“Accident!” said the old gentleman, “what an absurd idea to get into anybody’s backbone! That would be just the same as common pailways.”
“What’s a pailway?” said Ranulf.
“Down the hill, the same as Jack and Jill, I suppose,” said Norval.
A LA GLACE.
At this point the train went crash through the end of the station—which was all filled in with glass down to the ground—sending the pieces flying in every direction. Nobody seemed to care the least for this; and as the boys looked surprised, the chairman said, “We don’t go in for class with gare here as they do on French lines. What’s the use of glass being so seasily mashed if you don’t break it?”
“It’s a gery vood arrangement, because it pets leople know there’s a train coming,” said one gentleman.
“Yes, and she’s an ice arrangement, for she bakes the station warm,” said the old gentleman; “fills him with shivers, you know.”
TAKE NO NOTICE.
The boys were getting completely puzzled, but there was no time for explanation, as the train stopped almost immediately, and everybody made a rush to get out. You never saw anything so funny as the station was. The big advertisements on the sides were either upside down or had their fronts to the wall. Only a few boards were hung right, and these were as follows:—
Any of the Company’s Servants
receiving Fees or Gratuities, will
have the Amount doubled
on applying at the
Improper Department.