Then There Was Silence
The talk in a Smoke-room had turned upon personal risks, and the big man with the loud voice had just related some veracious adventures and hair - breadth escapes which had happened in the course of his career. Suddenly the quiet little man who was sitting in a corner spoke up. “ Onl / this morning,” he remarked, “as I was engaged in the ordinary course of my busi ness, a boiler, weighing several tons,' came hurtling through the air within a few feet of my head I” There were many exclaipatians of horror, and the big man turned to the speaker with increased respect. “ You are engaged in tlio engineering profession, I presume ?’ he < nquired. “ No,” said tho littlo man ; “ I am engaged as a ticket-collector, and the incident I refer to incurred while 1 was standing on the platform of our station and the express went through.” And in the silence that followed the big man let his cigar
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Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 21 May 1915, Page 3
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162Then There Was Silence Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 21 May 1915, Page 3
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