A LIFE-SAVING STATION

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 25 February 1909, Page 317

A LIFE-SAVING STATION

n ™ + i £ 4 3 V S t s^ artin e t0 leav « a suburban station SSU^S *"i ?r k Trih T^ when an elderl y ma » rushed acioss the. platform and: jumped on one of the slowly moving cars. The rear : end brakemaii, who was standing by, reached up just as- the man got aboard, grabbed his coat-tails, and pulled him off. 'There,' he slid sternly th\f;iy sa :Si yo ' ur life l Dou>t ever try to wd a *~s ' Thank you,' said the old man calmly. ' Thank you for your thoughtful kindness. - Ife is three hours till the next tram, isn't it ? ' ' Three hours and a quarter,' said the brakeman, ' but IS oi ?r? r to ait that le ngth of time than to be killed ' Ihe long train, meanwhile, had been slowly ' glidincc by, slowly gathering speed. Finally the last car appeared Ihis was the brakeman's car, the . one for which he had been waiting, and with the easy grace born of long practice, he started to step majestically on it. But the old gentleman' seized him by the coat, and with a strong jerk. .pulled' him 'bade, and held him Until it was too late. 'One good turn deserves, another ,^ said^the old gentleman, with a smile. ' You- saved my life, I have saved yours. Now we are quits.'