Lucy Rose gave three recitations and the minister a comic reading . The pale shop girl sang two songs . It was agreed that the khaki boy 's whistling solo was the best number , and Aunt Cyrilla gave him the bouquet of everlastings as a reward of merit . Then the conductor came in with the cheerful news that the storm was almost over and he thought the track would be cleared in a few hours . `` If we can get to the next station we 'll be all right , '' he said . `` The branch joins the main line there and the tracks will be clear . '' At noon they had dinner . The train hands were invited in to share it . The minister carved the chicken with the brakeman 's jack-knife and the khaki boy cut up the tongue and the mince pies , while the sealskin lady mixed the raspberry vinegar with its due proportion of water . Bits of paper served as plates . The train furnished a couple of glasses , a tin pint cup was discovered and given to the children , Aunt Cyrilla and Lucy Rose and the sealskin lady drank , turn about , from the latter 's graduated medicine glass , the shop girl and the little mother shared one of the empty bottles , and the khaki boy , the minister , and the train men drank out of the other bottle . Everybody declared they had never enjoyed a meal more in their lives . Certainly it was a merry one , and Aunt Cyrilla 's cooking was never more appreciated ; indeed , the bones of the chicken and the pot of preserves were all that was left . They could not eat the preserves because they had no spoons , so Aunt Cyrilla gave them to the little mother . When all was over , a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Aunt Cyrilla and her basket . The sealskin lady wanted to know how she made her pound cake , and the khaki boy asked for her receipt for jelly cookies . And when two hours later the conductor came in and said the snowploughs had got along and they 'd soon be starting , they all wondered if it could really be less than twenty-four hours since they met . `` I feel as if I 'd been campaigning with you all my life , '' said the khaki boy . At the next station they all parted . The little mother and the children had to take the next train back home .
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