No Time For Trifling.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue XIII, 28 September 1901, Page 618

No Time For Trifling.

An old couple, who had passed their lives in the quiet of a Derbyshire village, resolved to make a journey to London. The resolution was communicated to their neighbours, who gave them long instructions as to the best methods of taking care of themselves and avoiding city shaiqiers. The villagers gathered at the station to see the departure, and all went well until the train reached Bedford. There the old man, in an evil moment, allowed himself to leave the compartment, with the result that the train went oft' without him. Fortunately an express was due in a few minutes, and the station-master, taking pity on the old countryman’s distress, i>ermitted him to board it, so that he was enabled to reach London fully twenty minutes before the arrival of his wife. He was waiting eagerly at the station when the train came in, and seeing his wife, he rushed joyously up, crying out: “ Hi, Betty, I’m glad to see you again! I thauglit we wor parted forever !” The old woman looked at him suspiciously, and remembering all the advice that had been showered upon her, said indignantly: “Away wi’ ye, man! Don’t be cornin’yer Lunnon tricks wi’ me. I left my owd man at t’other station. Be off at once, or I’ll call a bobby and hae yer locked up!” 0 0 0-0 0