Intro
Hi guys this chapter is very emotional so please no bad comments (like there's any comments... Sigh) It's about Peggy's story and... MAYBE even Shirley's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Before I begin a Hoover Hog is a jack rabbit that was used for food during the great depression. Enjoy....................................................................~Brooklyn Chartingson
The girls sat in the corner of the boxcar, Shirley was slowly swaying in the movement of the train. I remember what Shirley had said to me as she put me in her bag. You're no Hoover Hog. I wonder what she meant by that.
"Ummmm...." Peggy said nervously. Shirley just sighed, sadly.
"He abandoned us." Shirley said, "It's all his fault she's gone." Peggy looked confused for a moment then caught on with a look saying ohh I get it. I still had no idea what Shirley was talking about.
"You mean your dad." Peggy asked, well more like stated.
"Yes." Shirley sighed again. Then I caught on Shirley was telling her story. I quite frankly was hurt. She never told me this story!
"Before the depression hit we were fine, but my dad invested a lot of money in the stock market. The crash hit us hard, real hard." Shirley said sadly, she then continued by saying, "he ran away, left me and my mother to cope with the damage, she couldn't take it. I was 15 years old. Left alone with no family, so I went to the trains. Not before being traumatized, on the streets." I see a tear glisten on her cheek.
"Why are you telling me this?" Asked Peggy. Before waiting for an answer she said, "I had to work, my mama and I were always alone. My dad died years ago, or so I think. When my mama was on her death bed she told me something." Then slowly she said, "Ride the trains to Maryland get to France however you can, find Donald Carters say James Rodert sent you." Shirley then interjected,
"Is he your dad?"
"Yeah, that's why I am here I am following her orders, I had to be fired from my job, her orders were my last resort." Peggy told Shirley quickly her voice cracking. Peggy leaned onto Shirley and cried long hard tears, and Shirley just sobbed. There they were in the corner of a boxcar sitting on a ratty old blanket sobbing. No one payed any mind to them though, this was normal. sadly it was.
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Shirley and Betty
ContoThis story is placed during the Great Depression. For those who don't know the Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the lo...
