NOT A SMOKER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2550, 10 July 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

NOT A SMOKER.

Andrew Carnegie, _at a dinner that was recently given in his honor, told a story at his own expense. “I was travelling on a railway going Londonward,” ho said, ‘ and had chosen a seat in a non-smoking 'Carriage. At a wayside station a man got into the train, sat down m my compartment, and lighted a Tilo clay pipe, “ ‘This is not a smoking carriage, sa u <AII right, governor,’ said the man, T’lt just finish this pipe here.’ “Ho finished it, then refilled it again. “ ‘See here,’ I said, ‘I told you this wasn’t a smoking carnage. If you persist with that pipe I shall report you at the next station to the guard. “I handed him my card- He lookgd at it, pocketed it, but lighted his pipe nevertheless. At the next station, however, he changed to another eoma guard, I told had occurred, and demanded tK t smoker’s name and addiess ho take • “ ‘Yes sir,’ said the guard, and lnuried away. In a* little while he returned. Ho seemed rather awed. He bent over, me and said apologetically: “ '‘Do you know, su, if I " 610 I would not prosecute that gent He has just given mo his card. Heic it is. He is Mr Andrew Carnegie.’ ’