SOLVING THE PROBLEM.
. There was not a seat to be seen iv the waiting-room, and after a last look rounud the elderly traveller strolled dejectedly out on to the platform,' ''Hump," he muttered. "Got. a good book and no place to read it." Suddenly a happy thought struck him. Ho rushed back into the waiting-room where he had left his bag; grabbed it from the ground, aud rushed precipitately back to the platform. • The effect was electrical. There came a mighty scramble, and., the • expectant passengers all'hurried outside. "■ "• • As soon as the last person left the waiting-room the elderly traveller selected the seat nearest the fire and buried himself in his"novel. '
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 21
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111SOLVING THE PROBLEM. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 21
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