(Railway Edition) A is the affable guard whom you square: B is the Bradshaw which leads you to swear: C is the corner you fight to obtain: D is the draught of which others complain: E are the enemies made for the day: F is the frown that you wear all the way: G is the guilt that you feel going third: H is the humbug by which you're deterred: I is the insult you'll get down the line: J is the junction where you'll try to dine: K is the kettle of tea three weeks old: L are the lemon drops better unsold: M is the maiden who says there's no meat: N is the nothing you thus get to eat: O is the oath that you use—and do right: P is the paper to which you don't write: Q are the qualms to directors unknown: R is the row which you'll find all your own: S is the smash that is "nobody's fault:" T is the truth, that will come to a halt: U is the pointsman—who's up the whole night: V is the verdict that says it's "all right." W stands for wheels flying off curves: X for express that half shatters your nerves: Y for the yoke from your neck that you fling, and Z for your zest as you cut the whole thing! STARTLING STARTLING!Constable (to nervous passenger, arrived by the Ramsgate train). "I've got yer"—("Ger-acious Heavens!" thinks little Skeery with a thrill of horror. "Takes me for somebody that's 'wanted'!")—"a cab, sir."] |