Left to himself and his mother's guidance, Richard would undoubtedly have taken to Camden such a promiscuous outfit as would have made even a Truckman smile; but there were three women leagued against him, and so draft after draft was drawn from his funds in the Camden bank until the rooms were furnished; and one bright morning in early June, a week after Aunt Barbara started for Chicopee, Ethie bid her husband's family good-by, and turning her back upon Olney, turned also the first leaf of her life's history in the West.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes
Once, to the stoppage of Alma's heart, she saw Carrie halt and say a brief word to a Truckman as he crossed the sidewalk with a bill of lading.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
In half an hour a Truckman came for her trunk, so Nancy Ellen made everything Kate had missed into a bundle to send with it.
"A Daughter of the Land"
Gene Stratton-Porter