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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 8 (December 1, 1928)

Chapter III

Chapter III.

Jeff's first lesson in real speed was brought about by a remark made by Bill Buddle to the effect that a slow train on the right line would beat a fast motor on the wrong road.

To mention slow trains in the same category as fast motor cars was the one sure way of completely stirring Jeff Hasty's motor-superiority complex into action. It stung his sense of quickness to the quick, as it were.

On the occasion that Bill Buddle had made his remark concerning slow trains and fast motor cars, he had taken the opportunity of further animating the situation by announcing his preference, for a slow train that puffed along as against a fast motor car that petered out.

This, of course, was too much for any selfrespecting speed-merchant, so, to prove that Bill Buddle belonged to the type of gentleman in whose company it is folly to be wise, Jeff Hasty undertook to give the slow train an hour's start and beat it to its destination by another hour.