Miller, Olive Beaupré, ed, Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945, illustrator · Chicago : The Bookhouse for children · leaf 179
o leave my teams andtake the rail for Rugby. I had a time table and knew at whattime exactly I could hit the train, but unfortunately the axle tomy carriage broke and I was an hour late in reaching the station.The train had long been gone, but I must be in Rugby where wehad advertised a… … 176 THE TREASURE CHEST Is that all? I asked. Well, get up your train immediately.Here are your sixty pounds. What are sixty pounds to me,when I must be in Rugby in a hurry? The astonished superintendent bustled about and the trainwas soon ready. He was greatly puzzled to know what dis-tinguished…
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