Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-19

snore. 1t is plainly her interest ID make this
claim, and she well knows that no one can
produce evidence to contradict her. The
truth Is, this fancied freedom of the
fair sex from the loatbsOme and I'M
pardonable practice of snoring has
no substantial foundation, aud a recent
event has conciusively shown that girls both
can and do snore. The world may, perhaps,
be slow to believe sounwelcome an assertion,
but there Is at least one young man, late of
Clinton, Illinois, who knows to his sorrow.
that 1t Is true This unhappy young man
was engaged to one of the farrest daughters
of Illinois, and was intrusted by he- parents
with the precious privilege of conveying her
to Oshkosh, where she intended to visit her
fathers half-sister-a Mrs. johnson, with
slightly reddish hair, and drop Ia her left
eyelid. The tram IN which the young people
travelled started late in the afternoon, and ar
rived in Oshkosh early the next morning,
| The hrst tart Of the Journey was delightful.
The young man heaped peanuts, and prlZe
| packages, and illustrated papers, and fresh
| hgs, and other railway delicacles upon his be-
loved, and felt that he could travel on that
| tram for eighteen months without even once
wishing to get out and stretch his legs.
Evening, however, arrived, and about eight
O'Clock, the young lady, IN a low tone and with
slight blush, remarked that she must ''re-
tire, and that, perhaps, her lover would like
| to go into the smoking car for little while.
dialect, and at once understood that she
wished to go to bed, and that her delicacy
| forbade her to indulge in that recreation
while he was in the car. Accordingly, he
babe her good night and de ay;.d after
| which she went 10 Jed and dew h mid
| night curtains around her. An hour later
| the young man, who also had a berth in the
sleeping-car, entered and was appalled, to
| find that some one was snoring with tremen-
| dous violence. He cared little for his own
ears, but he was indignant that the slumbers
OF his beloved should be disturbed by this
rude and wicked snorer. He soon found that
| his indignation was shared by nearly all the
other passengers. They found it impossible
to sleep, and the language in which they ex-
pressed their views was forcibie and some
| times extremely ingenious. The young man
was unwilling to content himself with mere
words, and, resolving that the object of his
affection should know that he was watching
| over her slumberS, announced In loud tone
that he would wake the snorer up without
further delay. Accordingly he approached
the berth where the wretch was lying, drew
| aside the curtain, and, without trying in the
dim light to perceive the snorer's features,
| shook him violently by the shoulder, and in a
loud voice told him that he ought to
| be ashamed of himself. The miscreant
make a sleepy and inarticulate reply,
| but ceased to snore, and tie young
man, feeling that he had accomplished great
work, sought his berth and composed him
self to sleep. The calm was deceptive. In a
few moments the snoring RECOMMENDED loud
er than ever. Soon a general call was made
by the passC myers upon the young man, who
had already shown his desire to protect them
They begged him to get up and kill the
wretch, to throw a bucket of cold water
over him, or, at least, to drag him out on the
floor. Believing tn It ms beloved was awake
and waiting for his response, he sprang up,
determined to earn her gratitude and the ad-
miration of the passengers. With great
boldness he caught hold of the snoIer's
ankles and abruptly dragged the guilty per-
son out OF the berth. This time the snorer
was thoroughly awaked, and, with a loud
shrek sprang to her feet Before she had
time TO plunge back into her berth and wrap
herself with the remains of the curtains, the
miserable young man had recognized her as
his own hearts idol, and she had also recog-
nized him. Over a scene so terrible and
heart-rending let US draw a VEIL 1t is suffi-
cient to say that the most interesting maniac
now In the Chicago lunatic asylum is young
man who constantly repeats ''She snored!
Great heavens, she snoredI' weeping mean
while large and bitter tears.