It's just as I say. And accommodating? Why, if
you shake a rag the train will stop in the midst of
the wilderness to pick you up. All that kind of
politics costs, you see. And then, besides, any
town that has a good many votes and wants a fine]
station, gets it. Don't you overlook that Mary-I
borough station, if you take an interest in govern-
mental curiosities. Why, you can put the whole
population of Maryborough into it, and give them a
sofa apiece, and have room for more. You haven't
fifteen stations in America that are as big, and you
probably haven't five that are half as fine. Why,
it's per-fectly elegant. And the clock ! Everybody
will show you the clock. There isn't a station in
Europe that's got such a clock. It doesn't strike —
and that's one mercy. It hasn't any bell; and as
you'll have cause to remember, if you keep your|
reason, all Australia is simply bedamned with bells.
