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Show Accurate Delay. $ Many stories are told of the lack ot M punctuality upon railroads in the ;1 southern states. It Is said that when l a New England man found bis train, 1 advertised to leave at 11 o'clock, m starting at exactly that hour, ho com- pllmentcd the conductor. iM "Just on time. see," ho said, genl- '' W ally. "All this talk I'vo heard of the It lateness ot your trains Is without foundation, I'vo no doubt" Tho conductor smiled at him gently. "This train, sir," said he, without ' a traco of embarrassment, "Is not to- day's eleven o'qlock train, sir. It Is yesterday's eleven o'clock. To-day's will probably not get hero from 'way down until to-morrow, sir." |