The Union
“Tired, frightened, frustrated, and hopeful, they sought passage out of the Silver Valley. Eerily, and in sharp contrast to the norm, hardly a man made an appearance. Keely watched the ticket window as she waited on the platform to board her train to Spokane. McCullough had been wise to purchase her ticket the night before. She should be grateful for it, but she wasn't. Instead, she kept moving toward the back of the platform. A young woman with a baby on her hip begged the cashier at the ticke...t window for a ticket, any ticket, to anywhere. Keely couldn't drag her gaze away from them, or the harried clerk who kept shaking his head. No. Nothing. No. At last the cashier gave up, stepped back from the window and pulled down his shade. The woman, tears standing in her eyes, stepped away, trying to coo to her baby, but she looked more like she needed comforting herself. She should be on that train, Keely thought. A mother's life, and that of her child, is worth more than mine.
The train pulled up and braked with a great snort of steam.MoreLess
The train pulled up and braked with a great snort of steam.MoreLess
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