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It leads me into drink and gambling. I am continually finding myself with some three or four hours to wait at dismal provincial railway stations. I read all the advertisements on both platforms, and then I get wild and reckless, and plunge into the railway hotel and play billiards with the landlord for threes of Scotch. IT LEADS ME INTO DRINK AND GAMBLING I AM CONTINUALLY FINDING MYSELF WITH SOME THREE OR FOUR HOURS TO WAIT AT DISMAL PROVINCIAL RAILWAY STATIONS I READ ALL THE ADVERTISEMENTS ON BOTH PLATFORMS AND THEN I GET WILD AND RECKLESS AND PLUNGE INTO THE RAILWAY HOTEL AND PLAY BILLIARDS WITH THE LANDLORD FOR THREES OF SCOTCH
ood--have thanked them and taken it in again! I have kicked it into a dozen pieces, and kicked the pieces all the way downstairs and out into the garden, and persons--persons, mind you, who will not sew a button on the back of my shirt to save me from madness--have collected the pieces and stitched them carefully together, and made the book look as good as new, and put it back in my study! It has acquired the secret of perpetual youth, has this time-table. Other time-tables that I buy become dissipated-looking wrecks in about a week. This book looks as fresh and new and clean as it did on the day when it first lured me into purchasing it. There is nothing about its appearance to suggest to the casual observer that it is not this month's Bradshaw. Its evident aim and object in life is to deceive people into the idea that it is this month's Bradshaw. It is undermining my moral character, this book is. It is responsible for at least ten per cent. of the bad language that I use every year. F MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD HAVE THANKED THEM AND TAKEN IT IN AGAIN I HAVE KICKED IT INTO A DOZEN PIECES AND KICKED THE PIECES ALL THE WAY DOWNSTAIRS AND OUT INTO THE GARDEN AND PERSONS PERSONS MIND YOU WHO WILL NOT SEW A BUTTON ON THE BACK OF MY SHIRT TO SAVE ME FROM MADNESS HAVE COLLECTED THE PIECES AND STITCHED THEM CAREFULLY TOGETHER AND MADE THE BOOK LOOK GOOD AS NEW AND PUT IT BACK IN MY STUDY IT HAS ACQUIRED THE SECRET OF PERPETUAL YOUTH AT THIS TIME TABLE OTHER TIME TABLES THAT I BUY BECOME DISSIPATED LOOKING WRECKS IN ABOUT A WEEK THIS BOOK LOOKS AS FRESH AND NEW AND CLEAN AS IT DID ON THE DAY WHEN IT FIRST LEARED ME INTO PURCHASING IT THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT ITS APPEARANCE TO SUGGEST TO THE CASUAL OBSERVER THAT IT IS NOT THIS MONTH'S BRADSHAW ITS EVIDENT AIM AND OBJECT IN LIFE IS TO DECEIVE PEOPLE INTO THE IDEA THAT IT IS THIS MONTH'S BREAD SHORE IT IS UNDERMINING MY MORAL CHARACTER THIS BOOK IS IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST TEN PER CENT OF THE BAD LANGUAGE THAT I USE EVERY YEAR
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