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answers the station master, surprised, "where did it come from?" "Don't know," replies the man; "it doesn't seem to know itself." "Dear me," says the station master, "how very extraordinary! What does it want?" "Doesn't seem to want anything particular," replies the other. "It's a curious sort of train. Seems to be a bit dotty, if you ask me." ANSWERS THE STATION MASTER SURPRISED WHERE DID IT COME FROM DON'T KNOW REPLIES THE MAN IT DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW ITSELF DEAR ME SAYS THE STATION MASTER HOW VERY EXTRAORDINARY WHAT DOES IT WANT DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT ANYTHING PARTICULAR REPLIES THE OTHER IT'S A CURIOUS SORT OF TRAIN SEEMS TO BE A BIT DOTTY IF YOU ASK ME
 it away, and there is an end of the matter, so far as the railway people are concerned. If there is any difference of opinion between the passengers, owing to some of them wishing to go to Spain, while others want to get home to Russia, they, no doubt, settle the matter by tossing up. B., however, refuses to entertain this theory, and says he wishes I would not talk so much when I see how harassed he is. That's all the thanks I get for trying to help him. He worries along for another five minutes, and then he discovers a train that gets to Heidelberg all right, and appears to be in most respects a model train, the only thing that can be urged against it being that it does not start from anywhere. It seems to drop into Heidelberg casually and then to stop there. One expects its sudden advent alarms the people at Heidelberg station. They do not know what to make of it. The porter goes up to the station-master, and says: "Beg pardon, sir, but there's a strange train in the station." "Oh! NGERS HIRE THE TRAIN AND TAKE IT AWAY AND THERE IS AN END OF THE MATTER SO FAR AS THE RAILWAY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED IF THERE IS ANY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN THE PASSENGERS OWING TO SOME OF THEM WISHING TO GO TO SPAIN WHILE OTHERS WANT TO GET HOME TO RUSSIA THEY NO DOUBT SETTLE THE MATTER BY TOSSING UP B HOWEVER REFUSES TO ENTERTAIN THIS THEORY AND SAYS HE WISHES I WOULD NOT TALK SO MUCH WHEN I SEE HOW HARASSED HE IS THAT'S ALL THE THANKS I GET FOR TRYING TO HELP HIM HE WORRIES ALONG FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES AND THEN HE DISCOVERS A TRAIN THAT GETS TO HEIDELBERG ALL RIGHT AND APPEARS TO BE IN MOST RESPECTS A MODEL TRAIN THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE URGED AGAINST IT BEING THAT IT DOES NOT START FROM ANYWHERE IT SEEMS TO DROP INTO HEIDELBERG CASUALLY AND THEN TO STOP THERE ONE EXPECTS ITS SUDDEN ADVENT ALARMS THE PEOPLE AT HEIDELBERG STATION THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF IT THE PORTER GOES UP TO THE STATION MASTER AND SAYS BEG PARDON SIR BUT THERE'S A STRANGE TRAIN IN THE STATION OH
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