1931 The Grand Punk Railroad: Express/Memory: About the Young Conductor

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Synopsis
A narrator discusses how the Young Conductor always wanted to make people happy and enjoyed meeting new people as a conductor. Just before the Flying Pussyfoot departed, he met a woman and wanted to make her smile. However, he died, leaving the narrator - now revealed to be the Rail Tracer - wondering if the girl ended up smiling.

Characters in Order of Appearance
The Rail Tracer

Quotes
"It felt like, of all the people I've seen up till now, she had the darkest shadow. I thought maybe she'd never smiled, not once in her entire life. As a conductor, I decided I was going to make that girl smile during this trip, for sure. I think she'd be prettier if she smiled, personally. So today, I plan to work even harder than usual." - The Young Conductor about Chané Laforet