Around the tea-table . well as anAmerican, either at preaching or lecturing. Thereis for many Americans a bewitchment in a foreignbrogue. I do not know but that he mav have dinedwith the queen, or have a few drops of lordlyblood distributed through his arteries. I notice, however, that much of this charm hasbeen broken. I used to think that all Englishlords were talented, till I heard one of them makethe only poor speech that was made at the openingmeeting- of the Evangelical Alliance. Our lectur-ing committees would not pay very large pricesnext year for Mr. Bradlaugh and Edmund ,
Around the tea-table . well as anAmerican, either at preaching or lecturing. Thereis for many Americans a bewitchment in a foreignbrogue. I do not know but that he mav have dinedwith the queen, or have a few drops of lordlyblood distributed through his arteries. I notice, however, that much of this charm hasbeen broken. I used to think that all Englishlords were talented, till I heard one of them makethe only poor speech that was made at the openingmeeting- of the Evangelical Alliance. Our lectur-ing committees would not pay very large pricesnext year for Mr. Bradlaugh and Edmund , we expect that the time will soon come THE DREGS IX LEATHERBACKS TEACUP. 63 when the same kind of balances will weigh Eng-lishmen, Scotchmen, Irishmen, Frenchmen andAmericans. If a man can do anything well, he will be ac-ceptable without reference to whether he wasborn by the Clyde, the Thames, the Seine orthe Hudson. But until those scales be lifted it issufficient to announce the joyful tidings that Odger is CHAPTER IX. THE HOT AXLE. THE express train was flying from Cork toQueenstown. It was going like sixty—thatis, about sixty miles an hour. No sight of an Irishvillage to arrest our speed, no sign of break-down,and yet the train halted. We looked out of thewindow, saw the brakemen and of pas-sengers o-atherinof around the locomotive and adense smoke arising. What was the matter ? Ahot axle ! We were on the lightning train for had no time to spare. If we stopped for ahalf hour, we should be greeted by the anathemaof a lecturing committee. We felt a sort of pre-sentiment that we should be too late, when toconfirm it the whistle blew, and the brakes fell,and the cry all along the train was, What is thematter? Answer: A hot axle! The wheels hadbeen making too many revolutions in a car was on fire. It was a very difficult thingto put it out; water, sand and swabs were tried,and caused long detention and a smoke thatthreatened flame dow
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