Rather Too Warm.
A certain railway guard related an amusing little incident to the writer the other day.
"At an out-of-the-way little station in the north," he said, "a party of working men wished to book to a town in the Midlands. Unfortunately the booking clerk had only a limited number of tickets for that journey at his disposal.
"Eventually he got out of his difficulty by dividing the pieces of pasteboard and issuing children's tickets to the party, at the same time explaining to me how matters stool.
" 'They've paid full fare, of co\irse,' he remarked. '&o you must foe 'em through.' "I had almost forgotten the matter when a ticket-exa.-niner at B came to me, and remarked with a sorrowful shake of the head :
" ' This under-age dodge is getting 1 too warm!'
'"What's the matter?' 1 asked.
'■' Matter?' he echoed disgustedly. 'Why, here's a whole carriage full o' children wot plays nap, drinks whisky, and wears whiskers !' "
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Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 88
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159Rather Too Warm. Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 88
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