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

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 - finally introducing himself as the Rail Tracer - wondering if the woman 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