The Archive · 1926

Business Resumed

The station master, having been run to earth and for a few minutes yed from the military ically sit on this worthy man all day, has failed to find the baggage clerk, But a friend will do duty, when he finds the book. Alas! for his friendly deputy, his! boy brings in his breakfast as he Gnishes the "date" and "name of station" and he fails m Now appears the baggage clerk, looking suggestive of "morning headache." The baggage has been entered in the wrong book. Hi will put it right. In the nick of time T notice he has written the name of a station down the line to which no trains are running Hine, hao, hao, hao," he tell him his mistake. the office to find the train One ticket purchased, three packages of iwgage registered and all accomplished just under an hour and a half! And scores of the less favoured are still their] turn, Militarism is affecting their nerves. But of the train journey only those who travel these days} know.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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