A--Takes delayed pig-iron and third-class passengers. B--Half of
train stops here through breaking an axle-pin. C--Passengers, for
protection, get under seats of carriages. D--Stops for repairs.
E--Having had a collision at the junction for Aberfeldy, will come on,
if there are any passengers equal to finishing the journey.

F--Starts under the management of a Director, and, owing to a
misunderstanding, dashes off to Aberdeen, without stopping. G--Doesn't
stop, but knocks over a station-master. H--Is pelted as it tears
through the station by _ex-employés_. I--Knocks over another
station-master. J--Meets a pilot-engine, which it splits in half.
K--Goes at full speed through the end of the terminus, depositing the
passengers in a heap in the middle of the town.

L--Train starts, made up of horse-boxes and luggage-vans full of three
weeks' arrears of parcels, first-class carriages, Post-office van,
fifty coal-trucks, and a wild beast show, the Directors wishing
to make up for lost time. M--Train breaking down here, mail and
passengers only forwarded. N--Train attacked by rioters. Pitched
battle with the passengers. O--Telegram from Motherwell saying, that
owing to police intervention, train starts the day after to-morrow.

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[Illustration: ARBITRATION.

THE SEAL. "BELAY, YOU TWO JOHNNIES!--AVAST QUARRELLING! GIVE ME A
'CLOSE-TIME,' AND LEAVE THE 'SEA' AN OPEN QUESTION."]

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