| 单词 | mail train |
| 例句 | The rousing tempo matched the lyrics about an out-of-control mail train determined to reach Spencer, Virginia, on schedule. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Scores died when a mail train derailed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, east of New Delhi, in 2011. These are some of the deadliest rail disasters in India’s recent history. 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z At that time, mail trains and telegraph service to the west ended in St. Joseph, Mo. Stagecoaches then carried the telegrams to a station in northern California and the mail on to San Francisco. When a government safe was raided — to fund the Pony Express illegally 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z That appeal was pending as the mail train carrying the certification papers chugged toward Washington on Aug. 25. Opinion | Women Would Abolish Child Labor (and Other Anti-Suffrage Excuses) 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z In the early 1920s, so many bandits were targeting mail trains that railway mail clerks were armed with government-issued pistols and ordered to “shoot to kill.” Postal Service controversy? COVID-19? Nothing can stop this letter carrier 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z A little mail train could be bringing good news to the Postal Museum … Performing stones, a murderous puppet and the psychedelic 60s – the week in art 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement The lawyer who tipped him off about the mail train was fed details by a mysterious informant, a Belfast-born postal worker known only as “the Ulsterman.” Gordon Goody, Leader of the Gang in the Great Train Robbery, Dies at 85 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Shortly, the engineer of an approaching mail train, spotting the red light ahead, slowed his train to a halt and sent one of his crew down the track, on foot, to investigate. How Analogies Can Make You Better at Arguments 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z The mail train was expected to arrive in Washington in the early morning of Aug. 26. Opinion | Women Would Abolish Child Labor (and Other Anti-Suffrage Excuses) 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Number one on the list was Thomas James Holden, a bank robber whose rap sheet included charges of robbing a mail train, escaping prison and murdering his wife. 'Most Wanted': The Long History of the FBI’s Top Ten List 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z One of these mail trains, heading to London from Glasgow, was stopped by a criminal gang in Buckinghamshire in the south east of England. What was the Great Train Robbery? 2013-12-18T16:39:30Z It was Mr. Goody who was first alerted by his sometime lawyer that the mail train might be vulnerable to a gutsy and well-organized robbery. Gordon Goody, Leader of the Gang in the Great Train Robbery, Dies at 85 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z It marked their work on the inquiry after thieves stole more than £2.5m from a night mail train in August 1963. Train robbery anniversary marked 2013-08-08T07:43:08Z They were keen to help officers find a gang who had robbed the night mail train from Glasgow to Euston, making off with over £2.5m. Robbers' lair 2013-08-08T04:29:13Z The Post-office people too, in an even greater degree than the shopping public, were very grateful for the fine, clear weather, which enabled 4 mail trains and mail carts to run punctually. From the archive, 26 December 1905: The Post-office: a great despatch of letters 2012-12-26T00:04:01Z He took his departure by motor-car to catch the mail train at a junction ten miles distant. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z The carriage will be a rajdhani and the compartment will be fitted from an old mail train.” India Ink: India's Decrepit, Unsafe Railways 2012-03-23T06:01:36Z If the mail trains were to be run, some of the telegraph operators would have to remain on duty, at least to the extent of handling train orders. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z A direct mail train service has been established between Rio and Montevideo and also between Rio and Buenos Aires. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z I was sent on by the mail train, but lost four hours, besides undergoing a great deal of misery and excitement. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z He sprang into a cab and reached Charing Cross ten minutes before the eleven o'clock mail train was ready to start. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z I struck a match and ascertained that it was eleven o'clock, precisely the hour at which I was to board the mail train. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z In addition to these concessions, the strikers agreed to allow the mail trains to run without interruption, with our promise that they would not carry passengers. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z While we were thus engaged it seemed strange to see the mail train pass on the railway line not half a mile from us, driver, guard, and passengers leaning out to look at us. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z When the Eastern mail train arrived about noon, belated as usual, their packing was quite finished. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z On the arrival at Vienna of the through mail train from Budapest on Thursday night a fashionably dressed female was found alone in a first-class compartment, stabbed to the heart. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z I took the mail train that same night to Paris. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z Down to the ship came a boy from a famous florist in Paris—having traveled all the way by mail train carrying a huge bunch of roses. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z Near midnight we escorted the guests to the railway station and considerably delayed the mail train by our lengthy good-byes and parting libations. