Junction Boy (6)

My father used to tell me a story about the day a fellow came into the Queen City Leatherworks to buy an full railwayman's outfit, from hat to boots. After he left, grampa said to my dad, "Son, that ain't no railwayman. Did you see his soft hands?".

The next day, one of Canada's most notorious outlaws, Red Ryan, was shot to death by police. The way my father told it, Ryan was wearing a railwayman's outfit when he was shot......