Bidding farewell to his lovers, Baba continued the journey. They had to change trains in Rohri, and the men began shifting their luggage to the other train. Unnoticed, Baba went into the men's room and took an extremely long time there. The train whistle to depart started to blow. Realizing that they did not know where Baba was, the mandali ran up and down the station platform searching for him. As soon as Baba came out of the bathroom, the train began pulling out of the station. Picking him up, Raosaheb ran after the train and pushed Baba through an open window into the compartment. Then Raosaheb, too, climbed in through the window. The train was already overcrowded and the doors were locked. Although Baba's boarding was rather rough, he was pleased with Raosaheb's quick thinking.
Baba and the mandali reached Lahore late at night on Tuesday, 12 November 1929 and, leaving the luggage on the platform with one of the men, Baba rested at a nearby hotel for a day. At 11:00 A.M. Baba went with Chanji to the telegraph office to bring any telegrams that may have been sent. There were none, but Baba sent Chanji back later to double-check. Again, Chanji was told that no telegrams had been received. It was only after he was sent back five times that the clerks discovered a copy of a telegram that had been sent from and then returned to Nasik. Rustom had failed to write Baba's name in care of the Lahore Telegraph Office, so a clerk had wired Nasik that no one by the name of Meher Baba lived in Lahore. Discovering the mix-up, Chanji realized why Baba had sent him back so many times (that too, on his birthday that year according to the Zoroastrian calendar), and he brought a copy of Rustom's cable.
They left Lahore at 6:45 A.M. on the 14th by train. Baba had not eaten for two days due, he said, to indigestion. When food was ordered, Masaji also did not eat. Baba asked him the reason and Masaji replied, "You have taken nothing for the past two days and again today you are not eating. I do not have any appetite when you go hungry."
Turning on Raosaheb and Buasaheb, Baba criticized, "Did you hear what Masaji just said? Listen and remember it well; it is an example to be followed. Because I do not take food, Masaji also is not eating. Meanwhile, you two are devouring it like animals! When you are devoid of all feeling for me, why do you continue to stay with me? What is the point of calling yourselves my disciples?"