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 OUNSELOR—Duty before pleasure. I always keep my duty before my eyes.

When I went to the Alton, a very young man, Said I to myself, said I, I 'll work on a new and original plan, Said I to myself, said I. I 'll never assume that a road is O. K., That it 's perfect, in fact, like the C. and the A., Till I 've tried it my own and particular way, Said I to myself, said I.

I 'll never throw dust in a passenger's eyes. Said I to myself, said I, Recommending a road with buncombe and lies, Said I to myself, said I, Or pretend that some other roads of which we read Can equal the Alton for comfort and speed. Or supply all the luxuries travelers need, Said I to myself, said I.

Ere I boast of the road, I will travel it through, Said I to myself, said I, And see that its officers do what they can do, Said I to myself, said I. So I went on the road from the first to the last, I travel'd with pleasure so safe and so fast, That I said, such a road can ne'er be surpass'd, Said I to myself, said I.

On all other roads by which men may go, Said I to myself, said I, They 're none of them safe, and they 're all of them slow, Said I to myself, said I.

The Chicago and Alton must still be A 1. For business, for pleasure, for health, or for fun.