Chapter IV.

On being made acquainted with Bill Buddle's ultra-modern definition of the word “railsitter,” some of the more hungry members of the Geegeeville Debating Society, showed a disposition to participate in a further helping of Bill's philological wisdom.

Mr. Hercules Hedger, the chairman, undertook to oblige, and on meeting Bill the following day, he said: “Bill, with further reference to the word ‘railsitter,’ it seems to be the general impression that the ‘railsitter’ is a man who sits on the fence.”

“No - no - no - NO!” shrieked Bill. “You're thinking of the motorscooter. He always sits on a fence—that is—'er—of course, if he happens to fall that way. If it is a protracted sitting, he usually passes the time blaming the roads and cursing the country, while the ‘railsitter’ squats in his comfortable cushioned seat enjoying the scenery.”

Moral: Go by train and get to where you're going.