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Three men and a woman arrived in Sydney by the mail train from Bourke; there were not many passengers, and they attracted some attention. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z There are frequently five or six clerks in the postal cars, and on fast mail trains, where there are two or three working cars to a train, the number runs up as high as 23. The Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad 2011-06-21T02:00:28.507Z The accident was caused by the down express being allowed to leave Norwich while the mail train was permitted to come on from Brundall. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z In another instance I know of a mail train going out on the order of the railway officials after the Pullmans had been cut off by the employes. The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike 2011-05-02T02:00:15.510Z Though the mail train, making forty miles an hour, should reach London Bridge in fifteen minutes, it seemed as though it would never arrive at the station! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z He returned to Sydney by the mail train that night, and on arriving there journeyed to Mintaro. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z "If we have to go disguised, are you going to risk the mail train then?" The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Twenty-three minutes later a cattle train, travelling at full speed, dashed into the rear of the mail train. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Of my personal knowledge I know of a road that abandoned a mail train to take out an excursion train, not having crews to take out both. The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike 2011-05-02T02:00:15.510Z One evening the mail train was detained and the mail bags were taken away from the government agent by an armed posse. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z Shrieking through tunnels, thundering through lonely valleys, gliding over wide, misty plains, spread abroad like lakes, the mail train bore Arthur Verney, and also—each unconscious of the other's vicinity—Mr. Jos. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Unseen, unimagined, beneath the feet of today's travellers lies a more troubling reminder of the price paid by many during Italy's Fascist era, a vast abandoned station for the city's goods and mail trains. Italy's hidden past 2011-03-03T01:15:20Z And then she started hysterically as the shriek of the incoming fast mail train struck her ears. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z What scared me most was not about the mail train, I knew she would be right, and would be past the spot before the ground had time to tumble in. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z Six days afterwards he stopped the mail train a few miles outside San Sebastian, and Madrid learned with stupor that the Carlist insurrection had flared up anew. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Cleve reached the station, eight miles away from the dismal swamp I have described, in time to catch the mail train. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Netflix says the mail train is likely to keep chugging for an additional 20 years. Everybody?s Business: Netflix Stays One Step Ahead of Creative Destruction 2010-08-07T19:52:00Z The deceased was leaning over the side of his engine, which was stationary, watching for the signals to be turned, when the day mail train from London dashed by. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone The "spoil trains" were treated with all the respect which is accorded to the fastest mail trains of the day on an English main line. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise "When we are married she will come round," he said to himself, and then he took himself off by the night mail train to London. Rachel Ray I've an idea I shall lose my life if I don't go to London to-night, and I must catch the mail train. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z "A mail train in the ditch, and nothing worth speaking of left of the two-twenty-nine—that's what I make of it!" The Night Operator Letters for small places are sent to the mail trains, where they are sorted to their respective stations as the locomotive is whirling them along at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Arrived at St Jean, he learned that the mail train from France did not arrive until 11.20, ample time for all his arrangements. Tony Butler E. W. E. and I took a walk to town after sundown, saw the mail train run off the track, switch left open. An Artilleryman's Diary A native woman in some unseen hut began to sing, the mail train thundered past on its way to Delhi, and a roosting crow cawed drowsily. International Short Stories English The Special was to run twenty minutes behind No. 17, the westbound mail train, and make a meeting point with the through freight, No. 84, eastbound, at The Forks. The Night Operator After a few hours in Calcutta I took the Darjiling mail train which was due the following morning at Siliguri, the latter being the base of the Tibet Expedition. To Lhassa at Last This conveyance he at once secured, ordering the postilion to be in the saddle and ready to start, if necessary, when the mail train came in. Tony Butler "To be sure I did; I went down by the mail train, and stayed with him till the one-forty express started next day, and I might have saved myself the trouble." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Day by day it had been a desperate struggle with him to resist the mad desire which prompted him to order a dogcart, drive to the nearest town, and catch the mail train to London. A Monk of Cruta Nulty, the first man out from the mail train, found him there, and, wondering, his face set and grim, carried P. Walton to the express car. The Night Operator Some years before the above occurrence I was travelling by the early morning mail train from the Midlands to the West of England. