, 1866-12-23
DIcKEAS'S CHRISTMAS STORY
-Mugby Junction. :

IfTe E8lotes tn subIdnee If 1chus .sas xee1,.
hard, or oEhersejse pieltd au bv &As Gerttt
.nan Tor SosoAert, in hi e7rrj.1 study Of lie
MAIN LINE.
TEE 10Y At AraBI.
~ The Boy at Augey. Thst'a about
You dou't know what mean, wh,. q
pity! But think you do. I think You
must: Look here. I am the Bog at what
by Junction, and what's proudcst boas; is,
that It never vet refreshed a raortal being
- Up in corner Of the DoVn Refreshmcnt
Room at Augby Junction, In the height ot
I" "nty seven cross dranvhts {l'Ee often
counted 'em while they brush the First Class
hair txenty-scven Fays,) behind tho bottlcs,
among the glasses, bounded on the nor'-xc.t
OF tie beer, stood pretty far to the right Of
inets llic object that's at times the tea
Urn and nj lines Tue souTeturccu, according
20 ITS contents which aru the same ground
work, Tended OF frsm the traveller
oS barrier Of stale tporgc-cakcs erected
atop OF the counter, aud lastly exposed side
ways to the glare Of Onr Missis's cyc-you
ask Boy SO sittwatcd, next time you stop in
hurry a, MuSby, for anything to drink !:
you lake particular notice that lc'll rry to
seem not to hear you, that he'll appear Ia .
absent manner TO survey the Line thro1.h a
transparent medium composed Of your bead
and body, and that he won't serve you MS
1ong As you eau possibly bear it. ThIt's me-
What lark Ills! VIC are the Model Es-
1abllshtnent, We arc, at MuChy. Other Re-
izesh.ucnt Rooms send their Imperfect young
ladies' up 10 be flushed oiF by our Missis.
For some Of the young Indies, when thcy'sc
new to the business, come Into II mild Xii
Dur aAssis, she eoon takes that out Of 'cm.
why. l originally come Into the bnaEacss
meek myself But Our Missis sho soon took
That out Of me-.
What delightful lark it is! Hook upon
us Retreshneute1s as ockipyiug the ouly
proudly Independent iootinr On the Linc.
Ihcre's Paperr. for instsrec-tny honorable
ffieId, if he will allow ne tn call hin So
hlin as belongs TO Smiths oookstall. Why,
ne no luorc uaTes to bc up to our nehc3h-
msntlng games; tlan he dares jnnp atop of
locomotive with her steam at full pressure,
and cut away Upon lcr alone. driving him.
Sell, at l!'litcd mail speed Papers, h.'d gel
MS head punched at every compartment,
hIst, second and third, tile Whale length
OF train, fhc WAS 10 vcutur to initiate my
dercanor. It's the same with the pnr.ers,
me same with the guards, the ssuse with tue
Ticket clerks, TIA san.e the whole way up to
The secretary, traffic manager, or the very
Chairman. There amt Z One among 'cm on
you ever catch one ofMsn,, when yon- want
ed anything Of him, making q system of sur
yeyiur the Line through u transparent me.
dunn composed Of your itad aud body! /
should hope not
You should sec our Dandolin~ Room at
Nunby Junction. It's led 10, ty the door
behind tho counter, which you'll notice usu-
4liy Stands niar, and IFS the room where
Our Missis and olr rnun. ladies Dandolfnes-
their hair. You should see 'cm at 1t, t,ctwix:
srains, Eandoling away, Us il they was
anotnting tlesns ewes fur the ct'mtat. When
you're telcEraple3, you should see their
noses all Eo;n, up with scorn, US
II 1t was part Of the working uF the
Eamc Cooke aud Wheatsionc eli ctrical ma
chinery. You should hear t1u1 fissis give
The word Here comes The Beast to 10 Fed ~
and then you should see 'em indignantly
Skipping across t1,e Line, fron the U . to the
Down. or Wicer Warsa~, and be;in to PITCH
The stale lastly into the plates, and chuck
ers, and set out the-ha h. In the sllcr-
mtnt.
It's only In the Isle Of the Bravo ard Land
Of the Free (by Which. df course. ,neau to
say Britannia} that ltrfreshmenlinc is So CT.
fsetlye, s, 'olesoms, 20 SGons,itutional; 4
cigncr. which having politely, with his hat
ott, ',ekccchca our young Indies and Our Mis-
sis f"r" u lcetcI g!oes holt psar,sdcc," and hav.
ing had the Line surveyed through him by all
and no other acknowledgment. was
to be the custom in bis own country, when
Our Missis With her ha.r almost coming un-
RAndoiincd with rage, and her eyes omtttine
sparks, lew ut him, cotchcd tho decanicr out
= ri his Laud, and said FEt 1t lowu l
: AHt allow tina. - The foreigner turned
pais~r rcItncd back with his arms stretched
OUT in frfpt of him, his hands clAspcd, and
his shoulI Ilfs rlz, and exclaimed - Al Is
it possible this Tint these disdaincous
females anl thia feractous old woman arc
placed le.c c By the Administrations, not only
10 cmpoiscr Tic voyascrs, bnt to nGront
item t:rcnt Heaven! How arrives 1t ?
Ta- Enclish people. Or Is he then slavc :
Or IDIOT - Another ti.ac, u merry, wide
awake Au,erirau gent had tried sawdust and
~rit I, ont, and had tried the Sherry aud spit
1lat o1t, and had tried in vain to sustatn m
N1liAus,<l natuT upon nniter-Scotcft, and
had been nthc1 extra Daulolined aud Line-
surveyed through, when, ns the bell was
ringing, sna he paid Our Missis, he says,
very loud 1nl good tempered: tell TcF
wlnt 7 is. m1arm. Ia'af TheeE! I Ia at
lDew. nugAter ha' seen most things, fol
hail from tie 0plinlited side Of tbs
g.. ntic Cc~~~ nj 7 havestravelted Right
,sr: uv-- ~ tied ga i :;lIt"ir..
). ,, aud !. : Ls.s ~. ;seway,
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