"Notes of travel, as between gents," with traveling salesman, or maybe a fight promoter, complete with cigar, asking a New England clergyman, or perhaps Wall Street banker, "Now, what's your line?" So much for the intimacy of trains as a way to meet new people.
Artist: Rulovy [?] your guess is as good as ours
Source: Tom Harris, collector/seller, on eBay as tabasco_life
Restoration by: magscanner