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Union men 125 throughout the country refused to handle Pullman cars, and since Pullman cars are almost invariably attached to mail trains the transportation of the United States mail was thus obstructed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Moseby struck the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Duffield, and destroyed a United States mail train, consisting of a locomotive and ten cars, and securing twenty prisoners and fifteen horses. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Frank finished packing up, and then told his father that he was going off to Athenry at once, there to meet the night mail train up to Dublin. The Landleaguers "They ought to hear it on the mail train as soon as we get close—and I guess we're close enough now to start it." The Night Operator The two letters, each as wide as the poles apart in spirit and in intention, met in the post-box, and were each carried as rapidly as mail trains could take them to the metropolis. Daddy's Girl But he would leave London by the night mail train from Paddington on Wednesday evening so as to reach Trafford Park House on the following morning between four and five. Marion Fay Between one and two I was awakened by the first arrivals by the mail train. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' With the exception of the Welsh railways, the Irish are notoriously the slowest in the world, and on that particular morning the mail train seemed to my impatient mind to progress pig-ways. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 I drove into Penrith last night and caught the mail train. The Marriage of Elinor Her duty this afternoon was only to make up the mail for the down train; then her time was her own till the next mail train came up at half-past five. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories On the 12th telegraphic communication by Harrismith entirely ceased, and the mail train from that town failed to arrive. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government In the interval between station and station, which in some of the mail trains is often an hour or two, the sorters know that they are secure from interruption. India and the Indians At Elandsfontein we beheld the mail train with our mails going up. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition Another feature of the railway mail train, as of the passenger train, is its capacity to carry any quantity of letters and post parcels that may require to be carried. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Altgeld of Illinois failed to act, President Cleveland sent troops to Chicago to clear the way for mail trains, and the strike was settled within a week. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "This is a mail train, and, as a United States officer, I can't allow an attempt to rob it pass without an attempt at a protest." Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks or, Two Recruits in the United States Army No effort was being made to repair the wrecks, and the crews of the trains were organized into rescuing parties, and an effort will be made to send out a mail train this morning. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin That would counteract any passing effect that might be inspired by a vacant chair, thought Laurence Stanninghame, amid the roar of the mail train speeding through the raw haze of the early morning. The Sign of the Spider If they are coming by the mail train, they will be here directly. The Light Shines in Darkness Thanks to the blockhouse system, supplemented where necessary by armoured trains, the mail trains from the ports to Johannesburg were running almost as rapidly and as safely as in time of peace. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 "And a friend told us that the last time he held up a mail train, he and his pal found twelve thousand dollars in the registered mail pouches." Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks or, Two Recruits in the United States Army As soon as his speech had been spoken he escaped up to London by the night mail train. Ralph the Heir I found I had just enough money to get to Melbourne if I went at once, so I caught the mail train and soon smelt the Australian bush that I had left in 1878. A Tramp's Notebook As we are off at 7 a.m. to-morrow, to catch the mail train at Sandspruit, the Queen's are giving me a farewell dinner to-night, while Bethune's Horse are dining my men. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service The mail train was due at Charing Cross half an hour before. The Green Rust Some of them were putting up at the hotel while they worked at the new branch line, and some of them had dropped in to exchange news and banter while waiting for the mail train. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 It was important that the messenger should go off that evening, and the time occupied in these communications rendered it just, but barely, possible to despatch the messenger by the mail train of that evening. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 I intended taking the 9 p.m. mail train, and, as a precaution, I waited until the last moment, after the passengers were on board, and the waiting-room doors shut. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning a crowd began to assemble at the Railway Station, awaiting the arrival of the down mail train. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service There were only two mail trains a day in Lone-Rock, and at this hour Mary was sure of finding him at leisure. Mary Ware's Promised Land The whistle of the mail train cut short the discussion of Stephen Strong's case. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 There are, I am informed, actually brokers who buy up the tickets for the express mail trains, and whose prices rise and fall like the stocks on 'Change. