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

Chapter I

Chapter I.

Old Mrs. Gladbury was an exceedingly wealthy old woman, and although she had reached the four-score-year-and-ten mark, she was still in possession of most of her faculties, as was evidenced by the fact that she did not own a motor car.

One might conclude from the foregoing that Mrs. Gladbury was a very mean old woman. This, however, was not the case. She was an exceedingly generous old soul, and while she
“It is impossible for one slow train to pass another on a narrow line.”

“It is impossible for one slow train to pass another on a narrow line.”

did not give to everybody who asked, she certainly gave to everything worth while, without being asked.