A RAILWAY STORY.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1168, 18 July 1884, Page 4

A RAILWAY STORY.

Yes, said h<*i the way T came on* Imre was ah along ot a bit of had hick. ' The Intel luck came in the shape-of a LI 00 Bank ot England note. You see, I was an engine driver in the old yjnir try. < Orre evening a gentleman calls on me. I believe, says he. von drive the iO. 15 a m from terminus to town 1 I do, says I. I have heard, went on the gentleman, that you were until recently ill and out of w rk for •some time. Three months and more. Tin vs T, Well then, he roes on, you’ll likely he a ■ it hard up 1 I am that, »says I. Would a I KKPnote do you any rood 1 ! lie asks me [ thought he was chaffing me until he went on. I am told that you are an excellent and careful diiver and can do what you like with yourpngtne. Bo yon think you could manage when your engine changes ends at the terminus to-morrow just to give a good hard bump ro the, 'Carriages 1 I said it was easv enough, 'the difficulty was not to hump them. It niiuht lead, says I, to accidents. It might, says he. and he looks hard at mie. Then he pulls out a LIOO no e and gave it to me. Of course, says ho, I've got the number of tint note, and -if no bump happens it will be reported as lost. I didn’t care about the thing, but whilst T was thinking it over and looking at ihe note the gent honked it. [ had the note, and for all I knew might he prosecuted for it; who would believe ray story against, the ;gent’s? Next morning my engine bumped hard against, the train. There was an accident. Strange to say it was my friend of the night before. He fell down, and got took with a fit of some kind, foaming atthe mouth and rolling about on the plat form. He was took to his house and for weeks after used to f ill down in fitsfin all sorts of place®, sometimes three oi fur tits in a day. He got LI 500 for that bump, and T got the sack. 1 got a rare spell of bad luck and my LIOO soon went I have heard that that fit business is managed with a hit of soap in the mouth. He’s not identical with the gent that sent back LCOO a co mpany paid him for an accident ns too much damages. Oh no, you bet ” —Exchange