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 I have just time to ride back to Kingcombe and catch the mail train. Agatha's Husband A Novel Whether he, like ourselves, was a new arrival in the Colony, and only passing through Melbourne, I cannot say; at any rate he went on to Sydney in the mail train with us. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta No merrier party ever left London than the three travellers who started by the mail train for Hull a few nights after the above conversation. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar "Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: "While most of the roads are moving passenger and mail trains, nearly all the freight trains are interfered with, and but very few are moving. Forty-Six Years in the Army I said to my pal, 'Get Bob, and let us go down to-morrow by the mail train to Scotland, and we will see what this man's safe is like.' Six Years in the Prisons of England Edwin knew that his father would probably come home from Manchester on the mail train, which would stop to set down a passenger at Shawport by suitable arrangement. Clayhanger I even wrote my address; on a certain day, I was going down by the mail train. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 We left Liverpool for Birmingham, where we passed an afternoon and evening in the family of a manufacturer very pleasantly, and at ten o'clock took the express mail train for London. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland All railroads are endeavoring to move freight and mail trains. Forty-Six Years in the Army "Why, this is a mail train, and only stops about every two hours." Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series I was sent on by the mail train, but lost four hours, besides undergoing a great deal of misery and excitement. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Then, because the train was a mail train and obliged to go on, the guard blew his whistle and Meldon was left in peace. The Simpkins Plot He might have gone down by the mail train of that night, but there were one or two persons, his own attorney especially, whom he wished to see before the reading of his grandfather's will. Can You Forgive Her? I come in here riding on the trucks of your mail train about three weeks ago, and the fellers up in the roundhouse have been lettin' me feed and snooze there. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers As we wished to get over the early part of it as expeditiously as possible, we started by the mail train at 8.30. First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 The fact is, I must drive over to Revelstoke late this evening and catch the mail train. A Crooked Path A Novel The Russian officials allowed him to hitch on a couple of cattle trucks containing the dogs to the mail train for that part of the journey. South with Scott It was clear that he could not run away and get back to his club by the night mail train. Can You Forgive Her? As he went down to the House after dinner, he almost made up his mind that it would be a good thing to leave London by one of the night mail trains. Phineas Finn The Irish Member The arrival of delayed mail trains added to the volume of business; but while there was much activity, the monetary situation remained about the same as usual. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Thus, then, it runs; from Spokane Rolled out the overland mail train, late by an hour. Successful Recitations He would leave Ennis the following morning at six, so as to catch the day mail train out of Limerick for Dublin. An Eye for an Eye He had come down to Roebury by mail train, ready for hunting the next morning, and walked into the club-room just at midnight. Can You Forgive Her? Phineas left London by a night mail train on Easter Sunday, and found himself at the Willingford Bull about half an hour after midnight. Phineas Finn The Irish Member We'll have to be up early in the morning to catch the mail train for Dover. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V We are sorry to learn that the directors have established an accommodation train for Sunday morning between this city and Poughkeepsie, in addition to the mail train to Albany. Children of the Market Place The platforms were now deserted save for sentries: all life at this dreary frontier station seemed to die with the passing of the mail train. The Man with the Clubfoot The mail train whistled noisily up the road and came into the station at the end of the empty street, then it rang its loud bell and puffed and whistled away again. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches He went down by the mail train on the night of the 10th, having telegraphed to the inn for a bed, and was up eating his breakfast in that hospitable house at nine o'clock. Phineas Finn The Irish Member Parker and I were to follow on the mail train two days later. A Woman's Part in a Revolution Continuation by French Correspondent.—They had no further time for parley, because the mail train left for Dover within the hour. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 On Annunciation Day, after the mail train had been sent off, Matvey was sitting in the refreshment bar, talking and drinking tea with lemon in it. The Bishop and Other Stories Then he went to the station and saw the mail train come in and go out, and it was agreeable to him to be alone and not to have to talk to any one. The Party In her case, he could not see further than driving to Charing Cross and getting into the mail train for Paris. Evelyn Innes The mail train to Cape Town was crowded with hundreds of terror-stricken women and children sent away by anxious husbands to a place of safety. A Woman's Part in a Revolution I was in time to catch the mail train. Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 At her request Marshall Wace walked up to the station early that morning, to secure the English papers on their arrival by the mail train from Paris. Deadham Hard A married man, aged 34 years, collided with the mail train when riding a motorcycle into Hawera on Friday. