 encumbered by bundles and boxes. I knew this must be the immigrant family the conductor had told us about. The woman wore a fringe shawl tied over her head, and she carried a little tin trunk in her arms, hugging it as if it were a baby. There was an old man, tall and stooped, two half-grown boys, and a little girl clung to her mother's skirts. Presently, a man with a lantern approached them and began to talk.