BUFFALO AND DUCK SHOOTING 301 



time table had been changed without notice and 

 when we reached the station the train had de- 

 parted. Owing to a very bad cold I could only 

 talk in a whisper, but I managed to impress the 

 official in charge, who after protesting that he 

 hadn't an engine to send out, complied with my 

 demand and telegraphed to the president of the 

 road. A message came back: 



"Give them a handcar. Charlick." 



The official's comment as he showed me the 

 despatch was: 



"You can't stand a ride to Riverhead against 

 this wind!" 



"Just get out that handcar and see!" was my 

 whispered reply. 



Discipline on the Long Island Railroad at that 

 time, from Oliver Charlick down, was on a go-as- 

 you-please basis and the handcar men discussed 

 the president's orders with the official for fifteen 

 minutes. The last remark of one of the men 

 was : 



