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his favourite place is on a Yankee engine ; 

 the big whistle and belching smokestack 

 seem to have an irresistible attraction for 

 him. His acquaintances on all lines are 

 numerous, and he often engages in such 

 lengthy salutations that the train by which 

 he has been travelling starts without him ; 

 but he is never left behind, as he has a 

 perfect knowledge of how to mount a train 

 in motion. He is not particular as to how 

 far he goes in any given direction. He has 

 set out for a hundred- mile trip, but suddenly 

 changed his mind and also his engine at a 

 roadside station, and come straight back 

 again. He lives on the fat of the land, and 

 he is not particular from whom he accepts 

 his dinner. All the members of the staff 

 contribute willingly to his needs, and he 

 reciprocates these good offices by refusing to 

 reply to any appeals from the ordinary 

 public. It is very clearly established that 

 his sympathies are with the railway men, 

 though he is not on the committee of the 



