First Jack Tar Abroad (to second, very "busy riding"). "'Ulloa, Bill; looks like yer workin' yer passage."
Bill. "Yuss; 'ad bloomin' rough weather, too; but it's all right if ye 'old on to this 'ere forestay."
VERY MUCH GREATER LONDON.
[One result of the introduction of the Bachelet flying train should certainly be the extension of London's suburbs. We extract the following from a season-ticket holder's diary of the near future.]
Dundee.—Strap-hung again to-day; London train abominably crowded. That is the worst of living in these inner suburbs. Men who live on the other side of the Orkney Tunnel tell me the train only begins seriously to fill up at Caithness; before that, one has reasonable hope of a seat. Brown, for instance, says that, coming up from Kirkwall and entering train before pressure begins, he rarely has to use strap. Don't know how the poor wretches at Newcastle and Durham ever get to town at all, though, living so close to King's Cross, they can perhaps afford to stand for the few minutes they are in train....
No change for better, so have been studying agents' lists; some items attractive. For example:—
Belgian Tunnel Line.—Antwerp and Liverpool Street in 29 minutes; low season-ticket rates; excellent mid-day service, enabling business men to take luncheon at home.
Charming Maisonettes in fine healthy suburb, S.W. London (Penzance district); bath h. and c.; Company's water; two minutes Bachelet Railway-station; 25 minutes Paddington and City.
Sunny Cairo, S.E.—Nice self-contained flats; charming desert view; low rents; ninety-five minutes Charing Cross; five minutes Sahara golf links (inland course but real sand bunkers).