When the men finished, she closed and locked the bin. She chatted with the men while they signed the log book. The train would not be stopping for several towns down the line as they had a time sensitive shipment to deliver. They gave their thanks for being able to refuel while the conductor off-...
Gone was the big hooped skirt and pearl-buttoned boots she’d worn the first day she’d arrived. Instead, she was wearing the plain cotton gowns and worn leather boots that had been her everyday attire at the mills. With each day here, she felt more and more like this was where she was meant to be....