HOW TO GET OUT OF AN OMNIBUS.
Give the string a sudden jerk at the same instant
you start from your seat to make for the door. The
motion of the coach will afford you an excellent opportunity
of testing your powers of navigation, and will not
in the least annoy you, although it may be annoying to
those whose corns you tread on. If you are timid of
falling into the laps of your fellow-passengers, incline
your body forward, as if about commencing to swim,
and place your hands upon projecting knees on each side,
until you are at a right distance from the door, and then
make a sudden and energetic plunge at it, as if attempting
to carry it by storm. We have seen a lady attempt
this mode of egress, and by skilful management contrive to
sit on seven masculine laps before she reached the door
It saves time to start a trifle before pulling the string;
you might lose a full sixteenth of a minute by waiting
for the coach to stop, and that is something where
“time is money” and money is two per cent. a month!