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919 "He's out now, and will be for the next two hours," said the other; "he's with that horrid Finney; he only came to see him, and he returns by the mail train tonight." The Warden It used a carload of paper every week, and the mail trains would be hours loading up at the depot of the little Kansas town. The Jungle "I will go down by the mail train to-night; I cannot rest until he is found." Life in London or, the Pitfalls of a Great City And if I come away that afternoon, I may be back by the mail train by one at night, and be in time for the show of hands. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World I caught the mail train from Euston that night, got away with the papers and took them where I always meant to—to my old home on the west coast of Ireland. The Box with Broken Seals The mail train stopped at Shorncliffe while she was thinking of this fatal possibility. Henry Dunbar A Novel I'll get a person despatched to you by the mail train, if I am back in time. The Golden Calf He thought of him hurrying down to Southampton by the mail train to see his boy. Lady Audley's Secret He declared that he would have returned to his daughter by the mail train of that night, but for two considerations. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time She had carried out her intention of watching the terminus, and had seen Mr. Vimpany take his place among the passengers to London by the mail train. Blind Love The wires had been put into operation in every direction, and it had been discovered that one man whom nobody knew had left the down mail train at Annan, and another at Dumfries. The Eustace Diamonds I looked you over at five-thirty this morning, having traveled from London by the mail train. The Postmaster's Daughter He would then come down to Rugby by the mail train at twelve o'clock, and it was his common practice to be on the works by six o'clock the next morning. Lectures and Essays The Raleigh and Gaston route was so decayed and impaired in its equipments that a whole day was consumed in the passage of a mail train over the eighty miles traversed. School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time The mail train from the East is late, and of course the Moana cannot sail till—" "You will pardon me, captain," Cappy Ricks interrupted politely, "but I've just thought of a very important matter. Cappy Ricks Retires When Frank Greystock and Herriot reached the cottage about nine o'clock in the morning, having left London over night by the limited mail train, the pony at once presented itself to them. The Eustace Diamonds Of course it was impossible that Paul should return to London by the mail train which started about an hour after his arrival. The Way We Live Now Intending as he did to travel through without sleeping on the road, Stanbury could not do better than leave London by the night mail train, and this he determined to do. He Knew He Was Right They also promise to send word to the Erzeroum mission to expect me; the chances are, however, that I shall reach Erzeroum before their letter; there are no lightning mail trains in Asia Minor. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran The development of fast mail trains and the introduction of motor-truck service have been important steps in the improvement of the postal service in city and country. Community Civics and Rural Life "I can't do that, for I shall go down by the mail train." The Belton Estate On that evening Paul Montague returned to London by the mail train, being sure that he would thus avoid a meeting with Mrs Hurtle in the railway-carriage. The Way We Live Now Yes; a lady had come by the mail train from London, with no heavy baggage, and had gone on board direct, taking what cabin she could get. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Tom manifested no particular interest; but he did not go by the mail train that night, and was not visible all the morning. The Trial "As a great favour, she let her set out by the mail train, after dressing her for a ball, with orders to return in time for her toilette for an evening party the next day." The Daisy chain, or Aspirations The mail train from the Transvaal to Cape Town was stopped at Vereeniging, and the week's shipment of gold for England, amounting to about half a million pounds, was taken by the Boer Government. The Great Boer War Expect me home by mail train about two A.M. We Two, a novel We must make haste and get warm, and then set off, or we shall be late for the mail train. The Witch and other stories I'd go up by the mail train this very night if it would do any good.' The Trial With us the chief mail trains are legally under the management of the Postmaster-General. North America — Volume 2 I don't know if I told you it'd been a burglar's 'ouse before it was my girl's father's, and I knew 'e'd robbed a mail train once, I did know that. Twelve Stories and a Dream Too ill to come on—telegraph, mail train—rushed through the poor Doctor's brain as he stepped forward as if to interrogate the chest. The Trial The mail train had not yet come in. The Witch and other stories A telegram had just arrived, reporting that the electric message had anticipated the mail train, and that young Mr. Ward would be brought down in time. The Trial Hence it occurs that no offense against the post-office is committed when the connection between different mail trains is broken. North America — Volume 2 He then told me that he wished to send me to town by the mail train, to take some cash to Drummond's Bank, and to return by to-day's four o'clock train. The Trial The mail trains are not bound to wait; and thus, in the large cities, far distant from New York, great irregularity prevails. North America — Volume 2 The mail train from New York to Buffalo passes over about four hundred miles, and on its route leaves not one million. North America — Volume 2 |
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