The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-06
"No. no it's somewhere in the SUI

"Neyer heard of the suburbs before,
sir, never :" and at this last sally the
passenger ceased his inquiries.
"Guard," says an elderly gentleman,
in very nervous manner, "does THIS
train go to Camden ?"
"No, sir; the train goes to Pole
worth without stopping; the next train
for Camden" =,
A gentleman PUSHES mp, painting ana
out of breath, and says, A" Ware
Where?"
"Ware - he reiterates.
"Where?'
"Ware I" he shouts at the top OF his
voice" Ware !"
"Oh, Ware. Your train is on the
left, beyond the refreshment-room )"
and off he rushes, wondering, no doubt,
at the stupidity of railway officials.
The five-minutes' bell now began to
ring, and cry of "Take your seats,
please-going on" warns the passen-
gers that they must not linger any
longer in the bar or In the waiting
rooms and they mostly take their
seats, with the exception OF one or two
regular obstinate ones, who never will
take their seats till the very last min
ute, and thus frequently delay the
train.
Standing by the van door, I am adj
dressed by a lady: "Oh, guard, /
want my boxes put far back, please l
am so afraid anything should be thrown
upon them, if they're in the front.
"Verv good, ma'am, I'll put them
behind" and just as L have finished,
she rushes up out of breath, and says !:
"Oh, my husband has not arrived 1
shall have to have them out ;" and ac-
cordingly they are got out with infinite
difficulty, in consequence of their being
behind everything else.
A young man asks me which is the
carriage for Lily, and / am just open
ing the door for him, when two men
touch him on the shoulder, and one
says "Your name is Johnson, be-
lieve?"
eyes" he replies, looking around.
"Well, 1 want you"
"You haven't been long about it.
No, we never are, said the detec-
tive, quietly, and marches him away.
The signal is now given to start, and
is instantly countermanded by the sta
tion-master, who, accompanied by the
lady, wants her boxes put in again, as
her husband has just arrived and L
put her and her husband into car
riages, and leave her with her head out
of the window, adjuring me to put those
boxes far behind; and after delay of
quite minute and half we start, leav-
ing on the platform testy old gentle
man, who had got out of his carriage to
enjoy the minutes delay, and walked a
little too far. And now that we are
once started, there is plenty to do; the
passengers luggage to sort, the parcels
to sort and check, letters to sort, and to
keep sharp look out. So the train
goes on, rushing, screeching, grating,
till it screams into Poleworth station,
where ten minutes are allowed for re-
freshments, and for the engine to take
water. The first person meet on the
platform is, to my great surprise, the
elderly gentleman who wanted to go to
Camden.
"This is fine thing, sir, to be over
carried in this manner"
Its entirely your own fault told
you the train didn't stop; you're about
forty miles away from Camden"
"Well, 1 know that thought there
were two trains, it's so confoundedly
long. What am to do p
"See the station master by all
means.
Guard" says lady at carriage
window, can you get little milk for
my little dog?"
4 ,~~ooooa % 1xat fol 10 ho~ o,J
receive a shilling for my trouble, as she
terms it.
ooh, guard, will you see that this
little boy is put down at Rollington ?"
"Well, I'll see, Miss. I've got plenty
to do without looking after youngsters
Put him in, however; I'll see him al
right"
The bell again warns passengers thai
the train is about to proceed and after
slight delay, caused by a gentleman
who had forgotten which carriage h,
was in, and who has to search eacl
carriage separately, we start again
While half way between Poleworth anC
Norringten, 1 see the child that wa.
given in my charge with his head as fa
out of the window as he can reach, anC
the train running between forty anC
forty-fve miles an hour. My heart il
in my mouth in vain do L try to at
tract his attention, but cannot bear t,
look at him. At last see him draw il
his head very quickly, and guess tn
cause-a speck has flown into his eye
"A contingency for which 1 have beel
long hoping. II feel more relieved thai
you could well imagine, and inwardl
VOW never to accept the charge of an
more children.
The next stoppage is Sixbury juno
ton and after going out and scoldin
the child, who has, L find, rubbed hi
eye into a state of inflammation, al
called to a carriage window and aske
do change here for Didlewell?
you've got into the wrong train
ma am; you should have changed b
Poleworth.
"Oh, dear what shall / do? The
put me in at London" (By the way
whenever passengers are overcarrie
they always say they were put in)
You'll have to wait five hours an
go on to Poleworth by the up mail. Th
ladies' waiting room is on the othe
platform you'll find a nice fire there.
"Guard, guard" said a gentleman
GIVE been waiting these last five mir