United States or Saudi Arabia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
On the top of the heap something small and dark was scrabbling and rattling furtively among the coal. The Station Master concealed himself in the shadow of a brake-van that had a little tin chimney and was labelled: G. N. and S. R. 34576 Return at once to White Heather Sidings
Our meditations were interrupted by the sudden arrival of Narayan Singh in the door of the compartment, grinning full of news. "They have opened the letter, sahib! They accuse Yussuf Dakmar of deceiving them. They threaten him with death. Shall I interfere?" "Any sign of the train crew?" Grim asked. "Nay, they are gambling in the brake-van." Grim looked sharply at Hadad.
That was all I could do for him. 'Good-bye, Jack! he said at the door of the brake-van. 'Good-bye, Andy! keep those bullocks on their feet. The cattle-train went on towards the Blue Mountains. Andy and I sat silent for a while, watching the guard fry three eggs on a plate over a coal-stove in the centre of the van. 'Does the boss never go to Sydney? I asked.
She was just steaming out to sea as my train came in, and since the rest of the Fleet were either coaling or busy at the rifle-ranges a thousand feet up the hill, I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front with no hope of return to Cape Town before five P.M. At this crisis I had the luck to come across my friend Inspector Hooper, Cape Government Railways, in command of an engine and a brake-van chalked for repair.
Fortunately there was a goods train immediately following the mail, and some four hours afterwards our big friend alighted from a goods brake-van in a furious temper. He had had nothing whatever to eat, and was still in pyjamas, bare feet and slippers at ten in the morning. We had delayed the branch train as no one seemed in any particular hurry, so all was well.
Word Of The Day