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closed” he indicated the side of the rail road car. “It
invites tramps and thieves to take free rides” he
advised.
    Maggie nodded not saying much as she
effortlessly climbed back up into the car from the ground. He
watched as the manly dungarees hugged her behind and then flushed
at seeing such an intimate part of a woman’s anatomy. He turned
away to return to his duties. Maggie sat on one of her hay bales as
she looked at the horses who stood around in the car with her
nibbling at the hay and watching her to see if she wanted anything
their tails swishing at the flies that had followed them into the
stock car to occasionally bite painfully. Feathers came close to
put his head on her leg and offer her the comfort of his presence.
A horse or two leaned down as she petted each of them in mutual
comfort. All of them jumped at the sound of the train coming, its
whistle piercing the air and announcing its arrival to the
town.
    Maggie looked out the car to look down the
track as the train came rushing in, noisy and huge, scaring the
woman as it rushed by and the people looking out the windows of the
train car surprised to see her there looking back at them. It
stopped with a great screeching of noise as brakes were applied and
came to a halt in front of her, it’s length obscured on one end by
the steam that rose from it, the other end not that far beyond her
and clear in the morning air. Maggie wiped the sweat from her brow,
using her sleeve as she nervously watched through the windows of
the car in front of her as people stood up and left on the other
side. A child in one of the cars stared curiously at the woman
standing in the doorway of the stock car as she looked just as
curiously into the windowed passenger car.
    “ Miss O’Malley?” a voice
called as they came down the track and she looked to see one of the
clerks from the depot along with a uniformed man.
    “ Yes?” she answered as she
stared down at them.
    “ This is the conductor and
he will make sure your stock car gets attached after they disembark
their passengers and one other car onto the siding.”
    “ Thank you” she nodded
politely to the conductor who stared at her curiously wondering at
her manly attire.
    “ I understand you will be
dining with us” he offered to make a bit of conversation and to
perhaps relax the woman; he understood some of these people down
here were a little shy.
    “ Yes sir” she answered
politely minimizing her words.
    “ Be careful about climbing
among the moving cars” he advised and then pointed out the sliding
door on the end that would allow her to climb from her stock car to
the passenger car that it would be attached to. “You can walk
through there to the dining car” he told her and she nodded again
to acknowledge his advice.
    “ Thank you” was all she said
and he understood she was a bit skittish. He wondered what she
would wear to dinner and hoped it wouldn’t be the manly shirt and
dungarees he saw on her now. He nodded in return and giving her a
salute returned to his duties accompanied by the clerk.
    The train pulled ahead and she soon saw the
depot in plain sight again. Several people loitered about watching
as the train pulled ahead and staring curiously at the stock car
with the woman and dog standing in the doorway. The darkness of the
car hid the horses within with their black coats making them
perfect shadows.
    The train pulled far enough ahead and a
signal was given halting it as it began to roll backwards and a
switch was pulled to make it roll onto side tracks. It pushed a car
onto another set far enough and the train once again halted. Men
quickly unhooked this car and once again the train pulled ahead,
the switch was pulled again and the train once again rolled
backwards, this time towards Maggie’s stock car coming closer and
closer until it coupled with it. The resulting bump while expected
still staggered Maggie and she glanced back to check on her babies
who all bobbled at the