt quite relieved. "He questioned me about Bro. Passey who had made Diena's coffin. At first there wasn't much I could tell him, but then I remembered hearing him say he had been a coroner. Mr. Brown just lit up when he heard that and said 'That is all we need.' He then wrote a paper which said Mr. Passey had been in charge of Diena from the time she died until her coffin was delivered to the railroad company. He signed his name to the bottom of the paper and went with me to the depot and got the agent to fix up all the other papers. "I bought the tickets-did you know it costs more to ride the train when you are dead than alive? Well, now I had only $1.50 left and I still had to pay Mr. Brown for all he had done for me, so I asked him about his fee." William paused in his story as emotion seemed to fill him. "'Fifty cents is enough, son. Just enough to say you paid me for my services,' is what Mr. Brown said. I couldn't thank him enough and shook his hand hard. "My worst problem was over, but I still had the matter of where to stay that night as another train was not due until the next day. As I |
