The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-10
ROMANCE IN A SLEEPING
CAR.
The Way the Burlington Hawk
eve Mans SAUNDERS 9 Dis
turbed.

Uu1 Oto.
twas III the Cedar Rapids sleep
or. Outside it was dark a the in
side Of an ink-bottIe. II the sleep
in9-c3r people slept.
Or tried 1t.
Some OF them slept ike CHRIS
tian pen and women. Peacefully
and 81 te,iy ant quietly.
Others slept like demons, mallg-
nantly. hideously, fiendishIy, Il
though it was their mission to keep
every BODY else awake.
Of these, the man IN loWeg uum-
Der three was the :" boss. When
it came to Il square snore with varl-
ations. YOU wanted to count low
CT three" in, with a full hand and
Il pocket full Of rocks.
We never heard anything snore
like him. 1t was the most sy,te-
matte snoring that vas ever done,
even on one Of those tournaments
Of snoring, a sleepln9-car. lie
didn't BEGIN as soon as the lamps
were turned down and everybody
was IN bed. Gin, no. There was
more cold-b!ooded diabolicalism III
his system than that. lie waited
until everybody had had a little
sleep. Just to see how good and
pleasant it was. and then he broke
II Oh their siumbers, like a winged,
breathing demon. and they never
knew Whit peace was again that
night.
lie started out with q terrific,
.Gn-r-rt !"
That opened every eye in the ar.
We al hoped it was an accident,
however, and trusting that he
wouldn't Go it again, We al forgaye
Inn. Then he blasted our hopes
and curled the sweet serenity Of
our forgiveness by a long drawn
"Gw-a-h-h-bah ',
That sounded too much like bus
mess to be accidental. Then every
head III that sleepless sleeper was
held off the pillow for a minute,
waiting IN breathless suspense, to
hear the worst, and the sleeper IN
Clover three went on, II long
drawn, regular cadcnces that midi
Gated good staying qualities.
"Gwa-a-ah Gwa-a-ah Cab
a-ah-wah'l Gah-wah. wah-wah Ga
hwa-a-a-ah y
Evidently it was going to last
that night, and the weary heads
dropped back on the sleepless pill
| lows and the swearing began. 1t
mumblcd along III low %mutterlng
tones. like the distant echoes Of a
profane thunder storm. Pretty soon
flower three" gave us a little varl-
alton. He shot off a splteful
! "Gwo0k :"
Which sounded as though his
nose had got mad at him and was
Going to strike. Then there was a
pause. and we began to hope he had
awakened from from sleep u otrang-
led to death, nobody cared very
PARTICULARLY which. But he di9ap-
pointed everybody with 4 gutteral
..Gurooch =
Then he paused again for breath.
and when he had accumulated
enough for his purposes he resumed
business with a %tentorous
kowpf.
That nearly shot tie roof of the
ear. Then he went on PLAYING such
fantastic tricks with his nose and
+G5,n tI5Dr< that Wonld maLa
the immortal gods weep, If they did
bat hear him. It seemed a matter
incredible it seemed an utter
prcposterous impo>sibIlity that any
human being could make the mon
strous hideous noises with its
! breathing machine that the fellow
IN lower three" was making with
his. Il rgn through I'LL theranges
Of the nasal -amut. IL went up and
down Il Hery c~iEonatic scales Of
SHORES. lie ram through intricate
and fearful variations until it seem
Ell that his nose must lie out Of
joint IN a thousand places. Al
the night and through he told Iii,
story.
.Gavoh gurrh . gu-r-rr, Kow-
pff, GawawWah gawah gwock
gwrrrt +, gw%ah-h-h-hl whoof.
Just a the other passengers had
consulted together how they might
Stay him, morning dawned, and