The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-01-10
ONE NIGHT OF SWEARING.
The Fearful Sounds that Kept n
Sleeping Car Awake all Night.
From tho Burlington Hnwkoyo.


4 IL was in the Cedar Rapids tlceper.
/ Outside V was dark as the inside Of an ink
or tird b..
/ Some of them slept. liko Christian mon
ANA women, peacefully and sweotly and
Quietly,
I Others slept Ike demons, Indignantly,
h'deously, hcndishly. as though it was
their mission 10 keep everybody else
awake
/ ofthesc tho man in lowrrnumbrr three
MAS tho boss Whom il came 20 u
/ square suorc with variations. you wanted
/ 90 count "luwrr three iu. with full
\ hand and al pocketml of rocks
/ We mover heard anything suoro like
| him. IL WAS the most systematic snoring
| that was ever done even on one 0f those
] tournaments oi snoring "a sleeping ear
/ ll0 didn't begin as soon as tho lamps were
turned down and every body was IN bed
ION, no, There was more cold biooded
Idiabulism lu his system than that He
waited until everybody had had little
taste ot sleep, just 90 SEQ how good and
| pleasant it was, and then he broke la on
their slumbers like a winged, breathing
demon, and they never knew what peace
was again that night.
/ Ho started out with terrific
"Gn-r,r>r.t l'
rha, opened every eyo IN tho car. We
all hoped il was an accident, however, and
trusting that he wouldn't do IL again, we
Isl targave him. Then be blasted our
Aopes aud curdled the sweet serenity OF
our forgiveness by a long drawn
"Gw-a-h-h b h-Aah 90
That sounded TOO much like business taI
be accidental Then every head in that
slccpless sleeper was held OF the pillow
for minute. waiting. in breathless sus.
ponsc, 10 hear the worst and the sleeper
ga lower three went on, Ia lung-drawn.
regular cadenccs that indicated good stay.
lag qualities.
"Gwa,a,Hh Gwa.a-h GAhwahwah |
Gahwahwah Gahwa,a,a-ahi" 2"
Evidently il WAS going 10 las. all lighlI
and the weary heads dropped back on thel
sleopless pillows, aud the swearing began
Ii mumbled along in low, multering
tones like the distant echoes Of proians
Pretty soon lower three
gave US little variation. He shot of a
spitaiul
"Gwook 90
Which sounded as though his nose had
got angry al him and was going 10 strike.
Then there was a pause and We began to
hope he had either awakened from sleepI
or sgrAngled 10 death, nobody cared very
particularly which But he disappointed
every body with gutteTal
"GurouCh o.
Then he paused again for breath, and
y hen he had accumulated enough FOR his
purpose he resumed bu.iness with q
stenturluus
"howIfr
lie ran through all the ranges Of the na-
sal gamuI be went up and down a very
chromailc scale Of suorcs, he ran through
intricate and fearful variations until il
seemed his nose must be out Of joint in a
thousand places. Al the night and all
night through he told bis story.
"GaEoh gurrsh gu-r,r.r KoWpf |
Gawaww1hr gAwah-hah gwock gwarri,
gwah-r-h-ll-whuoftn 4
just - the other passengers had con-l
suited how they might slEy him, morning
aAwnol, and lower number three L
awokc Everybody watched the curtain
20 sec what manner Of man il was thAthad I,
made that beautiful sleeping cara pande-
moH.um Presently the tuile. was CON,
pleied, The curtains parted, and lover
number three stood revealed
Great heavens
Il was a fair young girl with golden
hair, ana umid, pleading eyes, like
huateI iAwns.