How he Managed It.

Manawatu Herald, 29 August 1903, Page 3

How he Managed It.

“ Now, guard,” said Mr Pilkington, “ remember if I-have this carriage all to myself for the whole journey, you will receive a whole haff-crown from me.” « Very good, sir,” said the guard, and he locked the door and went to his brake to think out hoW he would invest that half-crown when he got it. All went well until they got to a station abtmt the middle of the JoUrney, and then an irascible gentleman pulled at the door of Bilking* ton’s carriage as if he was pulling for a prize in a tug of war. “ Guard, guard,” he yelled, “ open this door. I know your tricks and I won’t countenance them. I’ve got the right to travel in this carriage, and I mean to do it.” The guard .hurried up, but, wonders of wonders, he whispered a few words to the irascible gentleman, and that individual went quietly away to seek room elsewhere. “ How did you manage it ?” Pilkington asked the guard at the end of the journey, as he pressed the promised half-crown into his hand. “ Oh, that was easy, I only just told ’im you were a little wrong in the ’ead, an’ ’e went orf like a fly what had trod on a ’ot cinder.”