Our three travellers were seated in a Pullman car on the Erie Railway. Frank remarked that they were like the star of empire, as they were taking their way westward.
OVERLAND BY STAGE IN THE OLDEN TIME.
Fred replied that he thought the star of empire had a much harder time of it, as it had no cushioned seat to rest upon, and no plate-glass window to look from.
OVERLAND BY RAIL IN A PULLMAN CAR.
"And it doesn't go at the rate of thirty miles an hour," the Doctor added.