IN A HURRY

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 238, 29 December 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)

IN A HURRY

An amusing incident occurred at Charing Cross Station one Ascot week. An American drew up at the station in a taxi, and, jumping out before the cab had hardly stopped, started to haul away his luggage. Noticing a porter standing by, he called out to him: — "Come along, man, and take my luggage. What time is the next train to Ascot?"

" Oh, you've come to the wrong station, sir," said the porter, with a smile. "You want Waterloo."

"Then fetch me a taxi at once, and don't stand there like an idiot," tho now excited Yankee exclaimed.

The taxi duly arrived, but by that time tho American had worked himself into a towering rage, and roared at the driver: — "Waterloo, as fast as blazes!"

"The station, sir?" quietly asked the unperturbed driver, a remark which put the finishing cap on the American's temper.

"No, you tarnation fool!" he screamed; "the battletfield."