The World and the University 



and so forth. May I take them into the car 

 with me?" 



"You can take them where you like," he 

 replied, "but you had better give them to the 

 baggage-master. If you take them into the 

 car they will draw a crowd and might get 

 broken." 



So I gave them to the baggage-master and 

 made haste to ask the conductor whether I 

 might ride on the engine. He good-naturedly 

 said: "Yes, it's the right place for you. Run 

 ahead, and tell the engineer what I say." But 

 the engineer bluntly refused to let me on, say- 

 ing: "It don't matter what the conductor told 

 you. / say you can't ride on my engine." 



By this time the conductor, standing ready 

 to start his train, was watching to see what 

 luck I had, and when he saw me returning came 

 ahead to meet me. 



"The engineer won't let me on," I reported. 



"Won'the?" said the kind conductor. "Oh! 

 I guess he will. You come down with me." 

 And so he actually took the time and patience 

 [ 267 1 



