The Railroader’s Wife, Part 2

Author’s note: This is the conclusion of a biographical fiction piece I wrote a few years back imagining my paternal grandparents as young teen lovers, young marrieds, young parents. They were pioneer stock, him a hard as nails railroad man, she a spirited young girl and a no-nonsense mother of four. Both born in the 1870s, this is my tribute to them. Some of it is true — the house turning…