1 82 THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



I was Standing on the platform at 

 Newmarket Station, and as a train came 

 slowing up, a man jumped off the plat- 

 form and put his head on the far metal. 

 We had no time to do anything but 

 shudder, and, of course, it was expected 

 he would have to be picked up in 

 basketfuls. However, the protecting- 

 rod in front of the engine-wheel had 

 pushed his head to one side, so he was 

 only scalped, and lived to punt another 

 day. He was in the infirmary for many 

 weeks, and then they tried the poor 

 beggar for attempting suicide. I think 

 they let him off, though, pretty easily. 

 Moral: when you want to indulge in 

 these playful jokes, put your neck, not 

 your head, on the metals, or you may 

 only get scalped. 



During the recent discussion in the 

 Daily Telegraph re the purification of the 



