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Their Brothers’ Keepers

           

           InMinnesota,theywereseizingcarsfromeverysiding,fromtheMesabiRange,fromtheoreminesofPaulLarkinwherethecarshadstoodwaitingforadribbleofiron.Theywerepouringwheatintoorecars,intocoalcars,intoboardedstockcarsthatwentspillingthingoldtricklesalongthetrackastheyclatteredoff.Theywerepouringwheatintopassengercoaches,overseats,racksandfixtures,tosenditoff,togetitmoving,evenifitwentmovingintotrack-sideditchesinthesuddencrashofbreakingsprings,intheexplosionssetoffbyburningjournalboxes.

           Theyfoughtformovement,formovementwithnothoughtofdestination,formovementassuch,likeaparalyticunderastroke,strugglinginwild,stiff,incredulousjerksagainsttherealizationthatmovementwassuddenlyimpossible.Therewerenootherrailroads:JamesTaggarthadkilledthem;therewerenoboatsontheLakes:PaulLarkinhaddestroyedthem.Therewasonlythesinglelineofrailandanetofneglectedhighways.

           Thetrucksandwagonsofwaitingfarmersstartedtricklingblindlydowntheroads,withnomaps,nogas,nofeedforhorsesmovingsouth,southtowardthevisionofflourmillsawaitingthemsomewhere,withnoknowledgeofthedistancesahead,butwiththeknowledgeofdeathbehindthemmoving,tocollapseontheroads,inthegullies,inthebreaksofrottedbridges.Onefarmerwasfound,halfamilesouthofthewreckofhistruck,lyingdeadinaditch,facedown,stillclutchingasackofwheatonhisshoulders.

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