manager did not approve. 'We will not be free from unfair competition till one of these fellows is hanged for an example,” he said. 'Certainly,” grunted the other; 'get him hanged! Why not? Anything — anything can be done in this country. That's what I say; nobody here, you understand, here, can endanger your position. And why? You stand the climate — you outlast them all. The danger is in Europe; but there before I left I took care to — ” They moved off and whispered, then their voices rose again. 'The extraordinary series of delays is not my fault.

I did my best.” The fat man sighed. 'Very sad.” 'And the pestiferous absurdity of his talk,” continued the other; 'he bothered me enough when he was here. “Each station should be like a beacon on the road towards