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And Ezra sed, "So we're goin' to hav a railroad, be we? Is it goin' right through here?" AND EZRA SAID SAW WE'RE GOIN TO HAVE A RAILROAD BE WE IS IT GOING RIGHT THROUGH HERE
e crookedest railroad that ever wuz bilt. I think that railroad runs across itself in one or two places; it runs past one station three times. It's so durned crooked they hav to burn crooked wood in the ingine. Wall, the fust ingine they had on the Punkin Centre wuz a wonderful piece of masheenery. It had a five-foot boiler and a seven-foot whissel, and every time they blowed the whissel the durned old ingine would stop. Wall, we've got the railroad, and we're mighty proud of it; but we had an awful time a-gittin' it through. You see, most everybody give the right of way 'cept Ezra Hoskins, and he didn't like to see it go through his medder field, and it seemed as though they'd hav to go 'round fer quite a ways, and maybe they wouldn't cum to Punkin Centre at all. Wall, one mornin' Ezra saw a lot of fellers down in the medder most uncommonly busy like; so he went down to them and he sed, "Wat be you a-doin' down here?" And they sed, "Wall, Mr. Hoskins, we're surveyin' fer the railroad. ED I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT THE CROOKEDEST RAILROAD THAT WAS EVER BUILT I THINK THAT RAILROAD RUNS ACROSS ITSELF IN ONE OR TWO PLACES IT RUNS PAST ONE STATION THREE TIMES IT'S SO DURNED CROOKED THEY HAVE TO BURN CROOKED WOOD IN THE ENGINE WELL THE FIRST ENGINE THEY HAD ON THE PUNKIN CENTER WAS A WONDERFUL PIECE OF MACHINERY IT HAD A FIVE FOOT BOILER AND A SEVEN FOOT WHISTLE AND EVERY TIME THEY BLOWED THE WHISTLE THE DURNED OLD ENGINE WOULD STOP WELL WE'VE GOT THE RAILROAD AND WERE MIGHTY PROUD OF IT BUT WE HAD A AWFUL TIME O GETTING IT THROUGH YOU SEE MOST EVERYBODY GAVE THE RIGHT AWAY CEPT EZRA HOSKINS AN HE DIDN'T LIKE TO SEE IT GO THROUGH HIS MEADOW FIELD AND IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY'D HAVE TO GO ROUND FOR QUIETER WAYS AND MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T COME TO PUNKIN CENTER AT ALL WELL ONE MORNIN EZER SAW A LOT OF FELLERS DOWN IN THE MEADOW MOST UNCOMMONLY BUSY LIKE SO HE WENT DOWN TO THEM AND HE SAID WHAT BE YOU A DOING DOWN HERE AND THEY SAID WELL MISTER HOSKINS WE'RE SURVEYING FOR THE RAILROAD
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