train-boy

I was coming west from New York, and when the train stopped at Ogden, the train-boy on the new run brought aboard the current number of the TRANSCONTINENTAL.

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He and his friend were coming up the street when the train-boy exclaimed: "Hi, thar, wot's yer sis doin 'on dis devilish street wid dat thief yonder?"

The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs

Twice I've tried to read my book undisturbed, and that insufferable train-boy -- that rascal who probably doesn't know an ant-fly from a piece of cheese -- has bothered me with books and papers.

The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story Chester K. Steele

De train-boy, whut yo 'gib a dollar t', he handed it t 'me when I was gittin' off.

The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story Chester K. Steele

But Johnny could afford to finish that Saturday walking demurely around with the rest, for the next Monday morning Louis, the train-boy, was to be guard and guide through the mysteries of Midway Plaisance.

The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs

With this the train-boy, quite oblivious that this was the same person who had met his advances so cavalierly in the other car, again held out an olive branch, this time a cornucopia marked "Ridley, best broken candy."

Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin

At that age he became a train-boy on the Grand Trunk railroad for the purpose of earning his living; only another way of pioneering and getting what was to be got by personal endeavor.

Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

Uncle looked at the boy standing by Johnny and recognized him as the train-boy who had twice saved him from the loss of money.

The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs

While he was a train-boy, enjoying every opportunity for absorbing a knowledge of human nature, and of finally becoming a passenger conductor or a locomotive engineer, something called his attention to the telegraph as a promoter of business, as a great and useful institution, and he resolved to become an "operator."

Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

It was the train-boy who had been of such service to Johnny's grandfather as they came into the city.

The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs