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The following text is adapted from John Matheus's 1925 short story "Fog." A train has stopped at a station, where heavy fog has set in.
The little conductor stood on tiptoe in an effort to keep one hand on the signal rope. craning his neck in a vain and dissatisfied endeavor to pierce the miasma of the fog. The motorman chafed in his box, thinking of the drudging lot of the laboring man. He registered discontent.
The little conductor stood on tiptoe in an effort to keep one hand on the signal rope. craning his neck in a vain and dissatisfied endeavor to pierce the miasma of the fog. The motorman chafed in his box, thinking of the drudging lot of the laboring man. He registered discontent.