, 1877-12-02

4 SLEEPING G-CxAR ROMANCE.
Burlington Hackeue.
It was in the Cedar Rapids sleeper. ou1s'oc'
It. WIS dark as the inside Of an luk-oottlc' III
the sceping-car people slept
Or tried it.
Some OF them slept like Christian men anu
women, peacefully, and swectly,' and quietly
Others slept like demons, Indignantly ND
cously, hendishly, as thought was their in'ss'on
to keep everybody else awake.
| or these, the man in lower number three was
| the &sboss.'' When it came to square snose
| with variations, you wanted to count 'lo"c,
three !, in. With full hand and pocket It'll
| Of rocks. ~
we never heard anything snore like him. 1t
| ros thc most systematic snoring that WAS ever
! done. even on one OF those tournaments Of snoF-
;no a stecpugear. He didn't begin rs soon as
+he 1,mns we're turned down and everybody
was in bed. On, There was more coIu- 1e
vailed until everybody had had little taste oi
s,aan inst to sec how good and pleasant it was,
anl then he broke in on their slumbcrs lke
| winged, breathing Demon and tncy never Ane"
Whit peace was again that night
lie started out with i teftlnc
| That openel every eye III the car. We all
1,onrl it. was All accident, however, anu trusting
hat hH NDUtl1HI uO IL A4A1A. W. *ll4 AoA
Then bc blasted cur hupcs and curd!eo 1l1e
s,u'.ct serenity OF our forgiveness By long
| drawn
.tGw-a, r-h-l-hah! - ~ Ia
Thai sounded too much like business 10 DC
oc1.iIrutai. Tncu every head in that slccplcss
sltcucr was held u1T the pillow 1of lnlllulc
waiting, in breathlcss suspense, 70 near tne
worst, and the sleeper in ~ lower tn1ee WHY
on III long drawn, regular cadcnccs Inat '1'ol-
e'.C Gwa.n-sn, Gwa.a-a-at! Gahwahwah! Cab
yahwull! Gahwa-a-a-ah!' :, 80. z
, EyiIeutIy it was going to last all night aho
the weary heads dropped back OH t4e s!cep'Is
nillnw;. and the swearing began. 1t mumolct
,,jnnc in low mutteriug tones, like the dlslAnl
; | echoes ol q profane Thunderstorm. iretl,
soon slower three :" gave us 4 little 'a1'aI1on
lie shot off a spltelul-
Which sounded Us though his nose haa d go
! | mad at him and was going to strike. : hc' ii
: there was pause aud VIC began to hope nc Hat
either awakened FROM sleep or s!Ea'es,, IT, ~ b.
death, nobody cared particularly whleh: oue III
0 disappointed everybody with guttural--
. Then he paused again for breath, AMI when h
+ had accumulated enough 1or Ills purpose NC ~
- sumed with a stentorious-
- "kowpf.' r,.o
o That nearly shot the roof off the car. The!
~ he went on playing such fantastic tr1cks WI
- his nose and breathing things that Would max
:, thu immortal gods weep, If they dlu Dul he:.
u hin. 1t seemed q matter inrred1olc, =
- - seemed m utter, prcposterous i'nposslo1,l
- ty TINT any human being could mak !.
~ tie monstrous, hi.lcons notes VIII 1 =.
- breathing MACHINE that the fellow in lowe
>; three was milking with his. lie ran throug
II u ali the ranges Of the nasal gamut, le went =
~ ~ and down avery chromatic scalc Of snores,
j, ran through intricate and fearful Sar'atlo',
u u Until it seemed that his nose must be out
~ ~ iont in thousand places. All the night al
- - ali night through he told his story.
" .Gawoh; gurrh! g1,~r-r.r: kowptt! !! Gaw,a1
wah! gawah-hah! gwock! gwarrt! g"aa-n-
h-whoot!'
just us the other passengers had consulte
be together how they might slaY him, m9rh'l
10 dawned. lower number threc' a"oSe. Ever
l. | body watched the curtains to sec what mann
~ of man it was that made that beautiful slec
~ ing-car u pandemonium.. Presently the t. tol!
was completed, the curtains parted, and "lo'
cr number three y stood revealed
= Grca. heavens!
= It was fair young girl, with golden hair a
timil pleading eyes, like hunted fawn's!"