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the late arrival of some persons of distinction ! 

 The humbler classes do not fare quite as well, 

 for many a farmer's wife, country girl, labourer, 

 or mechanic has either been lefti behind or has 

 been hustled into the third class carriages, leav- 

 ing band-boxes, baskets, tools or implements on 

 the platform. It is only a few months ago that 

 I saw the above illustrated. 



At station, just after the train was in 



motion, a well-appointed waggonette drove up, 

 the coachman shoutins: " Wait a moment !" 

 The injunction was obeyed, the train was 

 stopped, and in about four or five minutes two 

 middle-aged ladies, a tiny specimen of the canine 

 race, a luncheon basket, dressing case, work- 

 basket, cloaks, umbrella, and parasols were 

 deposited in a first class compartment, and a 

 large amount of luggage placed in the van. The 

 darling little white, curly-haired pet, " Bijou" by 

 name, soon emancipated itself from the muff in 

 which it had been hid, much to the discomfiture 

 of myself and other occupants of the carriage! 

 Mark the contrast ! After about an hour's jour- 

 ney we stopped at a very rural station, and just 

 as the whistle was about to be blown a quiet, 

 respectable-looking female, evidently of the 

 humbler grade, rushed out of the office with 



