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Parl.| Express.|Even. Mail.| ---------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+ Edinburgh \ |7 A.M. to|11 A.M. A| Noon F | 9 P.M. L | (Waverley Station)/ | 9.30 | | | | Carlisle | 12.15 | ... | ... | ... | Hawick | 4.30 | B | ... | ... | Galashiels | 9.45 | ... | 2.15 G | 1 A.M. M | / | 1 P.M. | | | | Motherwell < |(Stopped | 4 P.M. C| 3.19 H | 3.20 N | \ |by riot) | | | | St. Margaret's Works | 3.30 | 5 D | ... | ... | Perth |9.45 A.M.| ... | 11.26 I | ... | Glasgow |12.30P.M.| ... | ... | ... | Aberfeldy | 6.13 | ... | ... | ... | Dundee |1.12 A.M.|3A.M.to 9| ... | ... | Inverness | 9.23 | ... | 3.5 J | ... | Aberdeen | 11.6 |7 P.M.? E|1 A.M. K | O | ---------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+ A--Takes delayed pig-iron and third-class passengers. B--Half of train stops here through breaking an axle-pin. C--Passengers, for protection, get under seats of carriages. D--Stops for repairs. E--Having had a collision at the junction for Aberfeldy, will come on, if there are any passengers equal to finishing the journey. F--Starts under the management of a Director, and, owing to a misunderstanding, dashes off to Aberdeen, without stopping. G--Doesn't stop, but knocks over a station-master. H--Is pelted as it tears through the station by _ex-employes_. I--Knocks over another station-master. J--Meets a pilot-engine, which it splits in half. K--Goes at full speed through the end of the terminus, depositing the passengers in a heap in the middle of the town. L--Train starts, made up of horse-boxes and luggage-vans full of three weeks' arrears of parcels, first-class carriages, Post-office van, fifty coal-trucks, and a wild beast show, the Directors wishing to make up for lost time. M--Train breaking down here, mail and passengers only forwarded. N--Train attacked by rioters. Pitched battle with the passengers. O--Telegram from Motherwell saying, that owing to police intervention, train starts the day after to-morrow. * * * * * [Illustration: ARBITRATION. THE SEAL
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