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the next station to hold up traffic, and he it was--Bones insisted upon

this--who brought the "Mary Louisa" along the switch to the down line

The position was as follows: The "Mary Louisa" was on the down line

Two coaches were between the down and the up line, and the guard's van

was exactly on the up line, when the "Mary Louisa" refused to work any

further

Neither the experienced engine-driver, nor Bones, nor the stoker of the

special, nor Mr Chenney, nor the ancient guard, could coax the "Mary

Louisa" to move another yard The Lynhaven express stretched across

both lines and ress for traffic i arrived and towed the "Mary Louisa"

and her appendages back to Bayhairl went back to London by the last train, and Bones was

very thoughtful and silent

But Bones was ever an opti he saw on a newspaper

placard: "Birthday Honours Twenty-t Knights" And he actually

stopped his car, bought a paper, and searched the lists for his name

It was not there