Tickets, Please.
As a train was approaching- a town on the Great Northern railway in Ireland an intelli-gent-looking young Irishman observed a lady standing up searching her pocket. She commenced to weep.
."Have you been robbed?" he a^ked. "Oh, no." she replied; "I've lc=t my ticker, end they will accuse me of fiaucl." Seeing her distressed Plate of mind, he &aul • "Oh, don't mind; here, take my ticket, and 1 will give the guard a problem," while their fellow passengers awaited the scene at the station with intercut. When the train stepped the ay.aid collected all the tiekaLß but one. "Where is you: 1 ticket':" ho caked the young man. "You have got my ticket, "_ he replied. "No, I have not gob it. I'll call the statienmaster pnd see aboul i." ''Where is your ticket ?'" asked the stationmaster, when he app?aiod. "He has roy ticket; h~e it he ha-- a ticket in his hand v. ith a small piece oh Llie corner." "Yes. you have, Dave; there it i c ." "Well, p<?3. will ti'afc iit itV" said Pat, handing him tha small pices, arid it did. A look of surprise crept ever the guard's fpre as he Wt the CEi-ria^e, while Pst iv.j;'-ed much affii:s'-:nciii by exclaiming-, "Ee.c,orra, I 'knov/ he couldn't soh o it."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19000510.2.198.2
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 2410, 10 May 1900, Page 66
Word Count
215Tickets, Please. Otago Witness, Issue 2410, 10 May 1900, Page 66
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in