Something In The Air (Part IX)

Uncle Jack and Pappa were already up and talking about finding work. "Well, said Uncle Jack, "the United Railroad already has some of it's cars up and running." Pappa replied, "Hmmm, that might be where to start if we get this City up and running then the rest will fall into place. " "Yeah, we can help'em clean up the debris, better get Lil Daniel if he stays busy maybe his nightmares will go away." Pappa told Lil Daniel to get dressed and to hurry it up they had work to do and it would proably be a very long day. When they came back home that night they told us how they'd been loading bricks from off of Market street and cleanning that up. Lil Daniel had gone with a crew from the United Rairoad and they were delivering food to the people. Uncle Jack had been replacing power poles along with other strong men. Ten days later the rail system was up and running in the City. Our guardian angel Christopher came by and brought us some real food, he said we needed to go and sign up for the cottages that the City was going to bring and house people. He'd come by tomorrow and take us there. It wasn't long after that that we moved into the little shack in the Presideo. To me it was a manison, no more wind blowing thru that canvas tent durring the night. People began to make contact with their relatives or friends and slowly began moving out of the refuge tents. A new occurance had come up with the fire and the cleanup of the City. Rats! They were everywhere, mainly because they too had been displaced. There were people who would pay for the capture and killing of the Rats! At night Pappa and Uncle Jack would tell us how the City was changing everyday. Sissy and I wanted so badly to go see. Pappa had found a picture of the City from 1905 and he showed it to us.